Radicular pain, or radiculitis (from the Latin: radicula, lit. 'small root'), is pain "radiated" along the dermatome (sensory distribution) of a nerve due to inflammation or other irritation of the nerve root (radiculopathy) at its connection to the spinal column.[1] A common form of radiculitis is sciatica – radicular pain that radiates along the sciatic nerve from the lower spine to the lower back, gluteal muscles, back of the upper thigh, calf, and foot as often secondary to nerve root irritation from a spinal disc herniation or from osteophytes in the lumbar region of the spine.[citation needed] Radiculitis indicates inflammation of the spinal nerve root, which may lead to pain in that nerve's distribution without weakness – as opposed to radiculopathy. When the radiating pain is associated with numbness or weakness, the diagnosis is radiculopathy if the lesion is at the nerve root, or myelopathy if at the spinal cord itself.
radicular, pain, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Radicular pain news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Radicular pain or radiculitis from the Latin radicula lit small root is pain radiated along the dermatome sensory distribution of a nerve due to inflammation or other irritation of the nerve root radiculopathy at its connection to the spinal column 1 A common form of radiculitis is sciatica radicular pain that radiates along the sciatic nerve from the lower spine to the lower back gluteal muscles back of the upper thigh calf and foot as often secondary to nerve root irritation from a spinal disc herniation or from osteophytes in the lumbar region of the spine citation needed Radiculitis indicates inflammation of the spinal nerve root which may lead to pain in that nerve s distribution without weakness as opposed to radiculopathy When the radiating pain is associated with numbness or weakness the diagnosis is radiculopathy if the lesion is at the nerve root or myelopathy if at the spinal cord itself RadiculitisSpecialtyNeurology Look up radicular in Wiktionary the free dictionary See also editIntervertebral disc Spinal disc herniation ArachnoiditisReferences edit Govind J 2004 Lumbar radicular pain Aust Fam Physician 33 6 409 12 PMID 15253601 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Radicular pain amp oldid 1157192358, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
