Many sore backs and very different, at times this happens with most adults. Someone pain is not a sign of something serious, just need to do some simple exercises in between. Someone will be symptoms of a tumor, infection or degenerative changes in the spine.
To understand what causes pain, how it happens and what to do it is not so difficult.
The causes of back pain
Why back pain? The causes of back pain are varied. Describe them the easiest way to break into groups.
- Temporary. Syndrome occur in healthy people in a short time, as a result of exposure to adverse conditions, misuse, exercise, prolonged standing in one position. Not dangerous, just to get rid of.
- A degenerative. Appears as a result of changes in the spine: the vertebrae have shifted, problems with the intervertebral disks that pinched a nerve. Is not dangerous, but unpleasant, and it is a long time.
- Catchy. Will be the symptoms of the inflammatory process that occurs in the spine or surrounding muscles. Dangerous, because the infection affects the whole body negatively and can lead to death of the patient.
- Radiant. Will be the symptoms of disease of the internal organs. The spine is not affected, the pain just goes back.
- Other. This group combined for reasons that do not include the first four.
To understand why back pain should be addressed for each group separately.
Temporary pain
It is a small group, but with them is the opportunity to face the person. The reasons are three:
- Awkward body position. Back pain is a natural reaction to the muscle tension and improper curvature of the spine. Pain nagging, uncomfortable. Typical people who work sitting several hours, to create a comfortable workspace, with a long-term stay in one position.
- A muscle strain. If an untrained person begins to carry heavy loads, will be engaged in active work or go to the gym, the reaction of its muscles and tendons is natural the next day, he did not suffer pain. His character-drawing has been improved, when you try to move. If you still have to strain, can bring the muscle inflammation.
- Pregnancy. In order for the baby to remove the birth canal, already in the first months of pregnancy, the female body begins to produce a hormone that ligaments soft. At the same time, the longer the duration, the greater the child's weight and the load on the spine results in constant nagging pain localized in the lower back or sacrum.
Back pain are in the muscles are restored, the child is born, the position of the body changes, and everything comes back to normal a little feedback to the patient.
All she can do to alleviate their condition, to give yourself time to rest.
Degenerative pain
Such malfunction is more serious than temporary, and the self do not pass. These are:
- The lower back pain. The reason for degenerative changes in the structure of the intervertebral discs. They lose their elasticity and become flat, causing the vertebrae become less mobile, to crumble, to change its shape. To distinguish, depending on which of the affected regions of the spine: cervical, thoracic, lumbar. The neck is accompanied by pain, which gives to the shoulder, a painful headache, dizziness, hearing loss. Breast given breast, often so much that is a problem breathing. The lumbar spine radiating to the legs, often accompanied by lameness and disorders of the pelvic organs.
- Intervertebral hernia. A hernia develops when the intervertebral disc bulges between the vertebrae. Initially, the pain is dull, nagging, growing, when the disc presses the vertebrae, when the patient coughs, lifting weights, long sitting in one place. In the future, grow, start to give in the limbs, becomes acute. Included is a weakness in the muscles, rapid change in your posture for the worse, the problems of sensitivity of the limbs. If left untreated, can lead to a paralysis of everything below the disc, which is pinched.
- Transitional vertebrae. Develops either due to congenital deformities or degenerative changes in the structure of the spine. Often localized in the lumbar region, pain is constant, nagging, comments, buttocks and legs.
- A Herniated disc. It is a logical continuation of the development of a herniated disc. Pinned disc bulges so that you actually hear in his seat. A condition characterized by acute pain, the patient freezes in one position and trying very hard not to move, not to aggravate.
- Sciatica. Happens due to pinched spinal roots. Is manifested by pain, tingling, numbness, reduced sensitivity, even complete atrophy of the plot, which in the context of the nervous system offers, in particular the sports. Because sciatica is caused lumbago pain syndrome, where the patient suddenly shot back and he freezes in a bent position, unable to straighten up.
- Osteoporosis. Happens either with age or due to hormonal disturbances in the body. Bone tissue as a result of the disease, becomes less dense and loses its normal structure. Pain during prolonged sitting in a static posture or when the weather changes. They are accompanied by a change in posture, leg cramps and extreme fragility of the bones of the weak shock can lead to fracture.
- Bechterew's Disease. The disease, which leads to deterioration of the small joints, the spine, which connects the individual vertebrae. Characterized by constant pain that increases at night and it is easier in the morning.
Degenerative changes are chronic and are treated mostly by lifestyle changes and manual therapy. Symptomatic treatment is given only at the time of recurrence, surgery is indicated only in some cases of osteochondrosis, for example, they do not help.
Catchy
Specific inflammations of the spine is not so much that a large part of the syndrome due to infectious diseases, which can be basically located anywhere. Most often it is two diseases:
- TB. The pulmonary form is common, but it also happens that affects the spine. Pain painful, treatment is long and difficult, often the person left of the results invalid.
