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.
The symptoms could be one or more of the following: 1  severe pain on either side of your lower back. 2  more vague pain or stomach ache that doesn't go away. 3  blood in the urine. 4  nausea or vomiting. 5  fever and chills. 6  urine that smells bad or looks cloudy.