Cauda equina anal pain
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This would suggest that the diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome can be made with a higher sensitivity by the presence of saddle anaesthesia and abnormal urinary symptoms (85) compared to reduced anal tone alone (33). Symptoms include back pain, bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction, reduced sensation around the skin just outside the anus, and numbness and weakness of the lower limb. Part of the diagnosis of this condition is the insertion of a doctors finger inside the patients rectum to feel for anal tone. The cauda equina is formed by the l2l5, s1s5, and coccygeal spinal nerve roots located in the dural sac. Cauda equina syndrome is characterized by radiating low-back pain, saddle anesthesia, bowel and bladder impairment, weakness, loss of sensation, and hyporeflexia or areflexia in the lower extremities. Signs and symptoms of cauda equina syndrome may include low back pain, pain in one or both legs that start at the buttocks and travels down the leg, numbness in the groin area, bowel and bladder disturbances (bowel bowel incontinence, constipation, loss of anal muscle and sensation bladder - urinary retention, urinary hesitancy andor incontinence and decreased urethral sensation), lower. cauda equina syndrome can be caused by any condition that results in direct irritation or pinching of the nerves at the end of the spinal cord. Symptoms of cauda equina syndrome include low back pain, numbness andor tingling in the buttocks and lower extremities , weakness in the legs, and incontinence of bladder andor bowels.