Recently a friend of mine admitted to hospital to do checkup, claiming that his back was pain causes sudden neck stiffness, flu and fever. He perform MRI scan on his spine where the pain originated somewhere at the back near his neck and slightly below the shoulder level. I went to check out on him at the hospital just to chill him up. He told me that from the MRI scan results saying that he have a bulging disc which one of the symptom in degenerative disc disease. Having no idea what is he talking about, he elaborate further on what the doctor explain to him. Degenerative disc disease is a condition characterized by damage to the invertebral discs. It is a gel-like cushion that separates each segment (vertebra) of the backbone. Degenerative disc diseases can results in pain and stiffness in the neck, back, as well as pain that spreads (radiates) to the back of the head, trunk, shoulders, arms, hands, legs, and feet.
