Causes of Back Pain
The exact cause for acute and chronic backache cannot be identified in most of the cases (almost 85%) and is designated as nonspecific back pain.
Rarely, it may be attributed to fractures of the back or prolapse of the intervertebral disc that supports the spine.
About 1% of the acute backache may be due to the presence of some tumour in that region.
In some instances backache may be due to underlying conditions such as
- infection related to the spinal cord.1,2
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Written by: Healthplus24 team
Date last updated: July 04, 2011