Pain is the most frequent symptom of spinal disorders and, when located in a specific area, may be suggestive of osteoarthritis, fracture or spondylolysis. Pain provoked by HERNIATED DISC DISORDER is located in a segment of the vertebrae and radiates to the lower limb (lumbar hernia) or superior (cervical hernia) and tingling, numbness and weakness of these limbs may also occur.
The MYOFASCIAL SYNDROME pain is usually located at specific trigger points on the body and is usually followed by tiredness, sleep disturbances and muscle spasm.
Patients with VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS have diffuse low back pain and numbness of the lower limbs, which appear after walking, standing for a long time or bending the spine backwards, and eventually, coughing or sneezing. These symptoms usually improve when sitting or bending the spine forward (e.g. by pushing a grocery cart).
In CERVICAL MYELOPATHY, patients can feel numbness and tingling in the hands, evolving to walking difficulties, loss of balance and, in later cases, limbs weakness, hardening, and urinary and intestinal disorders.
In previously normal children who feel pain associated to spinal deformities (such as scoliosis or kyphosis), this may indicate the appearance of a TUMOR in the bone or the spinal cord.
Night pain is characteristic of INFECTION, and in tuberculosis, for example, is attributed to
muscle relaxation that occurs during the sleep.
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