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Chronic Compression Fracture Causing Pain

Health Encyclopedia: Symptoms Of Compression Fractures Of The Back

Alternative Names

Vertebral compression fractures

Symptoms

Back pain with sudden or chronic onset
Shortened height
Kyphosis (hunchback)

Note: There may be no symptoms.
Signs and tests

Physical examination may show kyphosis. There is also tenderness over the injured vertebrae.

A spine x-ray shows at least one compressed vertebra that is shorter than the other vertebrae.

If there is no history of signifi...

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Treatments for Compression Fractures of the Back

...Osteoporotic fractures usually become less painful with rest and pain medications, but some do cause chronic pain and can be a source of great disability. For compression fractures caused by... Read more »

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...chemicals that produce an exaggerated response in nerve cells. In fact, a 2005 study suggested that chronic back pain actually shrinks the brain by as much as 11%. Such brain changes may cause a... Read more »

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...investigation.Spinal FusionIn cases where abnormal vertebrae position or movement is responsible for severe and chronic back pain, such as spinal stenosis or spondylolisthesis, surgeons may fuse... Read more »

Osteoporosis: Symptoms

...position.Pain, disfigurement, and debilitation are common in the latter stages of the disease. Early spinal compression fractures may go undetected for a long time, but after a large percentage of... Read more »

Osteoporosis: Fractures

...additional risk factors for fracture are those that increase the risk for falling. They include:Having chronic medical problems (emphysema, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and depression), with... Read more »

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