Lower back pain and back pain can occur not only in the elderly. It often bothers young people and even children. The main causes of lumbar pain are: scoliosis; Infectious lesions of the discs, vertebrae; osteoporosis; spinal cord tumors; rheumatoid arthritis; kidney tumors; hip pathologies; i...
Severe pain: If you experience intense, debilitating pain in your lower back that doesn’t improve with rest or self-care measures, it’s important to see a doctor. Severe pain can be a sign of a serious underlying condition. Persistence of pain: If your lower back pain persists for more...
with or without leg torment for the most part sciatica, and is characterized as endless when it holds on for 12 weeks or more then again, non-particular LBP is torment not credited to an unmistakable pathology such as infection, tumour, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, fracture, or inflammati...
In treating lower back pain, the therapist identifies trigger points in the back, buttocks, and thigh. These bands are pressed firmly with the thumb, one at a time, for 30 seconds to 2 minutes. The intensity of the applied pressure is controlled for a bearable and comfortable experience. Th...
Other kinds of pains are caused by slipped disc, muscle tear or arthritis.SymptomsExcessive pain in the muscle and weakness. The pain gets worse by coughing and sneezing and can make you immobile. If the pain is associated with weight loss, bowel problems and other such problems, visit the ...
The role of interleukin (IL)-17 in anxiety and depression of patients with rheumatoid arthritis Background: Pro-inflammatory cytokines are found to be elevated in patients with anxiety and depression but whether their serum levels are related to anxie... Y Liu,HO Roger Chun-Man,A Mak - 《...
Side Chest Pain Pleuritic Chest Pain Pleurisy is an inflammation of the pleura–the double-layered membrane that covers the lungs. Causes: Acute: viral infection (flu, infectious mononucleosis), pneumonia, tuberculosis, chemotherapy, pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax Chronic: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic...
Vasculitic polineuropathy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is a rare cause of loss of strength and disabling pain, whose suspected diagnosis is essential for an appropriate treatment and prognosis. This type of disorder can be referred for consultation to a Pain Unit. We describe a 70-years-...
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Some studies show that when knee or hip pain are coupled with low back pain, subjective quality of life (QOL) and physical tests are worse than with back pain alone [17, 18], whereas other data do not [19]. A more systematic approach of comparing back pain alone to back pain with di...