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A member asked:

Mr a diagnosis with prolapsed intervertebral disc( ilness) with clinic a, mr a go to clinic b and been diagnossi with lower back pain (injury) pls hlp?

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They are the same.: They are the same thing. Both diagnoses are identical but just expressed in different terms.

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/27/2018

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