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Lower Back Pain

Underlying Cause

Lower Back Pain Underlying Cause

Causes for lower back pain include:

Back injury
Back pain
Back pain after lifting
Back sprain
Back strain
Bladder infection
Chronic back pain
Disk disease
Kidney stone
Pyelonephritis
Sciatica
Vertebral compression fracture

Causes for lower back pain in females include:

Uterine fibroids
Uterine cancer
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cyst
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Miscarriage
Adenomyosis

Causes for lower back pain in males include:

Prostatitis
Prostate cancer

Rare causes for lower back pain include:

Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Osteomyelitis of the spine
Cauda equina syndrome
Spinal stenosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Spinal cord tumor
Conus medullaris
Renal cell carcinoma

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Sciatica
Urinary tract infection
Vertebral compression fracture

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Last Updated: Jun 4, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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