{"id":403,"date":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/your-back-pain-could-be-a-spinal-infection\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:11","slug":"your-back-pain-could-be-a-spinal-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/your-back-pain-could-be-a-spinal-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Your back pain could be a spinal infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a number of posts we have written, we have highlighted the continuing problem of medical conditions being caused by delays in diagnoses. Essentially, such a delay could lead to a minor condition that would require little treatment progressing to a serious one that would require surgery or other invasive treatments.<\/p>\n<p>One such condition is a <a href=\"http:\/\/emedicine.medscape.com\/article\/1165840-overview\" target=\"_blank\">spinal epidural abscess<\/a>. Basically, this condition arises when a mass of infected material becomes engorged between the bones in the spine as well as the nerves and membranes that make up the spinal cord. Just like an abscess found on other parts of the body, the mass is commonly caused by bacteria, fungus or even a staph infection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, a spinal epidural abscess can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/spinal-cord-injuries.html\">misdiagnosed<\/a> as a patient may only notice back pain. Also, in the process of ruling out other maladies, the delay in properly diagnosing the condition can lead to it worsening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/your-back-pain-could-be-a-spinal-infection\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Your back pain could be a spinal infection\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a number of posts we have written, we have highlighted the continuing problem of medical conditions being caused by delays in diagnoses. Essentially, such a delay could lead to a minor condition that would require little treatment progressing to a serious one that would require surgery or other invasive treatments. One such condition is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spinal-cord-injuries","tag-spinal-cord-injuries"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your back pain could be a spinal infection &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; January 28, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Your back pain could be a spinal infection - Spinal Cord Injuries - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/your-back-pain-could-be-a-spinal-infection\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Your back pain could be a spinal infection &#8212; 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