You guys are both overblowing the significance of them using the medical term and somehow underselling the symptoms of the condition.
Yeah, his back hurts, due to symptoms of degenerative disc disease. Everyone’s back deteriorates. Not everyone has to retire at 34 because of adverse symptoms of the deterioration.
Just like not everyone needs surgery to replace a disc because of DDD symptoms, but some do.
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Yes, every 34 year-old is walking around with it - it's called aging.
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Then why aren’t the stats 100% of people in their 30s showing signs degenerative disc disease instead of 30-50%? Why does it affect some people enough to completely disrupt their daily lives and others don’t even notice it?
Casually brushing it off as “everyone has it” isn’t just wrong, it completely ignores the variety of symptoms and severity.