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Health Encyclopedia: Back Pain And Sciatica Prognosis

Prognosis

Most people with acute low back pain are back at work within a month and fully recover within a few months. According to one study, about a third of patients with uncomplicated low back pain significantly improved after a week; two thirds recovered by 7 weeks.

However, studies now suggest that up to 75% of patients suffer at least one recurrence of back pain over the course of a year. In another study, after 4 years, less than half were symptom-free. Some doctors are approaching the prob...

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Referred Pain and Osteoarthritis

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Enlarged Prostate Symptoms

...symptoms, include:An increased frequency of urination, particularly at nightAn urgent need to urinateBladder pain or irritation when urinatingUrine flows from the kidney through the ureters into... Read more »

Back Pain and Sciatica: Introduction

...muscles and ligaments that support the back Click the icon to see an image of the nucleus pulposus.SciaticaAt some time, up to 40% of people experience pain called sciatica. This condition occurs... Read more »

Back Pain and Sciatica: Resources

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Back Pain and Sciatica: Causes

...incorrectly, called a slipped disk, is widely held to be the most common cause of severe back pain and sciatica. A disk in the lumbar area becomes herniated when it ruptures or thins out and... Read more »

Back Pain and Sciatica: Introduction

...journal Spine.DiagnosisAn imaging method called magnetic resonance neurography may help to diagnose sciatica and piriformis syndrome. Traditional MRIs that can reveal damaged disks. Magnetic... Read more »

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