Lumbago is known as lower back pain, which can be of a sudden onset or chronic. There are many factors that can cause lumbago; the most common are sudden incorrect movements or lifting of heavy object. Treatment will focus on alleviating the symptoms. In rare cases surgery is required.
Lumbago is known as lower back pain. It can be caused by injuries of the lumbar spine, spinal discs, ligaments, spinal cords and nerve roots or injuries of the stabilizing muscles.
The causes of lumbago are various. Possible factors are: 1) Strain, sprain, injuries or overuse of stabilizing spinal muscles, ligaments of tendons of the lumbar spine. 2) Lower back pain associated with aging and degeneration. 3) Herniated discs. 4) A congenital spinal problem with stenosis of the spinal cord. 5) Arthritis or history of lumbar fracture. Depending on the causes and the injured structure, people with lumbago may experience symptoms such dull or sharp pain in the area of the lower back, muscle spasms and sometimes numbness or tingling sensation in the legs. Lumbago can be either acute or chronic. Acute lumbago often occurs after an injury or trauma e.g. due to sudden movement or lifting of something heavy. Chronic lumbago is often related to aging, malposition of the spine, earlier trauma or surgery and sometimes with patients suffering from depression.
The treatment depends on the source of the pain. It usually aims at alleviating the pain with either pain-killers or anti-inflammatory drugs, application of warm pads and physiotherapeutic exercises with stretching and strengthening of the lower back muscles. If the pain is caused by a herniated disc and patients feel a weakness or numbness in the leg surgery may be necessary.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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