Which department should I go to for my child's lumbar pain?

Children are the treasures of their parents. Incomplete development in the early stages of a child's life and the incomplete development of the functions of their body parts are most likely to lead to certain diseases in children. Sometimes some children feel lumbar pain. When this problem occurs, parents are naturally very worried. Many parents encounter such a situation for the first time. I'm not sure which department my child should go to when this kind of problem occurs? If you also encounter such a problem, then read the following article to find out which department you should see.

The first question "Do you know about lumbar disc herniation?" is actually meant to illustrate the commonness of lumbar disc herniation and the limited knowledge most people have about it. Although lumbar disc herniation is common, the public's understanding of it is often wrong. For example, some friends hope to "press the herniated disc back" through massage and other methods after suffering a lumbar disc herniation, which obviously has no medical basis. Most people's understanding of lumbar disc herniation is that it is common but not understood.

The second question, "Do you think it is necessary to go to the hospital for lumbar disc herniation?" is actually an extension of the first question. It examines the patient's understanding of the harm caused by lumbar disc herniation to the human body. In life, many friends think it is just back pain. In fact, the harm of lumbar disc herniation mainly affects the lumbar nerves, causing patients to experience leg numbness, leg pain, and even inability to walk normally, and urinary and bowel disorders. Therefore, lumbar disc herniation not only requires going to the hospital, but also requires going to the hospital in time to avoid serious nerve compression!

The third question, "Which department should I go to when I go to the hospital?" is a higher level examination of the first two questions. We all know that doctors are divided into different departments, and doctors in each department have different specialties. But for patients with lumbar disc herniation, most of the time they don’t know which department to see a doctor, but they “don’t know how to choose”. Because there are so many choices!

After suffering from lumbar disc herniation, if you search on the Internet for "which department to go to", you will get completely different results; if you go to different hospitals, the guide may recommend different departments for you based on the hospital's situation. Well, we can’t actually say which one is right or wrong. Generally speaking, the treatment of lumbar disc herniation is mainly mentioned in four departments: orthopedics, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, and pain medicine (of course there are also interventional departments, physical therapy departments, etc.). There is no doubt that these departments can treat lumbar disc herniation, and each has its own strengths.