Potential long term dangers of Ambien. Using sleep hypnotics such as Ambien for more than 4 weeks can lead to damaged sleep staging and addiction. If taken for longer than 7 to 14 days, Ambien can provoke insomnia that is actually worse than the insomnia the drug was intended to treat.
Two Types of Pinched Nerves. A pinched nerve can cause symptoms either locally, exactly where the site of entrapment of the nerve is, or it can cause symptoms that are distal, which radiate from that pinched nerve site down the arm, or down the leg or to other parts of the body.isual Demonstration of a Pinched Nerve. I'm going to show this on a smaller model set of the spine. Here I have two of the lower spine vertebrae: the L4 and the L5, or 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae. These vertebrae are held together by elastic so it's very easy for me to demonstrate what a pinched nerve looks like.
Like maybe a pinched nerve? Would I need surgery if it is a pinched nerve? A pinched nerve can indeed be quite painful. When a nerve becomes pinched where it leaves the spinal cord, it can cause pain in the distribution of the nerve itself, similar to what you describe. However, the location of the lower back and into the groin and hip is not as typical for a pinched nerve and instead suggests several other different possibilities. A process intrinsic to the hip itself, including arthritis or joint impingement, can refer pain to the groin and the lower back. In addition, kidney stones or other kidney issues can also start with pain in the lower back and then wrap around to the groin area. In men, testicular pain can radiate up to the groin, while in women ovarian pain can refer to the lower back and then to the groin.