What causes back pain?

Rheumatoid arthritis and back pain

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes damage mediated by cytokines, chemokines and metalloproteases.

Ankylosing spondylitis and back pain

Ankylosing spondylitis is a systemic disease characterized by inflammation of the axial skeleton and large peripheral joints, nocturnal back pain, stiffness of the back, increased kyphosis, constitutional symptoms and anterior uveitis.

Syndrome of costal-vertebral articulation

The costal-vertebral joint is the true joint that can be affected by osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, and especially ankylosing spondylitis.

Multiple myeloma and back pain

Multiple myeloma is a rare cause of back pain. Which is often incorrectly diagnosed in the initial stage. It is a unique condition that can cause pain through several mechanisms in aggregate or separately.

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISG) is a disease of the ligamentous apparatus of the spine. The cause of DISG is unknown. Sign of the disease is a continuous ossification of ligamentous structures of the spine, which extends at least three vertebral spaces.

Paget's disease and back pain

Paget's disease is a rare cause of back pain, often diagnosed with unconstrained radiography performed for other purposes or when the patient finds a swelling of long bones.

Cervical-thoracic interstitial bursitis

The interdigital ligaments of the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine can cause acute and chronic pain that occurs after their overload. It is believed that this pain causes bursitis.

Cervical facet syndrome

Cervical facet syndrome is a combination of symptoms, including pain in the neck, head, shoulder and in the proximal part of the upper limb, irradiating in a non-dermatomic type. Pain is weak, blunt. It may be unilateral, bilateral, it is believed that the pain is a consequence of the pathology of the facet joint.

Cervical spondylosis and spondylotic cervical myelopathy

Cervical spondylosis is an osteoarthritis of the cervical vertebrae causing stenosis of the spinal canal and sometimes cervical myelopathy due to the impact of bone osteoarthritic sprouting (osteophytes) on the lower cervical segments of the spinal cord, sometimes involving neighboring cervical roots (radiculomyelopathy).

Arachnoiditis and back pain

Arachnoiditis is a thickening, scarring and inflammation of the arachnoid membrane. These changes may be local or lead to compression of the nerve roots and spinal cord.

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