A lot of sore back, very different, from time to time it happens to most adults. Something, the pain is not a sign of anything serious, just need to do a few simple exercises to give. Something becomes a phenomenon, a tumor, infection, or degenerative changes in the spine.
To understand what is causing the pain, how it happens and what to do, it's not that hard.
The back pain causes
Why back pain? The causes of back pain are varied. Describe them the easiest way to break into the groups.
- Temporary. The syndrome occurs in healthy people for a short time, as the exposure due to adverse circumstances, the abuse of physical activity, prolonged standing in one position. It's not dangerous, just to get rid of.
- Degenerative. It seems, as a result of the changes in your spine: the vertebra moves out of place, problems with inter-vertebral discs pinched a nerve. It's not dangerous, but unpleasant for a long period.
- Infectious. The symptoms, the inflammatory process takes place in the spine or the surrounding muscles. Dangerous, because the infection affects the whole body, or negative lead to the death of the patient.
- Radiation. The symptoms of the disease of the internal organs. The spine is not affected, the pain will only go back.
- Other. This group is a combination of reasons, which are not included in the first four.
To understand why back pain should be addressed each group separately.
Temporary pain
It's a small group, but we have a chance to against any person. The reasons are three:
- Uncomfortable body position. Back pain is a natural reaction to the muscle tension, improper spinal curvature. Pain nagging, uncomfortable. Typical people who are sitting for several hours, which is a comfortable place for long stay in one position.
- A muscle strain. If an untrained person begins to carry the heavy loads, you will be engaged in active work, or go to the gym, the reaction of the muscles, ligaments natural, the next day, you will suffer the pain. The character-drawing is enhanced when you need to move. If you continue to strain, can bring the muscle to the inflammation.
- Pregnancy. In order to allow the baby to exit the birth canal, already in the first month of pregnancy a woman's body begins to produce a hormone that the ribbons are soft. At the same time, the longer the duration, the greater the child's weight and the load on the spine results nagging persistent localized pain in the lower back or sacrum.
Back pain so the muscles are restored, a child is born, the position of the body changes, everything returns to the normal input of the patient.
All we can do is to alleviate the conditions that the rest of the time.
Degenerative pain
Such error is more severe than the temporary, and by themselves do not pass. These are the following:
- Lower back pain. The reason for degenerative changes in the structure of the intervertebral discs. They lose the flexibility to be flat that the vertebrae are less mobile, to crumble, to change shape. To distinguish, depending on which of the affected regions of the spine: cervical, thoracic, lumbar. Neck is accompanied by pain, which is the shoulder pain, headache, dizziness, hearing impairment. Breast given breast, often so much so that there are problems with the breathing. Lumbar radiate to the legs, often accompanied by the lame, disorders of the pelvic organs.
- Inter-vertebral hernia. Hernia develops when the disc bulges between the vertebrae. At first, the pain is dull, nagging, increases when the disk presses on the vertebrae, when the patient is coughing, weight lifting, long sitting in one place. In the future increases, it starts to give the limbs, becomes acute. Accompanied by weakness of the muscles, rapid change, the posture, the worse problems with the sensitivity of the limbs. If not treated, can lead to a paralysis of everything below the disc, which is pinched.
- The displacement of the vertebra. Develops because of congenital abnormalities or degenerative changes in the structure of the spine. Often localized in the lumbar region, the pain is constant, gnawing, notes the buttocks, legs.
- The herniated disc. Become a logical continuation of the development of a herniated disc. Stung by disc bulges, it actually falls on the place. The condition is characterized by acute pain in the patient freezes in one position, trying very hard not to move, not to aggravate.
- Sciatica. Occurs due to the trap in the spinal roots. Indicated in the pain, tingling, numbness, reduced sensitivity or complete atrophy of the plot, whose connection to the nervous system provides a particular sport. Because the sciatica lumbago pain syndrome in which the patient suddenly shoot back to hang in a bent position, can't straighten.
- Osteoporosis. Occurs, or due to old age or due to hormonal disorder in the body. Bone tissue, as a result of the disease, become less dense, lose normal structure. Pain during a long stay in a static posture or when weather changes. They are accompanied by changes in posture, leg cramps, and the extreme fragility of the bones is always a weak shock can lead to fracture.
- Bechterew's Disease. Disease that weakens the small joints of the spine, which connects the individual vertebrae. Characterized by constant pain that increases at night will be easier in the morning.
Degenerative changes in chronic or treated, especially lifestyle changes, and manual therapy. The symptomatic treatment is only applied at the time of relapse, surgery is recommended only in some cases of osteochondrosis, for example, won't help.
Infectious
Specific inflammations of the spine, not so much in most cases, the syndrome of infectious diseases that are, in principle localized anywhere. This is often the two diseases:
- THE TB. The pulmonary form is most common, but it also happens that affects the spine. Pain, painful, the treatment is long, difficult, often the person left the result is invalid.
