Common Medical Complaint

几乎每个人都会在生活中的某些时候体验到疼痛。它是最常见的医疗投诉和错失工作和残疾的主要原因之一。背部疼痛可能发生在背部的任何部分，包括肌肉，关节，骨骼，组织和神经。

有两种类型的背痛：

• Acute, or short-term, back pain begins suddenly and typically lasts from a few days to a few weeks.
• Chronic, or long-term, back pain lasts for more than three months and may continue for years. Pain may come and go or occur continuously.

背部疼痛通常没有可识别的原因，但可能与伤害，疾病或感染有关。由于年龄而导致的磨损，包括关节炎或骨质疏松症，也可能是一个贡献因素。

Symptoms, Diagnosis and Outlook

背部疼痛的症状可以非常广泛 - 从轻度烦恼到严重，衰弱的痛苦的强度。

Common symptoms include:

• Muscle stiffness or pain along your spine
• 刺伤或射击从腿部向下辐射的疼痛
• Tingling or numbness in your leg

Most back pain isn’t a medical emergency, but some symptoms are warning signs that indicate you need immediate medical attention, including:

• 膀胱或肠道控制的丧失伴随着腿部的弱点
• Leg weakness that comes on suddenly
• 背部疼痛那t occurs with fever

几次测试可以帮助识别和诊断背部疼痛，包括：

• X-rays
• CT scan
• 核磁共振成像扫描
• Blood tests to determine if infection is present
• 神经传导研究和肌电图评估肌肉功能并鉴定神经损伤
• 骨密度试验

Most back pain resolves itself or responds well to treatment. For a small percentage of people, back pain is a chronic condition that requires medical intervention to achieve relief.

Why Choose Penn State Health for Care

Top-Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

118金宝搏抽水Penn State Health包括Milton S. Hershey Medical Center，被美国新闻和世界报告排名为该国最好的骨科提供商之一。赢得了这种荣誉，因为我们的医生通过他们对先进治疗，翻译研究和提供商培训的承诺来始终如一地提供特殊的患者护理和结果。

协调，专业护理通过专门的研究所

Our orthopaedic specialists work together through our dedicated Penn State Bone and Joint Institute. There, they focus on providing you with multidisciplinary, tailored care and state-of-the-art treatments and technologies. This produces the highest-quality patient outcomes. All physicians at the institute are fellowship-trained and subspecialize in additional niche areas of orthopaedics, including arthritis care and joint arthroplasty (joint replacement surgery).

Designated as a Blue Distinction® Center

Penn State Bone and Joint Institute is a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. This superior designation from BlueCross BlueShield is only given to health care facilities and providers that stand out for their expertise in delivering specialty knee and hip replacement care. Our surgeons specialize in a range of pain-relieving procedures, including partial knee replacement, total joint arthroplasty, joint preservation surgery and complex revision surgery. They perform more than 1,000 joint replacement procedures every year.

Confidence in Treatment Through Education

We developed a specialjoint replacement education websitejust for patients undergoing joint arthroplasty. The website takes you step by step through the joint replacement process. From things to consider before choosing surgery to recovery after surgery, you’ll find the information you need to help you feel confident in your decision to undergo joint replacement.

Advancing Orthopaedic Medicine Through Research

The doctors and researchers in our Center for Orthopaedic Research and Translational Science at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center are committed to advancing our field through scientific discovery and education. As the only academic medical center in central Pennsylvania, Hershey Medical Center is a national leader in research, in partnership with Penn State College of Medicine, and on the leading edge of new treatment options, including clinical trials.

支持团体

支持小组提供了与正在经历类似斗争的其他患者和护理人员与其他患者和护理人员分享您的感受。

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