Possible causes of Low back ache or pain
55 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Back trauma (injury) Common
- Herniated disc (slipped disc, ruptured disc) Common
- Ligament sprain Common
- Muscle strain (pulled muscle) Common
- Osteoarthritis Common
- Pyelonephritis (kidney infection) Common Urgent
- Sciatica (lower back nerve irritation) Common
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) Common
- Bone metastases (cancer) Urgent
- Chronic pain
- Discitis (back inflammation or infection) Urgent
- Endometriosis (uterine tissue outside the uterus)
- Fibromyalgia
- Lumbar spinal stenosis (lower back spinal stenosis)
- Nephrolithiasis (kidney stone)
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Ovarian cyst
- Pancreatitis (pancreas inflammation) Urgent
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Pilonidal cyst (buttocks cyst)
- Scoliosis (crooked spine)
- Spinal cord injury, acute Urgent
- Spondylolisthesis (slipped back bone)
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm (dilation) Urgent
- Addison's disease (adrenal insufficiency)
- Ankylosing spondylitis (spine arthritis)
- Anorectal (perirectal) abscess
- Arthritis (joint swelling)
- Bladder infection (cystitis)
- Bladder stone, urinary
- Bone cancer (bone tumor) Urgent
- Cauda equina syndrome (spinal cord damage) Urgent
- Cellulitis (skin infection)
- Constipation
- Contusion (bruise)
- Fracture (broken bone)
- Gastritis (stomach inflammation)
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lymphoma (lymph node cancer)
- Miscarriage
- Multiple myeloma
- Muscle spasm (charley horse)
- Peripheral neuropathy (nerve dysfunction)
- Placenta previa (placenta covers cervix) Urgent
- Pneumonia (lung infection) Urgent
- Prescription drug abuse
- Rectal abscess (pus collection)
- Rib fracture (broken bone)
- Rickets Urgent
- Sarcoma (soft tissue cancer)
- Sickle cell disease Urgent
- Synovitis (toxic or transient)
- Urine retention (inability to urinate)
- Vertebral fracture (back or neck fracture) Urgent