Back pain

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Back pain is a nonspecific term used to describe pain below the cervical spine.
There are several causes of back pain: mechanical causes, eg lumbar disc disorders; degenerative conditions, eg degenerative disc disease; inflammatory conditions, eg ankylosing spondylitis; infective causes, eg osteomyelitis; neoplastic causes, eg primary benign or malignant tumours; metabolic bone disease, eg osteoporosis; referred pain, eg from duodenal ulcer; psychogenic pain - originating in the mind rather than the body.
Low back pain is the most prevalent cause of disability in people under age 45, and of the $27 billion spent.
Low back pain is the #2 reason that Americans see their doctor -- second only to colds and flus.

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