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What Causes Severe Back Pain And Night Sweats?

I have been experiencing horrible back pain at night time and I did go to urgent care yesterday to see if I had a UTI but it came up negative so I m not really sure what it is and it s getting really bad I ve been experiencing also night sweats and I accidentally Peed myself last night and when I woke up I Felt very very weak like someone you had just pushed me down really hard
Wed, 3 May 2017
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Dear patient. Thank you for the question.
Let me start by saying that the main reason for your night sweats and loss of bladder control with back pain is nerve impingement. While there are a number of causes of nerve impingement the most common is acute spondylosis where the jelly between your vertebrae protrudes/herniates out.
Other causes could be
1) Cauda equina syndrome
2) ankylosis spondylitis
3)TB spine if you are from a developing country

My suggestion is to go to an orthopedic surgeon and get
1 ) local examination of back
2) MRI/ct scan
3) complete blood count.
in the meantime to decrease symptoms I suggest ibuprofen 800mg twice a day
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What Causes Severe Back Pain And Night Sweats?

Dear patient. Thank you for the question. Let me start by saying that the main reason for your night sweats and loss of bladder control with back pain is nerve impingement. While there are a number of causes of nerve impingement the most common is acute spondylosis where the jelly between your vertebrae protrudes/herniates out. Other causes could be 1) Cauda equina syndrome 2) ankylosis spondylitis 3)TB spine if you are from a developing country My suggestion is to go to an orthopedic surgeon and get 1 ) local examination of back 2) MRI/ct scan 3) complete blood count. in the meantime to decrease symptoms I suggest ibuprofen 800mg twice a day