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Does the scheuermann's disease cause disk herniation on the lumbar and kyphotic? and what does cause generally a disk herniation?

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Dr. Felix Brizuela answered

Specializes in Neurology

Yes: scheuermann's disease in an exagerated kyphosis. this "uneveness" in the spine will contribute to disk herniation. A disk herniation occurs when a disk loses it's water content, believed to be due to ongoing friction/trauma, it appears that some are more genetically prone to disk herniation.

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Answered 11/28/2017

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