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Almost everyone has experienced, at least once in a lifetime, some kind of back pain.
Everyone is familiar with the fact that the lower back bears most of the weight and stress of the body. Therefore, it is not surprise that it was proven that back pain most often occurs from strained back muscles and ligaments, from improper or heavy lifting, or after a sudden awkward movement. Sometimes a muscle spasm can cause back pain. Experts are saying that there are several specific conditions which can also cause back pain. Some of those are:
- A herniated disk
Almost everyone has heard about disc herniation. This occurs when disk material presses on a nerve and it is accompanied with a very strong pain because some nerve structures are also involved!
- Sciatica
Patients should know that this condition often occurs when a herniated disk impinges on the sciatic nerve causing sharp, shooting pain through the buttocks and back of the leg.
- Spinal stenosis
It has been proven that this condition occurs when the space around the spinal cord and nerve roots narrows. It can happen due to arthritis and bone overgrowth. This can press or pinch a nerve and also cause very strong pains!
- Spondylosis
It is known that spondylosis is a type of arthritis affecting the spine. It is due to the degenerative changes in the spine that often come with aging.
- Spondylolisthesis
Although this isn't a common condition, it is still important to know that this condition occurs when one vertebra in the spinal column slips forward over another.
- Cauda equina syndrome
Not too many people have heard about this syndrome. It is important to know that this represents a serious neurological problem causing weakness in the legs, numbness in the groin area, and sometimes even loss of bowel or bladder control.
- Cancer in the spine
It is a fact that any tumor located on the spine can press on a nerve, causing back pain. Removing the tumor will usually resolve all the symptoms. This gives you another reason to seek medical attention for persistent back pain! You never know if it could be a tumor.
- Infection of the spine
If the back pain is accompanied with a fever and a tender, warm area – experts are saying that the cause could be an infection.
- Injury
Reasonably, every damage to the bones, ligaments, or muscles of the back can cause severe pain, with treatment depending on the nature of the injury.
- Osteoporosis
Small fractures to the spine from osteoporosis, brittle bones, can cause excrutiating pain.
- Poor alignment of the vertebrae
- Other medical conditions like fibromyalgia
Back pain from organs in the pelvis or elsewhere include:
- Bladder infection
- Kidney stone
- Endometriosis
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian cysts
- Testicular torsion
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