There are diseases and conditions involving the blood. The most common is anemia. An anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells (RBC) or the amount of hemoglobin (the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body) is below normal.
Symptoms of Degenerative Disc Disease. Degenerative disc disease may cause back and/or leg pain, as well as functional problems such as tingling or numbness in your legs or buttocks, or difficulty walking. Chronic neck pain can also be caused in the upper spine, with pain radiating to the shoulders, arms and hands.
Degenerative disc disease is a disease of aging, an age related disease. Over the years and decades, the repeated daily stresses on the spine and occasional minor, unnoticed injuries, as well as major ones, begin to take their toll.For most people the gradual degeneration of the discs is not a problem.However, in some cases it eventually causes severe, chronic and debilitating discogenic pain. Back specialists refer to pain caused by a damaged intervertebral disc as discogenic pain.s the human body ages, the intervertebral discs degenerate (break down), which leads to degenerative disc disease in some individuals. The changes that occur, due to aging, include: 1  Loss of fluid-the intervertebral discs of a healthy young adult consist mainly of fluid, up to 90%.