imÂ·meÂ·diÂ·aÂ·cy. n. pl. imÂ·meÂ·diÂ·aÂ·cies. 1. The condition or quality of being immediate. 2. Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; directness: the immediacy of live television coverage. 3. Something immediate, as in importance.
Back pain is accompanied by weight loss, fever, chills or urinary symptoms. You develop sudden weakness, numbness or tingling in a leg. You develop numbness in the groin or rectum or difficulty controlling bladder or bowel function. You have had cancer previously and you develop persistent back pain.
Take a look at these 7 chronic pain conditions in the back, and see if the symptoms sound familiar. 1  Coccydynia. 2  Compression fracture. 3  Degenerative spondylolisthesis. 4  Fibromyalgia. 5  Piriformis syndrome. 6  Sacroiliac joint dysfunction. 7  Spinal osteoarthritis.