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[chrisyoung]

i am 17 years old i have a stinging and burning feeling in my lower back and am having cold symtoms. Im very worried this could be something bad. can someone please tell me what this might can be?

[Tuckamore]

Hi Chris,

Welcome to the Pain Mangement Forum. I am sorry to hear about your painful symptoms. Mollyrae is correct, you should discuss this with your parents.

Lower back pain can be caused from so many things including a virus, a lung infection or viral condition in your lungs or bronchial tubes, back strain or kidney infection to name a few. If you are having these symptoms you again you should discuss this with your parents or see your PCP.

Please let us know how you are doing. Best of luck to you. We will look forward to your updates.

Take Care,
Tuck

[Mollyrae]

Hi Cris:

I'm sorry that you're experiencing this. Please do not worry, the stress can make things worse. What you really need to do is tell your parents of the situation and call the Doctor so that he can be the one to diagnose you. Sometimes if a cold sets into the chest, you can feel the symptoms in your back. Also, Walking Pneumonia can give you these symptoms. They call it walking because you really don't feel like you have Pneumonia...slight fever, congestion ect...and you're able to carry out your daily activities.

Make that appt. asap and remember, don't panic...you're going to be alright.
Please take care,
Mollyrae