If back pain in the lumbar region, this can have various reasons. The pain is localized in the location, as in the spine and originate from the internal organs, the soft tissues. Sometimes the pain is system's pathologies, and is one of its symptoms. To find conditions discomfort, you need to have a full diagnosis – it will be timely start the treatment.
Osteochondrosis of the spine
Most often, localized pain in the area of the spine, to be more precise, for example, in his lumbosacral. Therefore, in the case of back pain in the lumbar area, all of the possible causes are divided into primary and secondary. Among the primary reasons of all diseases of the spine (functional, degenerative, inflammatory and other), and with the secondary rank as all the other diseases.
The most a widely used premise, after which it pain –back pain. It appears when the is a narrowing of the intervertebral discs, the loss of moisture cartilage and alignment of the drives with each other. The pain is a result of the impact of the drives on the nerves, and other symptoms (disturbances of the functions of the organs, numbness, tingling, etc.) – on the background of deterioration of blood supply to the Zone.
Osteochondrosis without treatment complicated:
- The Projection;
- Hernias;
- Destruction of the disc;
- Sequestration (deposition) of the hard disk.
Pain in this disease is strengthened to the extent of the development, in the same step, accompanied by severe, acute seizures in the lumbar area. Osteochondrosis with increasing age, is at 60-80% of the people.
Vertebral syndrome with other pathologies
Causes of pain in the spine not only due to osteochondrosis. In medicine there is the concept of "spine syndromes", by the different pathologies due to configuration changes of the spine, its mobility and functionality, with disorders of posture and gait.
Curvature – a more common condition for back pain. Loin can suffer if:
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- Kyphosis;
- The Lordosis;
- Scoliosis.
Kyphosis can be congenital, if the child has a wedge-shaped vertebrae, and hemivertebrae, but this is rare. Frequent back pain in the presence of kyphosis in the background, Spondylitis (inflammation of the cartilage and vertebrae according to the type of Arthritis) appear to be from spondylosis (osteoarthritis of the joints in vertebrates loops). Also kyphosis and excessive lordosis can occur after injury, failed operations, against the background of aging. Curvature to the side (scoliosis) of the lumbar spine is rare, especially it concerns the thoracolumbar division.
Vertebrogenic pain accompany defeat of the entire column in ankylosing spondylitis. In this case, is able to form arc-shaped deformation, which leads to pain from the tailbone up to the neck. In severe cases, the height of the body is reduced, the vortex is fixed. The defeat of the lumbar spine in the case of any disease can be roots with lumbodynia – sharp shot at a careless movement, which arises due to a sudden impairment of the nerves. Serious complications such as Cauda equina syndrome, if caught in netting large nerves.
Causes of pain in women
Back in women a specific cause of pain. The pain of the conditions referred to in the location of the emanate from such States is:
- Menstruation. During the menstrual pain may not be a Signal, which is a Problem. In some women, it is the individual peculiarity of the organism and is considered to be the primary algomenoree, wherein no organic cause has. If syndrome appeared suddenly, it may indicate, hormonal disorders,
inflammatory diseases. Normally, sensations stronger in the lower body, but also the spine often give. - Ovulation. Pain in the middle of the cycle is often a Symptom of the release of eggs from the ovary. Ovulation in many women, combined with unpleasant sensations in the loin and belly, in the groin area.
- Pregnancy. Pain in pregnant back associated with the increase in the load on the spine, these symptoms are typical for the second and third Trimester. In an early period after conception, a similar Symptom can also occur, and their causes are both natural (embryo, hormonal changes) and pathological (ectopic pregnancy). To relieve pain, a woman needs to wear a bandage, to sleep on the comfortable cushion, lay a pillow under the abdomen.
Often in the loin pain syndrome occurs after the abortion, in the case of Endometritis, cervicitis, erosions, colpitis, in the case of Adnexitis – the importance of a timely diagnosis.
