The warning signs of CES, often referred to as red flags, include severe lower back pain, saddle anaesthesia (numbness in the area that would sit on a saddle), bladder or bowel dysfunction, and ...

By early January the pain was so bad, he could not walk - and he was diagnosed with Cauda Equina Syndrome. It is a rare condition in which the nerves in the lower back suddenly become severely ...

Prensa Libre notes that medical documents from Kahlo's time recorded a decrease in sensitivity in her legs and neuropathic pain, symptoms that coincide with the diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome.

Cauda equina syndrome is caused by any large space-occupying mass, such as a large central HNP, located in the spinal canal at the level of the cauda equina. The cauda equina is the lumbar and ...