What is juvenile discogenic disease?

What is juvenile discogenic disease?

What is juvenile discogenic disease?

Called juvenile disc disorder, or juvenile discogenic disorder, it usually leads to pain in the lower back. See Causes of Lower Back Pain. Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease Video. Disc degeneration that occurs in adolescents is called juvenile disc disorder.

What does Discogenic mean?

Discogenic pain is pain originating from a damaged vertebral disc, particularly due to degenerative disc disease. However, not all degenerated discs cause pain.

What is early discogenic disease?

Simply put, degenerative disc disease refers to symptoms of back or neck pain caused by wear-and-tear on a spinal disc. In some cases, degenerative disc disease also causes weakness, numbness, and hot, shooting pains in the arms or legs (radicular pain).

What is a discogenic lesion?

Discogenic pain is pain arising from stimulation of pain sensitive afferents within the annulus fibrosus and is a separate condition from disc herniation with associated radiculopathy.

How is discogenic pain diagnosis?

Diagnosing Low Back Discogenic Pain Degenerative disc changes can best be seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). If one or more spinal discs are suspected as the pain source, the doctor may order a provocative discogram or discography.

What causes cervical discogenic pain?

Cervical discogenic pain syndrome can be caused by degenerative changes in the intervertebral discs. These changes are usually caused by mechanical influences. Predisposing factors include sitting with prolonged neck flexion or with a protruded head posture, frequent flexion, sudden unexpected movements, and trauma.

What causes discogenic back pain?

Discogenic pain originates from a damaged vertebral disc, in particular from degenerative disc disease. Disc degeneration happens naturally as we age, but not all degenerated discs cause pain.

How is discogenic lower back pain diagnosed?

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) The most commonly used method for diagnosing DLBP is non-invasive MRI technology. An MRI of DLBP shows low signal intensity of the disc on T2W, a high-intensity zone (HIZ) at the rear of the disc, and end plate changes.

How do you treat discogenic back pain?

It may include controlling pain with anti-inflammatories, using ice and/or heat and physical therapy. Physical therapy may consist of back exercises, traction and other treatments. An injection may help quell the pain and make you more comfortable. The most common surgery for discogenic pain is spinal fusion.