Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip “Courageous” Davis, will probably be touring to america to obtain therapy for sciatica.
Well being Minister Dr. Michael Darville disclosed that the Prime Minister has been battling sciatica for a number of months, experiencing excruciating ache in one in every of his legs because of this.
“This has been happening for a number of months. I don’t know in the event you may see it, however generally the Prime Minister is in ache. We’ve been monitoring the scenario, and he’ll endure additional research, together with an MRI, to find out the place the compression on the nerve fiber is,” Dr. Darville defined.
“Often, he’s superb when sitting, however when he stands up, he experiences excruciating, radiating ache, significantly down one in every of his legs. I consider it’s the fitting leg,” the Well being Minister added.
What’s sciatica?
Sciatica is a medical situation characterised by ache that radiates alongside the trail of the sciatic nerve, which extends from the decrease again by means of the hips and buttocks and down every leg. This ache sometimes impacts just one facet of the physique. Sciatica mostly happens when a herniated disk, bone spur on the backbone, or narrowing of the backbone (spinal stenosis) compresses a part of the nerve. This could trigger irritation, ache, and sometimes some numbness within the affected leg.
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Remedy for sciatica sometimes contains drugs, bodily remedy, warmth/ice remedy, and injections resembling corticosteroid injections to scale back irritation across the irritated nerve. In extreme instances, surgical procedure may be essential to take away the supply of compression on the sciatic nerve. Most individuals with sciatica discover reduction by means of conservative remedies and recuperate inside a number of weeks, although some instances might require extra intensive intervention.
In a press assertion, the Workplace of the Prime Minister introduced that Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper will function Appearing Prime Minister throughout Davis’s absence.
