Two-day journey to two different hospitals as an out patient to consult an internal medicine (IM) doctor to check up the sciatic pain of the calf on my left leg.
I wasn't able to see the doctor on my first hospital visit since the doctor who was assigned to me on a previous medical procedure was not available on that day.
So I just had my blood pressure and Random Blood Sugar (RBS) taken. Both my blood pressure and RBS were normal.
The following day I went to the second hospital. Luckily, junior resident doctors were available during weekdays.
Sciatica (direct nerve compression) is the term used to describe pain or neurological symptoms such as tingling or numbness that travel along the path of the sciatic nerve.
My sciatica symptom was mild but it was persistent and severe in the past two days.
This sciatic nerve compression on the left leg is similar to the Cervical Spondylosis (Neck Pain & Stiffness) which I experienced a decade ago.
Both sciatica and cervical spondylosis are largely driven by aging and spinal wear. Over time, spinal discs dry out and lose their cushioning. The body may form bone spurs.
Cervical spondylosis affects the neck. Sciatica, on the other hand, is usually a symptom of lumbar spondylosis, which affects the lower back.
In the neck, bone spurs can pinch nerves running to the arms. In the lower back, these changes can pinch the sciatic nerve, causing pain to shoot down the leg.
What is Sciatica?
https://www.ansellchiropractic.com.au/what-causes-sciatica-type-pain/
What is Cervical Spondylosis?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cervical-spondylosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20370787
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