Unbearable pain in the back in the windscreen — what is the reason?

When you have pain in the back, near the shoulder blades should not be smeared different ointments, to stay at home and wait for a miracle of healing. This symptom can show quite different from each other diseases that require timely diagnosis and treatment of a doctor specialist from neurologist of a pulmonologist or cardiologist.

Reasons for pain in shoulder blades

Pain in the blades may occur in diseases and injuries of the knives themselves, and in some diseases of the chest cage and thoracic spine.

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1. Injuries of the scapula. The most common direct trauma. It happens when a person falls or gets hit with a fist or foot to the shoulder blade. Very rare blade is broken when falling on a straight arm. Fractures of this flat triangular bone, the lower otlomok it under the influence of the blow of muscles move down. In the zone of fracture thus swelling and swelling.
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2. Paralysis of the front gear, the trapezius and rhomboid muscles, the infection and damage to the nerves of the arms, as well as myopathies develop the t.n. acquired winged scapula. The reason for this can also be a contusion of the region of the shoulder girdle or damage to the long thoracic nerve.
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3. Shoulder crisis by active movements in the shoulder joint accompanied by moderate pain and an unpleasant feeling of discomfort in the shoulder blades. This is caused by the exostosis of the scapula or chronic inflammation of the synovial Bursa of the subscapular.
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4. Osteomyelitis develops after all open injuries of the scapula and is accompanied by symptoms of intoxication and pain in the shoulder blade. Often have a deep intramuscular purulent streaks. The prognosis of this disease is almost always favorable.
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5. Tuberculosis of scapula is very rare and only on adult patients.
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6. Tumors of the scapula may be benign (osteoma, osteochondroma, osteoblastoklastoma, chondroma) or malignant (chondrosarcoma, reticulosarcoma). Diagnose them by x-ray. If necessary, have carried out a needle biopsy to determine the nature of the tumor.
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7. Cervical or thoracic degenerative disc disease, which irritated the roots of the cervical-brachial plexus, and pain in the shoulder, sometimes radiating into the upper limb, worried day and night, prevents sleep. Movement in it is limited.
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8. Burning pain in the region of the left scapula can be a manifestation of such dangerous diseases as myocardial infarction, or aneurysm of the thoracic aorta.
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9. Pain in shoulder blades and chest may occur in chronic pneumonia, pleurisy and lung cancer.

What to do when the back pain in the blades?

A variety of reasons, we understood, now I understand why self-treatment can sometimes bring more harm than good. So it's important to consult a doctor who will prescribe examination and adequate treatment.

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• In injuries of the scapula have resorted to the use of analgesics (Movalis, Ketonal) and fixation of the limb with a bandage. Often resort to the physiotherapeutic procedures (electrophoresis lidazy and novocaine, ultrasound) that stimulates the formation of callus and the reduction of inflammation in the fracture.
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• Neurological diseases are treated by a doctor neurologist. Widely used for massage and electromyostimulation.
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• Osteomyelitis is assigned to antibacterial therapy, applied surgical techniques: opening and drainage of purulent focus.
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• When TB patients are hospitalized in specialized hospital, where they are subjected to a specific treatment.
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• When malignancy surgical treatment is indicated: the execution of the interscapular -thoracic resection, preferably with preservation of the upper extremity (if possible).
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• In osteochondrosis is assigned a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Movalis, diclofenac), is a good help in this case, acupuncture, physical therapy and manual therapy. Good therapeutic effect is observed in the application of Lyapko applicator. This applicator was developed by a physician Reflexologist can reduce pain in the back, and to increase the circulation of this region and aktiviziruyutsya anti-inflammatory mechanisms. The method is based on the doctrine of Nulla impact on specific points of our body.
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• If there is suspicion for myocardial infarction, the patient should be urgently hospitalized in the cardiology hospital, where he is provided for relaxation, while the therapy of anticoagulants and fibrinolytic agents. Pain relieved by narcotic analgesics.
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• Diseases of the respiratory system are treated in the pulmonology Department. Inflammatory processes used antibiotics, mucolytics, expectorant drugs, physiotherapy, inhalations. If the cancer of the process is shown special treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy).

Thus, to identify the true cause of the disease and prescribe the proper treatment can only a doctor. To avoid unpleasant consequences, you should not delay seeking medical care, one scene of which is the MRI examination of the cervical spine to more accurately identify the disease and its specificity.

The MRI examination is the most reliable and harmless way to get an accurate diagnosis. In this research the patient's health is not in danger, but to identify all possible causes of negative symptoms. In many ways, the accuracy of the diagnosis depends on clinic equipment. In some modern centers use a powerful MRI scanner Siemens 1.5 Tesla. High resolution images are sufficient to identify even in the early stages of the disease.