What is radiculopathy?

Radiculopathies, also known as nerve root disorders, is any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves. They can result in pain, numbness in the area of skin that is mainly supplied by the affected spinal nerve and and weakness of muscles stimulated by the affected nerve root.

How do members experience radiculopathy?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with radiculopathy*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for radiculopathy*

Who has radiculopathy on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 6
30s 20
40s 36
50s 82
60s 55
70+ 24

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 46
Female 171

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What is radiculopathy?

Radiculopathies, also known as nerve root disorders, is any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves. They can result in pain, numbness in the area of skin that is mainly supplied by the affected spinal nerve and and weakness of muscles stimulated by the affected nerve root.



Common symptoms reported by people with radiculopathy

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for radiculopathy

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Compare treatments taken by people with radiculopathy

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Who has radiculopathy on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 30 say radiculopathy is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 6
30s 20
40s 36
50s 82
60s 55
70+ 24
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 5
20-29 years 13
30-39 years 25
40-49 years 23
50-59 years 9
60-69 years 3
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 46
Female 171

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 108
Not Diagnosed 7

These charts show data from radiculopathy patients who have completed their condition history
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