Hello, dear readers! Who of us is familiar with back pain? Such discomfort at least once experienced any. Sometimes the reason for back pain is physical fatigue and sometimes serious disease. In the second case, pain and discomfort located in the body for a long time, exterat and causes significant discomfort.
Let's learn how to determine why the back pain and how severe the pain originates, it can be the time to consult with the right specialist until the problem escalated into a serious illness.
With physical fatigue, everything is clear: winter has left snow in the summer and worked in the garden in a pose "SIC" — pain in the lower part of the teams, especially with the habit. Here the treatment is simple – for a pleasant stay. Another thing, when the back pain appear seems to be no apparent reason. Then, quite probably, we will talk about the disease.
Symptoms and causes of pain in the back. Who to go to for help?
Osteochondrosis
The main symptom of this disease is called dull pain in the back, which was accompanied by a crisis in the spinal column, discomfort. In the future, there is a sense of numbness at the site of injury of the spine, movement is limited, the pain can become stronger when lifting weights, when one person sneezes, coughs or makes any sudden movements. "Rapiente", a sharp and intense pain occurs due to compression of the nerve roots, discs of the spine. A man can feel the pain from several minutes to several days. If you hit osteochondrosis thoracic spine, a person starts to hurt the heart, because that is often the erroneous determination of the cause, not knowing of the osteochondrosis, such disease, angina.
When pain from degenerative disc disease becomes permanent, it becomes chronic, the person constantly feels tired, he always wants to lie down to rest, he can not sit long or stand.
Of four feeling pain in the spine, three have her on the cause of osteochondrosis. With age, our spine wears out more and more, therefore, half of the world's population older than 30 years is sick with this disease!
If your suspicions fell on the low in the back, your task is to go on consultation to the neuropathologist. Will take a photo, we recommend a complex of vitamins, adjust your diet and suggest exercises physiotherapy. Today you will have the power to plan and to make a trip to the pool, because swimming is a wonderful activity for keeping the back in shape.
Herniated discs
When the disease is still at an early stage, in the back are going dull pain in the eye with a turn of the hand, when you sneeze, cough or lift heavy objects. It is likely to cause a feeling of weakness in one leg. With the further displacement of the disk from the pain can be dull to sharp, in some cases, it radiates with the leg, buttock, or thigh. Because of the pain associated with hernia of the muscle tension occurs, which degrades the mobility. Considering the fact that pain is not normal, straighten up, it is not surprising that the body of the patient is affected.
As usual, intervertebral hernias occur in people over forty years old, and this problem is not rare. If the injury is occurred, the hernia can be formed to 40. The person becomes older, the more "settle" his spine – the vertebrae are pressed toward each other closer, drives simulat and protrudes out of the spine. Any spine can be affected with hernia, and degenerative disc disease.
If you think that you have a herniation, you will need to go to the orthopedist or neurologist. The most effective way of diagnosing a herniated disks consider a CT scan. The traditional method of treatment of hernias is surgery, although it is not always justified.
Back pain in the spine in some situations, it may be symptom of compression fracture, which is possible in older people who more than 60 years, this happens due to the increased brittleness of the bones.
In rare cases the occurrence of pain as a consequence of the formation of tumors of the spine.
Intercostal neuralgia
Pain occurs in the region of the ribs on the side or in the back, lower back and shoulder blades. The pain can be aching or sharp, burning or dull, they may appear from time to time, and may be present all of the time. If the pain is acute, it is often seen as the Rapiente in the heart.
These symptoms are added, and the skin, redness or pallor, excessive sweating, feeling the twitching of certain muscles.
When intercostal neuralgia is irritation, entrapment, compression of the intercostal nerves. In the place where the disadvantaged and damage to the nerves, a person can feel numbness of the skin.
To recognize this disease is not easy, because it can masquerade as other diseases, because your job is to consult with the therapist and to give details of your symptoms. You will be assigned to research that will help to determine the diagnosis, the treatment of intercostal neuralgia prescribed ointment relieves pain, b vitamins, nulla, physiotherapy,...
Kidney disease
Pain the pain usually associated with damage to the kidneys. During exercise, when a person stands or sits in such situations, the pain can occur, however, if you lie down, the pain "let go". Of course, pain in the back and added additional symptoms of kidney disease: high fever, frequent urination, dark urine, abdominal pain.
Problems with the kidney may give pain not only in the lower part of the back, but also in the thoracic spine, as it seemed amazing. It is a fact that such feelings can cause sand or stones in the kidneys, any infection, inflammatory processes, and "wandering kidney" (it is also called "drooping kidney" — disease nephroptosis characterized by a displacement of the kidney from their place).
When the back pain there are other symptoms of the kidney disease, your work in the near future to consult with a urologist who will recommend you to first do ultrasound and stick to your diet: remove all alcohol, spicy and salty foods, as well as the limitation of physical activity. In addition, you will need to increase the number of drinks per day, plain water or fruit drinks. We recommend you to drink a special decoction of diuretic herbs (bearberry, bilberry leaf).
