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discopathy

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discopathy /dis·cop·a·thy/ (dis-kop´ah-the) any disease of an intervertebral disk.
dis·cop·a·thy (d-skp-th)
n.
Disease of a disk, especially of an intervertebral disk.


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The causes of medical evacuation were injuries due to traffic accidents (19 cases), mental health disorders and/ or alcoholism (11 cases), gastric ulcers (3 cases), AIDS (2 cases), discopathy of the spine (2 cases), tuberculosis, salmonellosis, otitis and inflammation of the mastoid bone, epilepsy, type I diabetes, pancreatitis, benign spinal cord tumor, Hodgkin's lymphoma and rhabdomyosarcoma.
People suffering from discopathy, which is any disease that affects the intra vertebral bone structure, and osteoporotic lumbar impression fractures, as well as those recovering from surgery, can also wear this type of back brace.
 
 
 
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