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Suffer from constant lower back pain but back pain subsides substantially only during menstrual period- what could be the cause?

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Dr. Hasan Khondker answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Unclear if: menstruation is related in any way but you should start by getting a lower back MRI

Answered 1/11/2016

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