Have severe lower back pain due to missing part of bone from birth
Patient: My son is 16 and he's been having lower back pain that is increasingly getting worse. I took him to an urgent care where they xrayed him. They said he's missing the very bottom part of his tail bone and the 1 at disc. They said he was probably born like that. Hes 6'1 and it's getting worse. He's starting to throw up and has bouts of diarrhea. What are your thoughts? We've been to a neurosurgeon and they've ordered an MRI that we are still waiting to have done. Thank youRebecca Doctor: Hi. Yes the defect explained by your Doctor on X-ray is congenital and usually have problems in the lower limbs.Diarrhea and throwing up do not look to be related to this problem. It can be due to an intestinal infection and needs different treatment.Please let us know the MRI reports, the clinical problems with lower limbs .