I often have a back pain, can Asktelemed advice what are cause upper back pain, and how to treat?
Back pain is a very common symptom in many patients. Usually, it has benign causes, although it may occasionally have serious causes. Most frequently, back pain occurs in the lower back, although it may also occur in the upper back. Spontaneously occurring back pain in middle-aged or older persons, usually associated with an increase in pain when touched and/or irritation of the nerve roots, may be due to inflammation in the spine (osteomyelitis), fracture, or malignancy. In younger patients, back pain is usually due to a herniated disc (i.e., a slipped disc), which impinges on a nerve root, thus causing pain. In addition, back muscle strains also frequently present with symptoms of back pain. When back pain is associated with stiffness in the morning, which then improves during the day, it may be due to a disease referred to as ankylosing spondylitis. Back pain may also be due to pathology within the chest cavity or chest wall (presenting as upper back pain), abdominal cavity or abdom
