Can sciatica affect toes and cause nails to turn black and lift

Hello Anonymous,

Welcome to EmpowHER.

The term sciatica describes the symptoms of leg pain—and possibly tingling, numbness, or weakness—that originate in the lower back and travel through the buttock and down the large sciatic nerve in the back of each leg.

Sciatica is not a medical diagnosis in and of itself. It is a symptom of an underlying medical condition. Common lower back problems that can cause sciatica symptoms include a lumbar herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, or spinal stenosis.

The term sciatica describes the symptoms of leg pain—and possibly tingling, numbness, or weakness that originate in the lower back and travel through the buttock and down the large sciatic nerve in the back of each leg.

Toenail fungus, also known as onychomycosis, can and often causes discoloration, thickness, brittleness, and/or lifting of the toenail from the nail bed.

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Maryann