Question:
If you have degenerative disc disease in one of your discs, does that mean it will spread to your other discs?
—Williamsburg, VA

Answer:
Degenerative disc disease (DDD) can start in just one of your intervertebral discs.  From there, it can spread, but it doesn’t spread like a cold, with the “disease” jumping from disc to disc.

Instead, degenerative disc disease spreads by...Read Complete Answer

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