¶ … signs and symptoms of a person suffering from intervertebral disc disease? The signs that a person may have intervertebral disc disease include suffering from lower back pain which "radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve," a nerve that branches from the lower back through the hips and buttocks, then down each leg (Mayo Clinic).

The Medscape publication reports that a person suffering from intervertebral disc disease (IDD) feels "sharp" (not dull) pain, and usually the pain is "bilateral" and seems located at the beltline. In most cases the sharp pain is preceded by "multiple episodes of less severe lower back pain," and it is located in the lower back and "gluteal area" (Medscape, 2014). Sitting or standing for long periods of time causes "rotation" or "flexion" kinds of pain, and it is temporarily relieved by changing positions (to a "recumbent position") (Medscape). A doctor or qualified nurse will know that a person is going through intervertebral disc problems because the patient will...