35. An elderly woman slipped in the bathroom and had severe pain in her lower back. After X-ray examination doctors told her it is due to a slipped disc. What does that mean? How does it affect our health?
35. An elderly woman slipped in the bathroom and had severe pain in her lower back. After X-ray examination doctors told her it is due to a slipped disc. What does that mean? How does it affect our health?

Solution – when  the intervertebral disc is displaced from its original position then its termed as slipped disc . It causes weakness of the muscles,  pain in the muscles of arms and legs and lower back. One can feel difficulty in walking and standing .  Permanent nerve damage and paralysis  can also be one of the outcome