A disc desiccation is the result of the partially drying up of the nucleus pulposus, which is the jelly-like part of the spinal discs.
It is the earliest visible sign of a more serious disc degeneration and should not be underestimated.
Even if some disc desiccation sufferers have no signs of pain or discomfort, the situation can become worse as time goes by.
In order to alleviate or prevent the pain, a number of treatments can be taken into consideration: Different kinds of medication (pain-killers, anti-inflammatory etc.
) can stop the pain from coming back.
This treatment option should only be used in combination with a physiotherapy or a chiropractic program.
Taking these kinds of drugs for a longer time span than a few weeks can be dangerous.
Some of the most common side-effects caused by anti-inflammatory drugs are severe ulcer perforations and gastrointestinal bleeding (not to mention that people even die from side-effects).
A surgery should only be taken into consideration if all other treatment options failed to relieve the pain.
Unfortunately it is proven that more than half of the back surgeries fail to fulfill their purpose of reducing the pain.
On top of that, after a (probably failed) surgery, the patients have to go through an exhausting recovery period that can even lead you to take more drugs (and endure the side-effects that come with them.
For lasting results the real root cause of the problem must be identified.
The pain sufferers have to completely figure out what is going on, which muscles are too weak (or too strong, for the sake of completeness).
Only by being absolutely informed about their condition they can develop and use a targeted treatment program that suits their specific and unique situation.