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Cauda Equina Syndrome.

Many patients have a combination of back pain, leg pain, leg numbness and weakness. These symptoms can be distressing for you but don’t necessarily require emergency medical attention

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Cauda Equina Syndrome

Many patients have a combination of back pain, leg pain, leg numbness and weakness. These symptoms can be distressing for you but don’t necessarily require emergency medical attention.

A rare but serious back condition, Cauda Equina Syndrome, can lead to permanent damage or disability and will need to be seen by an Emergency Specialist Spinal Team. See other side of card for some warning signs of Cauda Equina Syndrome.

Any combination or number of the following warning signs could be symptoms of Cauda Equina Syndrome

Seek urgent medical help

attend your local A&E or call NHS 111 if you have any of the following symptoms:

Severe pain radiating down both legs.

Loss of feeling/pins and needles between your inner thighs or genitals.

Numbness in or around your back passage or buttocks.

Altered feeling when using toilet paper to wipe yourself.

Increasing difficulty when you try to urinate.

Increasing difficulty when you try to stop or control your flow of urine.

Loss of sensation when you pass urine.

Leaking urine or recent need to use pads.

Not knowing when your bladder is either full or empty.

Not knowing when you pass a bowel motion.

Inability to stop a bowel movement or leaking.

Change in ability to achieve an erection or ejaculate.

Loss of sensation in genitals during sexual intercourse.

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