Symptom: Back pain
Back pain: Pain in the back region.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Back pain:
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Types of Back pain: lower back pain (15), middle back pain (0), upper back pain (1)
Back pain type of: Back symptoms (45), Pain (604)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Back pain: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Back pain as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Back injury
- Back strain (type of Strain)
- Strained ligaments
- Back muscle injury
- Strained back muscles
- Back muscle spasm
- Excessive exertion
- Excessive lifting
- Unaccustomed strain on the back
- Disc disorders
- Slipped disc
- Types of back pain:
- Sciatica - a specific type of back pain.
- Coccydynia - pain of the tailbone.
- Lower back pain
- Middle back pain
- Upper back pain
- Nerve conditions
- Spinal conditions
- Arthritis
- Spinal arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Scoliosis
- Osteoporosis
- Cervical spondylosis
- Rickets
- Osteomalacia
- Bone cancer
- Spinal cancer
- Metastatic spinal cancer
- Referred back pain from internal organs:
- Abdominal disorders
- Back tumor
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic ulcers
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Some causes of referred back pain in women:
- Period pain (see Dysmenorrhea)
- Mittelschmerz
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Uterus malposition
- Endometriosis
- Cervix cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Tuberculosis
- Meningitis - usually lower back pain if back pain is present.
- See also causes of lower back pain, upper back pain, or middle back pain
Conditions listing symptoms: Back pain: The following list of conditions have 'Back pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Back pain: The following list of conditions have 'Back pain' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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