Any numbness around your anal region?

"No, I don't think so. What kind of questions are these, doc? Shall we stick with my backpain ? I really don't see what you are getting at!" John is a bit ticked off by these questions, but you explain to him that if certain nerve roots are compressed, they may give these symptoms. And that if these symptoms are present, he needs to been seen urgently by a surgeon.

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