Back pain (also known as backache) is a very common problem and often goes away on its own; but be alert to dangerous causes such as cancer, infection and inflammation.

Here are ten things you may not know about back pain:

窢牋牋牋 Back pain affects 8 out of 10 people at some point in their lives and it costs the United States between $20 and $50 billion yearly.

窢牋牋牋 Back pain is the most common orthopedic complaint and also the most common cause of disability in people less than 45 years old.

窢牋牋牋 Low back pain is the second most common reason to visit a doctor in the developed world.

窢牋牋牋 About 1% of people living in the United States of America are chronically disabled due to back pain.

窢牋牋牋 燘ack pain can be felt going down into the buttock, back of the thigh, and below the knee into the calf and ankle. When this happens it is known as 憇ciatica?

窢牋牋牋 It is time to see your doctor as an emergency if symptoms of bowel and bladder are present as these may signify compression on the spinal cord.

窢牋牋牋 Cancers of the breasts, lungs, kidneys, prostates and thyroid glands can present as back pain.

窢牋牋牋 It may be important for your doctor to examine your abdomen, pelvis, rectum and major arteries when you complain of back pain. This is because; diseases of the abdomen, chest, rectum (rectal cancer) and pelvis may refer to the back of the spinal cord. Sometimes back pain may be the only sign of such serious diseases.

窢牋牋牋 Back pain can cause emotional problems such as low mood, depression, stress, and anxiety.

窢牋牋牋 Risk factors for developing back pain include overweight, female gender, older age, previous history of back pain, lack of physical activity, smoking, job dissatisfaction and wide spread pain.

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