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Low back pain, made worse by lying down
Low back pain, made worse by lying down
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 27-year old female asked:
Waking up with low abdominal/pelvic/both sides pain that feels like its in the low back. lasts about 6 hours. feels worse on left side and down leg.
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A 25-year old male asked:
Swollen glands on back of head w headache made worse by bending down & moving eyes. Intermittent low grade fever <39degrees in evenings.Bk from africa?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I get pain shooting down leg, worse in morning. Low back problems, but no compression on recent mri. Motrin and metaxalone help. Possible reasons?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Causes of low abdom/pelvic spasm type pain, a lot of pain/pressure in low back and a funny feeling in head an eyes, nausea all is worse when laying down?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Do potassium blood levels change as fast as glucose blood levels? I have premature beats worse when K is low jw if my levels can be normal one day and back low the next, has been down to 3.1 but idk whybI take a ppi but no other reason I can think of
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A 18-year old female asked:
Severe upper back pain when initially lying down. Hurts in chest too. Anything serious? Been going on for 5 months getting worse
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A 27-year old female asked about a 29-year old male:
I have lower back&butt pain esp when lying down. Will low impact exercise (bike machine) reduce my symptoms or exacerbate the pain?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Pinching chest pain on the right side since Sunday.Doesn't feel like deep pain. Worse when taking deep breaths and lying down on my right side or back?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Pulse is regularly mid-low 50s when sitting or lying down. Had 2 EKGs recently, both came back normal, tho pulse was high during both due to anxiety, not sure if that could impact results. Should I be concerned about the low pulse?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Slept across 2 seats on bus. 24 hours later severe back pain radiating to side and abdomen. Worse when lying down. Is this related to bus trip? Help!
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A 42-year old asked:
What could cause left side back pain, worse when lying down?
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A 47-year old asked:
Left back of leg pain is worse lying down. What should I do?
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A 27-year old female asked:
My back hurts constantly, worse when lying down. Never had back problems until last 2 years?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Why do I have throbbing in my low back, especially when I am lying down? I am a healthy, active 37 yr old female.
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A 27-year old male asked about a 22-year old female:
On/off burning feeling in mid upper back. Seem worse when lying down.Started a desk bound work for about a month now.Wondering if it is cause by that?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Pain in left side of abdo/back, 12 weeks pregnant pain no bleeding! Pain is worse when standing and no pain when lying down ?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Ive had mid to upper back pain for 2months now that gets worse when lying down and causes some chest pain. What could it be?
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A 54-year old female asked:
Chest pain going into back both sides. Worse lying down on back. Hard to breathe. Sx better on stomach but still bad. R side worse than left. Ideas?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Headaches almost daily. Feels like band around back of head, pressure. Worse when lying down. Have migraines. These are different.
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A 41-year old female asked:
Upper (between shoulder blades) back pain in spine, worse when lying down on back or sides. Painful to sit up straight and push chest out
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A 26-year old female asked:
Woke up with very bad dizziness... All day dizziness, nausea, headache, really bad neck pain at the back of neck. Dizziness gets worse lying down?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Is lower abdominal/pelvic pain that hurts when sitting or lying down and feels like pressure pushing against low back from inside need urgent eval?
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A 47-year old male asked:
1 year wait for Orth appointment.Lifting arms up,moderate pain top of shoulder down outside arms(L&R)severe pain bringing arms back down.Can be painful lying on side.What could cause this &any advice on preventing it getting worse while I wait?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Lower back pain over buttocks. Worse when lying down or sitting. What could it be? Is ice or heat better? Don't remember doing anything to cause it
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A 29-year old female asked:
Having dull achey lower back pain on each side pain seems to get better when i stand up and is worse when sitting or lying down pain going down leg ?
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A 26-year old female asked:
If i lay down longer than 8-9 hours (asleep or awake) i develop a severe headache. Worst when lying down or bending over at the waist. Whole head hurts, but feels worse at back bottom of skull. Advice?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Twitching throughout body. However, twitching in left foot when lying down that gets worse when lying on right side. If I lift leg high enough the twitching stops. If I put it back down it starts again. Possibly cause?
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A 32-year old female asked about a 32-year old male:
Scan shows low lying conus had a bad fall and 2 back surgerys still have pain down right leg and bowel control prob. could the finding be related?
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A member asked:
What can burning sensation from testicles to stomach which goes right to the back...it is worse when lying down..blood on urine? what can this be?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Have I.I.H., hit my head, eyes hurt worse & burn. Back of head/upper spine feel like a weight's on them. Top of head burns lying down. What do I do?
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