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Back pain in the lower back or low back pain is a common concern, affecting up to 90% of Americans at some point in their lifetime. Up to 50% will have more than one episode. Low back pain is not a specific disease.
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Back pain is the most prevalent medical disorder in industrialized societies.
Low back pain disables 5.4 million Americans and costs at least $16 billion each year.
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Back Pain Back Pain Basics
Chronic back pain can be a sign of a bone fracture ...
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Back pain: Will chiropractic treatment help?
How well does chiropractic care stack up against more conventional treatments for low back pain? Here's what the researchers have to say.
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Definition:
Pain felt in your lower back may come from the spine, muscles, nerves, or other structures in that region.
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Back pain can develop in association with a number of causes, including muscle strain, injury to the back, overuse, muscle disorders, pressure on a nerve root, poor posture, and many others.
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Back pain is common, causes huge amounts of pain and suffering (it's the largest single cause of days lost from work) and, for many people, it can be a chronic problem. At least half of sufferers have recurring problems.
What's back pain?
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Back pain can be:
Acute, lasting less than 3 months. Most people gain relief after 4 to 6 weeks of home treatment.
Recurrent, a repeat episode of acute symptoms. Most people have at least one episode of recurrent low back pain.
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Low back pain may be caused by a number of spinal disorders. Following are some common causes:
fibromyalgia, a condition that causes trigger points in body tissues, including the low back
osteomyelitis, or bone infection ...
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BACK PAIN, PELVIC VEIN: IT MAY RHYME BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY!
Question: I've been having trouble with lower back pain, so my gynecologist did a laparoscopy. He said that the veins that lay behind the uterus have become varicosed.
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Back Pain in 2nd & 3rd Decades - Source:MedicineNet
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back pain, usually most severe at night during rest
early morning stiffness
stooped posture in response to back pain (bending forward tends to relieve the pain) ...
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back pain
severe or burning pain in other parts of the body
numbness or cold ...
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Back pain begins in the sacroiliac joint (between the pelvis and the spine) and may progress to include the lumbosacral spine and the thoracic spine (chest portion of the spine).
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Back pain from organs in the pelvis or elsewhere include:
Bladder infection
Kidney stone
Endometriosis
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cysts
Testicular torsion (twisted testicle) ...
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Back pain that is accompanied by other symptoms, such as fever, stomach cramps, chest pain, or difficult breathing.
An acute attack of back pain that lasts more than 2-3 days, without any relief.
Chronic pain which lasts more than 2 weeks.
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a sign that your back pain is not serious and will go away in a few days
a sign that your back pain is likely to be chronic
a sign that your back pain is related to social and psychological factors ...
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The severe form of the disease commences with fever, chills, bleeding into the skin, rapid heartbeat, headache, back pains, and extreme prostration. Nausea, vomiting, and constipation are common. Jaundice usually appears on the second or third day.
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Literature in the 1980s and 1990s went on to include improvements in back pain, chronic pain, postural problems, repetitive strain injury, benefits during pregnancy and childbirth, help in applying physical therapy and rehabilitative exercises, ...
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intradiscal electrothermal (IDET) annuloplasty Minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of severe low-back pain secondary to degenerative disk disease.
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Heavy, sagging breasts can lead to neck and back pain and soreness where the brassiere straps cut into the shoulders. An outofproportion chest can also make exercise difficult or simply get in the way.
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urethral discharge (a clear fluid or small amount of pus from the penis, more common with sexually transmitted diseases)
abdominal pain
fever
blood in the urine
back pain (prostatitis may cause low back pain while a kidney infection may cause ...
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MRI scan of the spine may be used to evaluate patients with back pain, herniated disks, narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis), and degeneration of the disc spaces between the vertebrae (cervical spondylosis).
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Difficulty controlling the passage of stool or gas from the rectum
Low back pain that is relieved by lying down - In many women, this back pain may worsen as the day goes on and is more severe in the evening.
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If the kidney is infected, your child may complain of pain under the side of the rib cage, called the flank, or low back pain.
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This section covers information about back pain, joint replacements and other common ailments which affect the bones and joints.
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A rheumatological evaluation for the condition known as fibromyalgia may be necessary if the patient has a history of multiple tendon disorders such as shoulder bursitis or low back pain.
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well-conducted, randomized clinical trial of BSE yet completed randomly assigned 266,064 women according to workplace in Shanghai to receive either BSE instruction, reinforcement and encouragement, or instruction on the prevention of lower back pain.
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Irritation or a burning sensation when urinating
Unpleasant odor of the urine
Back pain or fever may mean that the infection has travelled up into the kidneys. This is a potentially serious occurrence and may require hospitalization for treatment.
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Recurrent episodes of severe back pain are common. Treatment includes nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, corticosteroids, and rest. More advanced cases may require surgical intervention (e.g. laminectomy, micro-disc surgery).
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Most of us walk around in shoes that have lost their shape and need new heels. We tend not to realize that the "savings" we realize from neglecting what we walk in represents a false economy. Posture, spinal problems and back pain can all be affected ...
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Some children develop signs and symptoms more slowly, so the disease looks at first like a case of the flu. Children old enough to verbalize their symptoms may complain of back pain, neck stiffness and sensitivity to light.
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Usually given for reasons other than pain relief, but may relieve pain in certain circumstances. For example, some antidepressants are also nonspecific pain relievers and are used to treat chronic pain such as lower back pain and headaches.
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