Other causes and diseases
Pain in the lumbar region – a common Symptom in diseases of the kidneys. Mostly nagging, aching feeling, together with a a little increased temperature – a sign of Pyelonephritis, inflammation, or renal parenchyma. Disease, in connection with the penetration of infection or hypothermia. Not less often the cause of the problem mochekamennaya the disease, when the kidneys-pelvic calculus, to appear. Less often due to pain:
- Prolapse of the kidney;
- Tumors;
- Cysts;
- Benign Education;
- Glomerulonephritis.
Pain in diseases often are under the ribs, the navel, the lower abdomen. There are also other possible causes of the sensations in the loin:
- Disturbances of the composition of the bone tissue. In the case of osteomalacia, osteoporosis, vertebral and the bones, the thinner, the pain is in movement, later also at rest.
- Tumor lymph node metastases in this area. Many tumors of other localization without treatment, give metastases in the spine, in the kidney, in the blood vessels.
- The Infection. Severe pain can cause epidural abscess, tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis of the vertebrae.
- Injuries. Compressive fracture of spine, fracture of the pelvis also give a strong pain syndrome in the area of the belt.
- Myositis. In the case of inflammation of the muscles, which can occur in any area of the body, painful symptoms in the lower back localized. Often, a strong under-cooling, or physical overload.
Other possible causes of the sensations Reiter's syndrome, mental illness, appendicitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, in men, Epididymitis, Prostatitis in the acute Form may be.
Back pain in children
In childhood, most commonly the spine, pain in the lumbar region because of the growing attitude disturbances. The children will be sitting incorrectly in the school, home, spend a lot of time at the Computer, television, carry a bag on one shoulder. All of these factors cause the development of kyphosis, and kyphoscoliosis, excessive lumbar lordosis. You increase the risk of pathologies, flat feet, foot deformities.
Banal conditions for the pain to overexertion of the muscles on the Sport. The pain cause signs of the situation, the stretching of the muscles, ligaments, contusion, a blow on the back, drastically wrong move with a broken tailbone. Often the pain of children with obesity, sleep suffer on soft mattresses, leading gipodinamiya way of life, often with heavy loads.
Rare pain in children are provoked:
- Cholecystitis, the Stagnation of bile, as an excess of the gall bladder;
- Inflammation of the pancreas, reactive pancreatitis;
- Pyelonephritis, the incidence of stones or Sand in the kidney.
Pain in children in the area of the loin with the flu, a severe SARS, girls in puberty at the time of first Menstruation, or in front of you. In the case of young people in the morning pain in the spine may already be on the development of a hernia or even a Tumor disease, it is important, symptoms do not leave without attention!
Types of back pain and symptoms.
If the back hurts, the right treatment, the correct Interpretation of the pain helps. To the degree it can be:
- Chronic, appear regularly, but moderate force;
- Acute – a sharp, shooting, sudden or after exposure to a number of factors.
Also lower back pain is mechanical (due to degenerative changes), or inflammatory (that is, when an inflammation of the spine, soft tissues, organs). The pain is the local (regional), reflected (comes from the other organs, the lower back), root (due to feeling of pressure to nerve roots), diffuse (in several areas of the spine).
Pain, cramp-like sensations are pain accompanied with twitching are characteristic for muscle, or spasm of the muscles. Blunt, often occurring symptoms may require a review of the institutions mochepolovoy the systems, especially when they grow in intensity. Acute pain after physical work complication, intervertebral disc degeneration, disc herniation, or the protrusion can reflect. Occurring gut-wrenching, unbearable pain appear in the compression of the Cauda equina and are in urgent need of rooms in the hospital.
Diagnosis of pathologies of the back
The selection of experts for the primary treatment depends on additional manifestations and the nature of the pain. If the pain in the back subsides location in the lower back, does not change by the change of the Position of the body, with a General malaise associated it's going to be about the pathology of the internal organs. Consult a urologist, gastroenterologist, in the case of the impossibility to identify the sensations to a therapist. The doctor will carried out a series of investigations:
- The General analysis of blood;
- Biochemistry;
- Sonography, or MRI of the organs of the peritoneum;
- Ultrasound Retroperitoneum, Urinary Bladder.
