Do you have any of the following with your back pain?

• Persistent or recurrent fever (not found to be from other causes)

• Persistent night sweats even after changing mattress/ blanket

• Recent infection

• recreational drug use through veins

• Increased risk of infection

  • This means immunocompromised, for eg, from use of any treatments for cancer, certain drugs like steroids, or drugs for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis (or similar inflammatory arthritis / conditions), lupus, Crohns/ Ulcerative colitis etc; or medical conditions such as HIV, absence of spleen, any transplant, certain genetic diseases. If you are not sure, or want to know more, ask your Doctor.

• I do not have any of these