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What does it mean when you have a mild circumferential disc bulge, and mild facet and ligamentum flavum hypertrophy including small facet effusions. s?
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Early degeneration: It is a degenerative condition that affects your spine motion segment, which consists of a disc and two facet joints at each level. When a disc ages it can lose its normal fluid content and can protrude out, this is sometimes known as degenerative disc disease and it is one of the more common causes of back pain.
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