Degenerative Disk Disease

Description:

Degenerative disk disease is a wear-and-tear process of the intervertebral disks, which are the buffers/connectors of the main bones of the spine, called the vertebral bodies. When they start degenerating, mostly due to aging, and occasionally after trauma, disks lose their supporting structure that was conferring them strength and flexibility. Sometimes, acute events can rapidly create injuries triggering sudden onset of pain, or promote a longer process of accelerated degeneration. Then, they can undergo a gradual process of thinning out or bulging/herniation backward, into the spinal canal, where the spinal nerve roots are located. Pain can originate from the damaged disks themselves, or from the compression of the nerve roots (pinched nerves).

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