If the back hurts in the lumbar, it can be due to various causes. Pain is able to localized as in the spinal column, so come from the internal organs, soft tissues. Sometimes the pain is accompanied by systemic pathologies and is one of their symptoms. Find the preconditions of discomfort, it is necessary to go through a complete diagnostic – this will help you to start treatment in a timely manner.
Osteochondrosis of the spine
Most often, the pain localized in the spine, more precisely in his pain, sacral department. So if it hurts your back in the lumbar, all of the possible causes of divided into primary and secondary. The primary reasons include any disease of the vertebrae (the functional, degenerative, inflammatory and other), and the secondary ranked all other diseases.
The most common assumption, on which appear the pain –osteochondrosis. It appears when the narrowing of the intervertebral discs, loss of moisture of the cartilage and the courage of the disks between each other. Pain develops as a result of the impact of the disk on the nerve roots, and other symptoms (disturbances of organ function, numbness, "pins and needles" and so forth) – on the background of deteriorating blood supply to the area.
Osteochondrosis without treatment complicated by:
- Protrusion;
- Hernia;
- The division of the disk;
- Attachment (hair) of the disk.
The pain in this pathology is reinforced by at least the progression of the disease, gives to leg, accompanied by a sharp, acute seizures in the area of the lower part of the back. Osteochondrosis with age is celebrated at 60-80% of people.
Vertebral syndrome when other pathologies
The reasons for back pain can be caused not only by osteochondrosis. In medicine there is the concept of "vertebra syndrome, which is caused by different patologiía with the change of configuration of vertebral pillar, his mobility and function, with disorders of the possession of your body, and walk.
Curvature – another common assumption for back pain. The roast may suffer when:
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- Kyphosis;
- The lordosis;
- Scoliosis.
Kyphosis is congenital – if the child has a wedge vertebrae, to a hemivertebrae, but this rarely occurs. More often pain in the back, when the kyphosis appears on the background of spondylitis (inflammation of the cartilage and vertebrae on the type of arthritis), spondylosis (arthritis of the joints in the vertebrate processes). Also kyphosis and excess lordosis can occur after injury, unsuccessful operations on the background of aging of the organism. Curvature to the side (scoliosis) in the area of the lower part of the back rarely occurs, in essence, it refers to the thoracolumbar division.
Vertebrae pain may accompany the defeat only pillar, if the disease is ankylosing Spondylitis. In this case, it is able to form the arcuate deflection, which sees to the pain from the tailbone to the neck. In severe cases, the height of your body is reduced, the vertebrae are fixed. The defeat of the rest in each of the disease can be accompanied with lumbodynia – sharp shot in a careless motion that arises due to sudden retention of the roots. Severe complications may be a syndrome of the cauda equina, when the trap of the main nerve plexus.
Causes of pain in women
Back pain in women may have specific reasons. The pain, in addition to the above assumptions, can come from these conditions:
- Menstruation. During the monthly pain can be a signal of some problem. In some women it is the individual property of the organism is called the primary algomenoree, in this case, no organic reasons has not. If the syndrome appeared suddenly, it may be indicative of a hormonal failure,
inflammatory diseases. Usually the stronger the feeling in my stomach, but in the back too give often enough. - Ovulation. Pain at mid-cycle, often becomes a sign of the departure of the egg from the ovary. Ovulation, many women combined with unpleasant sensations in the lower part of the back and abdomen, in the groin.
- Pregnancy. Pain in pregnant back pain associated with increased load on the spine, these symptoms are characteristic for the second and third trimesters. At an early period after conception, this symptom may also take place, and his reasons are as natural (tying of the embryo, hormonal changes), so pathological (ectopic pregnancy). In order to reduce the pain, a woman is required to wear a bandage, to sleep on comfortable cushions, to close the pillow under your belly.
Often in the lower part of the back pain syndrome occurs after abortion, endometritis, cervicitis, erosion, colpitis, when adnexitis – important is the early diagnosis.
Other causes and diseases
Pain in the lower part of the back – is a common symptom in kidney disease. Most often, drag, gnawing feeling, along with a slightly raised temperature – a sign of pyelonephritis, or inflammation of the parenchyma of the kidney. The disease is associated with infiltration infection helena hypothermia. Not less often the cause of the problem becomes kidney stones disease, when the renal pelvis appears concretions. Less frequent pain due to:
- Prolapse of the kidney;
- Tumors;
- Cysts;
- Benign education;
- Glomerulonephritis.
Painful when the disease often gives under the ribs, in the navel, lower abdomen. There are also other possible causes of the sensations in the lower part of the back:
- Violation of the composition of bone tissue. In osteomalacia, osteoporosis, the vertebrae and the bones dwindling, the pain appears while moving, later even at rest.
- Tumors of the lymph nodes, metastases in this area. Many tumors of other localization, without treatment, give metastases in the spine, kidney, in blood vessels.