Female pathology treated and investigated under the control of the woman doctor, according to the investigation on a chair, the smear and the implementation of the sonography of the pelvic organs. To clarify the nature of the pain and its cause is necessary a control and an orthopedic surgeon, vertebrologist – assigned, x-ray, MRI, analysis rheumatoid factor. In cases of suspected osteoporosis may densitometry, Tests for Calcium, phosphorus, a series of hormones. In the case of violations of the Zone, loin, please contact the emergency Department or in the Department of accident surgery.
Drug Treatment
The treatment is entirely through the exact cause of the pain. Temporarily numb, but not the disease does not help-heal-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). These funds relieve the inflammation, pain syndrome remove. Severe cases (lumbago, back pain) require the introduction of drugs into the muscle, the vein.
In less severe cases, you can is a decrease in the ointment with NSAIDs, lubricate the belt and other painful areas, the pain quickly. In the case of osteochondrosis is usually prescribed to drink tablets and to stun with NSAIDs rates up to 7-10 days permanently and remove the inflammatory response.
In the case of pain in the back in the waist area, the treatment may include, and such means (if the disease is causing problems with the spine):
- B-Vitamins;
- Muscle relaxants;
- Chondroprotectors;
- Glucocorticoids in the syringe.
Kidney disease treated with the help of herbal remedies, antibiotics, drugs, dissolving stones, Stripping the Sand. If the pain is caused by tumors, the treatment is carried out under the control of the oncologist.
Other types of treatment
Physiotherapy, in General, is only recommended in chronic diseases of the spine. Pain can be increased because of the inflammation of the internal organs against the background of physical therapy, to provoke the infection more severe consequences. Of physiotherapy techniques are recommended:
- Electrophoresis with painkillers, Magnesium, anesthetics, corticosteroids;
- Electrical stimulation of the muscles – relaxes, cleanses spasms, improves the blood circulation in the lumbar area;
- Amplipuls – relieves pain, improves trofiku fabrics;
- Balneo therapy warms the treatment of Paraffin and sludge, reduces pain, increases the speed of the dissipation of the products of inflammation.
Also, the Patient can a range hood of the spine, manual therapy, treatment at the osteopath. Mandatory movement therapy gymnastics without restoring health, the loin will not work. Treatment of diseases of the spine, also an orthopedist, say, can alleviate the wear of bandages, corsets for the formation of posture and pain.
Folk Remedies
Lower back pain can be and natural remedies. There are a number of recipes, the useful in diseases of the spine:
- RUB a piece of ginger root. Mix equal parts with honey. Put the mixture on a cloth, lay them on the issue. On a cloth up with a bandage or cloth cover, Roll and leave for an hour.
- Mix evenly and grass St. John's wort comfrey. Tablespoon of the mixture brew Cup of water, to insist hour. 100 ml of drink for three times/day for at least a month. In the case of pain and pain sensations in the lumbar region this method for the restoration of mobility, for the improvement of the condition of the cartilage.
- They combine 3 tablespoons of almond oil and 10 drops of oil of eucalyptus. Apply oil to RUB the problematic zones as needed for pain.
Prevention of pain
To do not need to know about pain in the area of the spine and the belt, you must take a series of preventive measures. It is important to eat with the recording menu, cottage cheese, milk products, nuts sources of calcium. Lack of exercise and obesity are not permitted – they must be fought with the help of the sports straightforward, heart. All infectious pathology must be treated in time to drink more water so you can avoid the chronification of pain against the backdrop of the renal problems.
Orthopedic mode is very important for the health of the spine. Do not lift weights without load balancing you need to get up with a heavy object in the hands directly. When working in a sitting position you have to do on a regular basis, warm-up, after 3-5 minutes to help to avoid Stagnation and degenerative processes. If the sleep is to prevent an orthopaedic mattress that the curvature of the spine from an early age, so you avoid problems in the future.