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What Causes Pain In The Lower Back And Legs?
I am having achey pain in the r low back sometimes down the r leg to the knee Can t get comfortable lying down or sitting or even standing. No specific reason or cause. What can be causing this? And how do I rule out other things like kidney issues?
Mon, 4 Sep 2017
Hi, If I were your treating Doctor for this case of low back pain down the your leg to the knee, I would come up with two possibilities, these include:
1- Radicular pain in the leg due to nerve root compression mostly due to back problem and this diagnosis could be excluded by doing MRI for lumbosacral spine
2- muscle spasm pain in your lower back due to heavy activities
Kidney disease can be ruled out by doing abdominopelvic ultrasound ,renal function test and urine analysis.
1- Radicular pain in the leg due to nerve root compression mostly due to back problem and this diagnosis could be excluded by doing MRI for lumbosacral spine
2- muscle spasm pain in your lower back due to heavy activities
Kidney disease can be ruled out by doing abdominopelvic ultrasound ,renal function test and urine analysis.
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