Symptoms of DISCITIS
Fever and chills occurs early in the course of disc space infections. Local pain occurs and increases as the infection progresses. Muscle spasms develop in the areas adjacent to the infection. If the infection spreads into the adjacent spinal canal, either compression or inflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots can occur. This can lead to varying degrees of weakness, numbness, tingling, urinary, and bowel dysfunction.
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