Possible causes of Back ache or pain

64 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.

• Herniated disc (slipped disc, ruptured disc) Common
• Lumbar spinal stenosis (lower back spinal stenosis) Common
• Lumbar spondylosis (spine arthritis) Common
• Muscle strain (pulled muscle) Common Pediatric
• Nephrolithiasis (kidney stone) Common Pediatric
• Obesity Common Pediatric
• Osteoarthritis Common
• Pyelonephritis (kidney infection) Common Urgent Pediatric
• Sciatica (lower back nerve irritation) Common
• Urinary tract infection (UTI) Common Pediatric
• Ankylosing spondylitis (spine arthritis)
• Osteoporosis
• Pancreatitis (pancreas inflammation) Urgent
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
• Spondylolisthesis (slipped back bone)
• Vertebral fracture (back or neck fracture) Urgent
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (dilation) Urgent
• Appendicitis Urgent
• Arthritis (joint swelling)
• Asthma
• Back trauma (injury)
• Bacterial vaginosis (vaginal infection)
• Bladder infection (cystitis)
• Bone metastases (cancer) Urgent
• Bronchitis (bronchial tube infection)
• Cellulitis (skin infection)
• Cholecystitis (infected gallbladder) Urgent
• Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
• Chronic pain
• Colonic diverticulitis (large intestine inflammation of diverticula) Urgent
• Contusion (bruise)
• Costochondritis (chest wall inflammation)
• Crohn's disease (regional enteritis, Crohn's colitis, intestinal inflammation) Urgent
• Discitis (back inflammation or infection) Urgent
• Fibromyalgia
• Fracture (broken bone)
• Gastritis (stomach inflammation)
• Ligament sprain
• Lung cancer (tumor)
• Lymphoma (lymph node cancer)
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Muscle spasm (charley horse)
• Osteomyelitis (bone infection) Urgent
• Ovarian cyst
• Pancreatitis, chronic (pancreas inflammation) Urgent
• Peripheral neuropathy (nerve dysfunction)
• Pilonidal cyst (buttocks cyst)
• Pleuritis (inflammation of the lung's lining, pleurisy)
• Pneumonia (lung infection) Urgent
• Pregnancy
• Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
• Pulmonary embolism (blood clot of lung) Urgent
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Rib fracture (broken bone)
• Rotator cuff syndrome (shoulder injury)
• Scoliosis (crooked spine)
• Shingles (herpes zoster)
• Sickle cell disease Urgent
• Spinal abscess (collection of pus) Urgent
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Transverse myelitis (spinal cord inflammation) Urgent Pediatric
• Unstable angina (pre heart attack chest pain) Urgent
• Vaginitis (vaginal infection inflammation)