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Facing lower back pain for more than 10 days , is good to take CT scan or need to MRI to identify the problem , if so please specific exact CT scan or MRI scan test name to be taken .
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Sir,       Fot just a back pain, i will advise you to do some spine extension exercise and Vit D tablets ans some pain killers. You can do the MRI, if the symptoms are persisting Regards Dr Prasad
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Mri is better always for back pain Mri lumber spine
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