- Osteomyelitis. Affects the bone, the periosteum, bone marrow. Runs hard, the formation of pus. Gnawing pain, accompanied by the formation of fistulas, festering wounds on the body.
And tuberculosis, osteomyelitis is associated with fever, headache, muscle weakness, fatigue, and often also nausea, vomiting, diarrhea all these are classic symptoms of infection. The care they need immediately, because in the past so it is more effective.
Radiant
Diseases of internal organs can also cause pain. This pain is not increased and is not reduced by changing the position of the body, and there's also a clear symptoms that indicate a particular organ.
- The kidneys. The most common variant, several inflammatory diseases or beads. Girdle pain at the level of the waist, stronger back, not up. Accompanied by frequent urination, an intense yellow color in the urine or blood, fever. Sometimes found in the form of renal colic sharp pain on one side of the back.
- Of the gastrointestinal tract. Ulcer or gastritis pain may be given back. Nature aching, occurring either in the evening, when the man goes to sleep, or when he is hungry, or immediately after a meal. Included are the classic symptoms of indigestion and intestinal bloating, increased gas, nausea, constipation or diarrhea. Sometimes there is heartburn and blood in the stool black, if the patient has a stomach ulcer, black, if the ulcers in the intestine.
- Gynecologist. Women are also pain, aching in nature, located just above the waist. Accompanied by disturbances of the menstrual cycle, secretions of unusual color and texture unpleasant odor, problems during sexual intercourse, sometimes a high temperature.
- The lungs. Stabbing pain in the thoracic spine, more on the exhale, the exhalation weakens. Accompanied by shortness of breath, shallow and rapid breathing, symptoms of lack of oxygen, fatigue, dizziness, fainting.
- Heart. Stabbing pain, also chest can give in the shoulder and arm to the left side. With arrhythmia or tachycardia, shortness of breath, dizziness.
In this case, the pain syndrome you to easily contact the internal organs, because when regular pain in the back, no other symptoms are detected.
Other
This group includes such diseases as malignant tumor and back injuries, which are not included in the previous one. They are characterized by different symptoms:
- Tumor. Cancer of the spine has been observed only rarely, then, is to affect either the bone marrow or bone tissue. Often the back is full of metastases, and then, in addition to the primary symptoms of the patient is also suffering from severe back pain.
- Injury. Drop, shock, and other injuries leave bruises, sometimes broken ribs or even the spine. And the symptoms and treatment are very dependent on the nature of the injury, which is one of the vertebrae it came to the young man. Most often, the consequences ranging from simply waiting for the bruise to go to the hospital and a long wait until the bones grow together.
In any case, these causes are serious and require a visit to the doctor, diagnosis and treatment.
The type of pain
Back pain is often different to assume what the problem is, because of its very nature. Event:
- strong pulling is characterized by degenerative changes, or, if it is accompanied by symptoms of heart or lung disease;
- acute occurs when the sciatica, prolapsed spine, renal colic and infections often accompanied by fever;
- nagging often caused by muscle tension (and then the muscles on palpation of the lump, reduced), but may be evidence of degenerative changes in the acute stage, if the back pain permanent;
- radiating back pain symptoms are accompanied by symptoms from other organs, the pain does not change the intensity or, depending on the position of the body, or, depending on the time of day.
If the back pain, the pain is talking about it, what is affected. Sometimes you don't even need a visit to the doctor, and you can understand yourself.
What to do for back pain?
There are some cases, when you go to the doctor is not:
- if the disease is chronic and the patient does not have time;
- if the pain is due to muscular overstrain;
- if the patient was just sitting in an awkward position and can clearly associate with this pain.
In such cases, it is sufficient to keep the place that hurts warm (you can wrap it in a scarf), in order to avoid awkward postures and to drink vitamins, they help the body recover faster.
Immediately after the appointment with the doctor or call it home, you need if:
- the pain came after the injury;
- the pain associated with the loss of sensitivity of the back or limbs;
- the pain continues for several days or even improve;
- it is associated with fever and other symptoms of the infection;
- the pain continues, even if you lie down and relax;
- the pain is accompanied by other symptoms of tachycardia, shortness of breath, problems with urination, constipation or diarrhea.
The doctor should also visit if back pain happens to children or the elderly, over the age of fifty years.
Diagnosis
Diagnostics are performed in a row, after consultation with the doctor will ask the patient's symptoms and perform a palpation, a variety of tests to understand what could lead to back pain.
Among them:
- General blood and urine give an idea about the status of the body, and also to detect infectious contamination, if any;
- x-rays suitable for detection of tumors and tuberculosis, give an idea of the shape of the spine and its deformation;
- Ultrasound and MRI are used to get as detailed as possible a picture of the spine.
After receiving the results of the study, the doctor can assume that was the reason for this condition and gives more specialized tests. Biopsy, which shows, what processes are in tissues, neurological tests, showing the depth of the lesion, infectious plants, to identify the causative agent.
As a result, the range narrowed so that the cause of this disease has become apparent, and you can proceed to the treatment.