Gastrointestinal diseases
In the waist area (the area of the upper lumbar and lower thoracic vertebrae) the pain may occur when stomach ulcers. In this disease appears pain during the night or on an empty stomach, and goes after eating.
Gastritis can also cause back pain. Stomach pain may not be felt, but the feeling of emptiness, as if the people are not. Muscle pain in the back appears on the left side.
Back pain as a result of problems with the intestinal tract, along with possible symptoms such as loose stools, feeling of fullness, flatulence.
If the cause for the back pain – stomach problems, it is necessary to cure him, and do not want to eliminate the pain. Go to the reception to the gastroenterologist and pass all the necessary tests. Follow the diet, with the exception of meat, spicy and fried meals and eat more often, avoiding long intervals between meals. You can, of course, of course of massage for elimination of pain in the back, but the sick stomach they over time will come back.
Gynecological diseases
Lower back pain in women is often caused by problems with gynecology. It appears in the lower part of the back, and sometimes radiates to the buttocks. Other symptoms of problems with gynecology includes: specific discharge, unpleasant smell, problems with the menstrual cycle.
Diseases of the female reproductive organs that can cause pain in the back: the inflammatory process in the ovary, endometritis (inflammation of the lining of the uterus), and various infections and tumors.
If you think that you have problems with gynecology, go to a specialist and get an ultrasound. You will be awarded the appropriate diagnosis and treatment are advised to avoid hypothermia and overheating (it is not necessary to visit the sauna and the tub with hot water), so as to not provoke an inflammatory process.
Diagnosis for pain in the back
- Often the back is called a dull pain in the lower part of the back. She can speak as a hernia or protrusion, for problems with gynecology or kidneys.
- Most dangerous is pain in the thoracic spine, it is also the most unpredictable. The reason for such pain is a serious problem for the health, ranging from heart attack, and the ends of the tumor.
- The most difficult-to-treat — pain in lumbar region radiating to the leg.
Severe pain in the arms is the:
- osteochondrosis,
- intervertebral hernia,
- sciatica.
With sciatica pain is a painful, sometimes blunt, and sharp. Usually the pain and discomfort appears with one side of the body, can give a leg, drumstick, thigh, buttock. If the person is coughing, changing body position, walking, the pain becomes stronger. The pain can be tingling, numbness, itching, tingling or "chills".
Acute back pain is when:
- the offset discs of the spine due to degenerative disk disease, improper lifting, with dislocation or fracture of the spine, as well as for operations on the spinal column;
- fall, sharp movements, muscle tension, hypothermia;
- lumbago, this is usually the case for those who are engaged in heavy physical labor. After a few days of sharp pain usually disappears, although it can last up to three weeks;
- renal colic, a feeling of intense pain does not appear only in the back, but in the gut, feel it sometimes in the genital area;
- problems with the genitourinary system pain occurs in the lower part of the back and abdomen, in addition to the temperature of the body becomes high;
- pulmonary diseases, and pain occurs not only in back and in shoulder blades and chest. May increase when coughing, one feels a General malaise and has a fever.
Pain pain in the arms is the:
- inflammation of the muscles of the waist, myositis (inflammation of skeletal muscles). These feelings appear as a consequence of exposure to cold, or muscle strain. The affected muscles become rigid and the voltage hurt even more. Although this pain the pain quite a long time, it is not strong and does not cause a lot of discomfort.
Chronic pain occurs when:
- spondylosis (t.n. overgrowth of bone tissue at the edges of the vertebral bodies, which is like the thorns). Pain is painful, often associated symptoms – numbness, weakness in the legs. With the defeat of the cervix occurs pain in the neck, shoulders, when he turns his head;
- ankylosing spondylitis, cancer, osteomyelitis, problems with metabolism.
Pain that radiates to the left or right foot, occurs when:
- inflammation of the sciatic nerve the pain is felt in the sacrum and lower back, back of thigh or buttock, leg or lower leg, along with tingling and numbness of the muscles.
Prevention of back pain
In order not to experience discomfort in the back, you should follow these rules:
- Stand and walk properly, do not slouch or crane your neck, keep your back straight.
- Sitting, leaning back in his chair, feet reliqua on the floor and not throwing one leg over the other. If you have time to sit, place your feet on a small bench, they level should be above the hips. Up from time to time and make sure to stretch your muscles, do some simple exercises to warm up, change of position.
- To properly lift weights, no sudden movements: first, sat down, took a heavy object and then standing with a straight back.
- Sleep properly in a semi-rigid bed, lying on his side.
- Enough overload on your body physically, to regularly do exercises that strengthen the muscles of the back and abdomen. If there are serious problems with the spine, before you start any set of exercises, it is necessary to consult with a specialist.
Of all the physical activities, swimming is the most ideal for the health of the spine.
If you set a goal to get rid of the back pain, the movement must be present in your life regularly. Go on foot, in vehicles do not require rapid to sit, climb the stairs, bypassing the Elevator. In addition to this, eat right and balanced, think positively (for starters, stop watching the news and "devastating" TV). All these simple changes in your behavior can significantly improve the condition of your spine.
Be healthy!