I took my youngest daughter to the doctor last week because she has been claiming that her lower back was hurting for quite awhile. Actually, at first I thought it was just for attention so I shrugged it off. Then her teacher kept sending home business cards from her chiropractor so I thought at some point she would turn me in for neglect.
. Not really but I was starting to feel like a bad mom.
So the doctor had Xrays taken and bloodwork drawn for autoimmune diseases (including the gene marker HLA B27, which I am positive). All the bloodwork turned out negative and everything with the Xray came back normal except there was a finding of Spina bifida occulta at S1.
The doctor wrote at the end of the report that everything looked normal. I gave him a call and left a message so he hasn't called me back yet. I googled spina bifida occulta and I get sites that say it isn't a big deal and that most people who have it don't even know they have it until they have an Xray and I found sites that say it can cause lower back pain.
I took methotrexate (a chemotherapy drug Pam) for my auto immune disease and got pregnant while taking it. A HUGE no no, it causes birth defects. It causes...you guessed it, Spina Bifida (and miscarriage). I don't want to be the reason my daughter has this issue, there really is no way to tell if that is why but I would feel rather crappy if I knew.