- Osteomyelitis. Affects the bone, the periosteum, bone marrow. Running hard, with the formation of pus. Excruciating pain, the formation of fistulas, purulent wounds on the body.
And tuberculosis, osteomyelitis accompanied by fever, headache, muscle weakness, fatigue, often nausea, vomiting, diarrhea these are the classic symptoms of the infection. Treatment is necessary immediately, because in the previous period, so it will be more effective.
Radiation
The diseases of the internal organs can also cause pain. This pain is not increased, not decreased by changing the position of the body, and also accompanied by clear signs, to a specific organ.
- Kidney. The most common version, often inflammatory diseases, or the gems. Girdle pain at level of the waist, stronger back, you don't. Accompanied by frequent urination, an intense yellow colored urine, or blood, fever. Sometimes found in the form of renal colic sharp pain on one side of the back.
- The digestive tract. Ulcer or gastritis pain may be given back. The nature sore, they occur, or in the evening, when the men go to sleep, or when hungry or immediately after a meal. Accompanied by the classic symptoms of indigestion, intestinal bloating, increased gas, nausea, constipation or diarrhea. Sometimes, heartburn, blood in the stool black, if the patient has a stomach ulcer, black, if the ulcer of the intestine.
- Gynecology. The women also pain aching in nature, located just above the waist. Accompanied by disturbances of the menstrual cycle, the secretion of an unusual color, texture, unpleasant smell, problems during intercourse, sometimes a high temperature.
- Lungs. Stabbing pain in the thoracic spine, increase the inhalation, exhalation weakens. Accompanied by shortness of breath, shallow, rapid breathing, symptoms of oxygen starvation, fatigue, dizziness, fainting.
- Heart. A stabbing pain, also in the chest, as the shoulders, the arms, on the left side. Accompanied by abnormal heart rhythms or rapid heart beat, shortness of breath, dizziness.
In this case, pain syndromes easy to contact the internal organs, because if you have regular lower back pain, additional symptoms are observed.
Other
This includes, for example, diseases such as malignant tumor, and back injuries, which are not included in the previous. They are characterized by different symptoms:
- Tumor. Cancer of the spine only rarely, then the affected bone marrow or bone tissue. Often back full of metastasis, in addition to the primary symptoms the patient suffers and the severity of pain in the back.
- Damage. Fall, shock, or other injury sucks, sometimes it's the broken ribs, or the spine. Symptoms, treatment is very dependent on the nature of the damage, which a vertebra came to the young man. Most often, the consequences range from simply wait for a bruise to go to the hospital, and then a long wait until the bones grow together.
In any case, these reasons are serious and require a visit to the doctor, diagnosis, treatment.
Type of pain
Back pain is often different to assume what the problem is, it's just the nature. :
- strong pull characteristic degenerative changes, or, if accompanied by symptoms of heart or lung disease;
- acute occurs when sciatica, pre-fall vertebral, renal colic, infections often accompanied by fever;
- nagging is often caused by muscle tension (and the muscles feel solid, reduced), but may be evidence of degenerative changes in the acute stage, if back pain is constant;
- radiating pain symptoms are accompanied by symptoms from other organs, the pain doesn't change intensity, depending on the position of the body, or not, depending on the time of day.
If you have back pain, pain, that's all to tell about what's affected. Sometimes you don't even need a visit to the doctor, you'll understand yourself.
What to do for back pain?
There are cases when to the doctor:
- if the disease is chronic, and the patient was not time;
- if the pain resulted from muscular overstrain;
- if the patient just sat there in a awkward situation and clearly to associate this pain.
In such cases, it is sufficient that the place that hurts warm (you can wrap it in a scarf), to avoid uncomfortable postures, drinking vitamins help the body recover faster.
Immediately appointment with your doctor, or call home, you need if:
- the pain came after the injury;
- the pain is accompanied by loss of sensitivity of the back or limbs;
- the pain persists for several days, or even better;
- accompanied by fever or other symptoms of the infection;
- the pain persists, even when you lie down to rest;
- the pain is accompanied by additional symptoms of rapid heart beating, shortness of breath, problems with urination, constipation or diarrhea.
The doctor also visit, if you have back pain it hurts the child or elderly person over the age of fifty years.
Diagnosis
Diagnostics are carried out one after the other to the consultation, where the doctor asks the patient about the symptoms, and then perform the palpation, a variety of tests to understand what can lead to back pain.
Including:
- General blood, urine gives an idea of the condition of the body, and also to detect infectious contamination, if any;
- x-rays suitable for detection of tumors, tuberculosis, gives an idea of the shape of the spine, the deformation;
- Ultrasound, MRI, or used to obtain the most detailed image of the spine.
After receiving the results of the examination, the doctor we have to assume that this was the cause of this condition and to assign further special studies. The biopsy, which will show you which processes in tissues, neurological tests, showing that the depth of the lesion, infectious plants to identify the underlying cause.
As a result, the range is narrowed, so that the cause of this pathology is apparent, then proceed with the treatment.