What to do if back pain lower left? It is clear that this question can not be answered, if not pre-determine the nature of this pain and the reasons for it. The nature of the pain can be sharp, contractions, or vice versa, the constant, monotonous, dull. By itself pain is a negative sign, it brings physical and moral suffering for the patient, impairs quality of life.
Reasons
But, in some cases, as pain indicates advanced disease, a process that will not be cured with one tablet of analginum or grandma's herbs. Requires complex therapy, and in some situations can need a surgical intervention. Most often the back of the left hand is accompanied by such diseases and pathological processes, such as:
- Diseases of the locomotor apparatus lesions of the spine (degenerative disc disease with displacement of the intervertebral discs, spinal curvature, specific lesions of the spine tumor, tuberculosis).
- Kidney disease and stone in the formation of the renal pelvis
- Heart disease – angina, myocardial infarction
- Lungs and pleura – pleuropneumonia
- Myositis
- Diseases of the abdominal organs
- Pregnancy
Lose musculoskeletal
Pain in the back of the left side can be disturbed in diseases of the spine, and this category of disease is the most common cause. The point is that some reasons (excessive weight, weak immune system) can lead to metabolic disorders, degeneration and thinning of the intervertebral discs. This disc during the physical exertion (sudden movements, lifting weights) becomes displaced in one direction or another, in this case on the left. There is degradation and reactive inflammation of the left hind sensitive the spinal nerves, is not a characteristic left-sided lumbar pain.
Similarly, prejudiced and inflamed the nerves in the curvature of the side (scoliosis) of the lumbar spine. The reason may be all the same pain, constantly keep to the bad posture of the body. Tumor localization in the lower part of the back of the left grows a tumor and destroyed all the muscles, bones, cartilage, nerves. This state is characterized by severe pain, which can be removed only by narcotic analgesics.
Quite a lot of pain disturb the patient in the left lumbar myositis. And to the right and to the left of the lower part of the back are large arrays of muscles. Under the influence of adverse factors (overcooling, physical exertion) in these muscles, inflammation of the develops. This process gives a strong pain, aggravated by breathing, coughing, change of body position.
Diseases of the internal organs
On the left lumbar region is projected in the left kidney. It is the reason why diseases of that organ, tend to give a low level on the back of the left side. The pain can be sharp and sudden, as in renal colic, or, on the contrary, dull and pain in the chronic renal disease. Kidney pain syndrome are so similar to those in the spine, without any special diagnostic studies, these States are easy to confuse and make one disease for another. The hallmark of kidney disease is t.n. sign pasternatskogo – increased pain when effleurage (not strong!) in the projection of kidneys. However, without laboratory analysis of urine, the accuracy of this sign is poor.
Angina and myocardial infarction is often accompanied by pain behind the breastbone. But with the defeat of the rear parts of the heart muscle, the nature of the pain syndrome is changing – my back hurts under left shoulder blade, gives in his left hand, in the lower part of the coat of arms in the lower jaw. The pain is accompanied with fear of death and can be so strong that removing it may require narcotic drugs (of course, in the hospital).
Inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia) can affect the pleura in the lower divisions. Inflamed pleural surfaces rubbing together during breathing, and gives you lumbar pain with one side or the other. The pain increases, the temperature increases if the pleural cavity fluid has accumulated.
Various diseases of the abdominal cavity in addition to the abdominal pain can give left-sided pain in the lower part of the back. In the acute pathology requires an urgent surgical intervention (inflammation of the peritoneum, intestinal obstruction), pain is severe and is accompanied by tension in the muscles of the stomach wall. With a long-term slow processes in the liver, the pancreas, the stomach of the patient concerned about pain chronic pain. They are not intense, but because of their permanent nature, the patient experiences discomfort.
For pregnancy up to now, the debate continues – what is it disease or normal? One way or another, but gestation leads to change on all the physiological processes in the organism and the emergence of various pains, including a left lower part of the back. In this case the pain is caused by many factors – increased intra-abdominal pressure, displacement of the internal organs and squeezing them pregnant uterus, further increase of the load on the spine weight of the fetus. If the pain increases and it is noted bleeding from the genital organs, it is likely to have developed life-threatening maternal and fetal complications. You need urgently to in the ambulance to go to hospital.
Diagnosis and treatment of pain in the left side of the waist is held by several specialists – physician, neurologist, doctor, ultrasound, and if necessary, a gynaecologist, a surgeon, a trauma surgeon. First, it turns out the prescription and left the character of pain – burning, aching, pulling, gives-does not give the other parts of the body. On the basis of specific symptoms during the examination may be suspected pathology of the spine or the internal organs.
But, without laboratory tests is not enough. In the hospital take the General analysis of blood, urine. Recently has become popular blood tests for markers of certain diseases. Mandatory registration of the electrocardiogram to confirm or exclude heart disease. If necessary, a more in-depth diagnostics – radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography.
Treatment left lumbar pain joint recommendations no. Currently, to combat this and other pain pharmacological industry developed an Arsenal of appropriate medications, analgesics. But analgesics are not always able to solve the problem, as these assets eliminate the pain, but do not eliminate its cause. Moreover, medical examination before anesthesia is not desirable because it distorts the clinical picture and are more difficult to diagnose.
For this reason, caution should be used traditional remedies. They should only be used in combination with pharmaceutical means. In diseases of the spine, a great result considering physiotherapy, therapeutic exercises, massage, manual therapy. But these methods of treatment is absolutely unacceptable for tuberculosis, tumors, pregnancy, some diseases of the skin and pathology of the cardiovascular system. In the course of the treatment, the left lumbar pain, as well as each other, have strictly individual approach. And to make it can only in the medical institution.