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Saint Patrick(dictionary)
Patrick, Saint(encyclopedia)
Patrick, Saint(dictionary)
Saint Patrick hotels(tourism)
Saint Patrick Hospital(health)
Saint Patrick's Cathedral(dictionary)
Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute(health)
herniated(medicine)
herniated disk(medicine)

herniated disk (medicine) and Saint Patrick (tourism)


herniated disk (medicine)


herniated disk
<orthopaedics> A condition that results in the abnormal protrusion (bulging), herniation or prolapse of a vertebral disc from its normal position in the vertebral column. The displaced disc may exert force on a nearby nerve root causing the typical neurologic symptoms of radiating pain (to an extremity), numbness, tingling and weakness. Recurrent episodes of severe back pain are common.

Treatment includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, corticosteroids and rest. More advanced cases may require surgical intervention (for example laminectomy, micro-disc surgery).


Saint Patrick (tourism)


Saint Patrick is a parish (a top level territorial administration unit) in the independent country of Dominica.