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Encyclopedia Britannica



LUMBAGO

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 121 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LOB-LUP
LUMBAGO , a
term
  in
medicine
  applied to a painful ailment affecting the muscles of the lower
part
  of the back, generally regarded as of rheumatic origin. An attack of lumbago may occur alone, or be associated with
rheumatism
  in other parts of the
body
 . It usually comes on by a seizure, often sudden, of pain in one or both sides of the small of the back, of a severe cutting or stabbing character, greatly aggravated on
movement
  of the
body
 , especially in attempting to rise from the recumbent posture and also in the acts of drawing a deep breath, coughing or
sneezing
 . So intense is the suffering that it is apt to suggest the existence of inflammation in some of the neighbouring internal organs, such as the kidneys, bowels, &c., but the absence of the symptoms specially characteristic of these latter complaints, or of any
great
  constitutional disturbance beyond the pain, renders the diagnosis a matter of no
great
  difficulty. Lumbago seems to be brought on by exposure to cold and
damp
 , and by the other exciting causes of
rheumatism
 . Sometimes it follows a strain of the muscles of the loins. The attack is in general of short duration, but occasionally it continues for a
long
  time, as a feeling of soreness and stiffness on
movement
 . The treatment includes that for rheumatic affections in general (see RHEUMATISM) and the application of local remedies to allay the pain.


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