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.
Symptoms that can be associated with back pain include dull ache, numbness, tingling, sharp pain, pulsating pain, pain with movement of the spine, muscle spasm, tenderness, sciatica with shooting pain down one or both lower extremities, rash, and loss of continence of bowel or bladder. Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 1/26/2015.