- Infection. Severe pain can cause epidural abscesses, tuberculosis, osteomyelitis of the vertebrae.
- Injury. Compression fractures of the vertebra, fracture of the pelvic bones also give a strong pain syndrome in the region of the belt.
- Myositis. In inflammation of the muscles, which can occur in any area of your body, the painful symptoms localized in the lower part of the back. More often them causes severe hypothermia helena physical overload.
Other possible causes of feelings can be reiter's syndrome, psychiatric disorders, appendicitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, in men – epididymitis, prostatitis in the acute form.
Back pain in children
In childhood is most often the spine pain in the lower part of the back due to the emerging disorders of the possession of your body. Sick kids sitting in school, at home, he spends a lot of time at the computer, the television, wearing the bag on one shoulder. All these factors provoke the development of kyfózaa, from kyphoscoliosis, excessive lordosis. Increase the risk of developing the disease flat feet, deformation of the feet.
Banal assumptions for the pain becomes the effort of the muscles in the physical education. Also cause painful signs is able to stretching the muscles, ligaments, bruises, the wound in the back, a sudden wrong move, a broken tailbone. More frequently suffer from children with obesity, sleeping on soft mattresses, head of gipodinamiya lifestyle, often the performance stress.
Less often in childhood the pains are triggered by:
- Cholecystitis, the stagnation of bile, to break the gall bladder;
- Inflammation of the pancreas, reactive pancreatitis;
- Pyelonephritis, the incidence of stones helena sand in the kidneys occur.
Pain in children in the area of the lower part of the back during the flu, severe ACUTE for adolescent girls – at first monthly, helena in front of them. In adolescents the morning pain in the spine may indicate the development of a hernia helena and cancer – it is important to leave the symptoms without attention!
Types of back pain and symptoms
When your back hurts, pick up the right treatment will help the faithful interpretation of the pain. According to the degree of severity it can be:
- Chronic, appear regularly, but moderately on the strength;
- Acute – sharp, shooting, emerging suddenly helena after the exposure of several factors.
Also pain in the lower part of the back becomes mechanical (caused by a degenerative nerve changes) helena inflammatory (appears when inflammation of the spine, soft tissues, organs). The pain tends to be local (local), reflected (comes from other organs, gives in the lower part of the back), root (subject to the compression of the roots), diffuse (available in several zones of the vertebral column).
Gnawing, cramping feelings along with twitching are characteristic of myalgia or a spasm of the muscles. Blunt, often appearing symptoms require verification of the organs of the urinary system, especially if it is increasing in intensity. Acute pain after physical work may reflect the complications of degenerative disc disease herniated helena protrusion. Dagger, the teaching of pain occurs when the compression of horsetail and require urgent accommodation in the hospital.
Diagnosis of diseases of the back
The selection of a specialist for the primary treatment depends on the other symptoms and type of pain. If the pain in the supine position in the lower part of the back is not a subside, without the changes from changing the position of your body, combined with the overall malaise, it is a pathology of the internal organs. It is necessary to turn to the urologist, a gastroenterologist, in the inability to identify feelings to a therapist. The doctor will prescribe a series of examinations:
- General analysis of blood;
- Biochemistry;
- ULTRASOUND helena MRI of the organs of the peritoneum;
- ULTRASOUND of the retroperitoneal space, urinary bladder.
Women's pathology being treated and the units under the control of the gynecologist, after a search on the chair, storage, smears and perform ULTRASONOGRAPHY of small pelvis. For clarification of the nature of pain and its causes need to be checked by an orthopedic surgeon, vertebrologist – appointed x-ray, MRI, tests for rheumatoid factor. When suspected for osteoporosis may need densitometry, tests for calcium, phosphorus, a variety of hormones. In the injury zone of the lower part of the back is necessary to turn to the trauma center after, helena on the study of traumatology.
Treatment treatment
The treatment will be completely subject to the exact cause of the pain. Temporarily numb, but not cure the disease will help a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). These funds, reduce inflammation, eliminate pain in the joints. Severe cases (lumbago, back pain) require the introduction of drugs into a muscle, vein.
In less severe cases, you can use the ointment with NSAIDS, is blurry guests, belts and other painful zone, the pain quickly subsides. When osteochondrosis is usually prescribed to drink the pills with the NSA courses in 7-10 days, to permanently numb and to remove an inflammatory response.
When the back pain in the lumbar treatment may include such remedies (in the event that the disease is caused by problems with the spine):
- Vitamins of the group;
- Muscle relaxants;
- Chondroprotectors;
- Corticosteroids in the injection.
Kidney disease is treated by using herbal remedies, antibiotics, drugs, solvent stones, the Stripping of the sand. When pain is caused by tumors, the treatment of holding under the control of the oncologist.
Other types of treatment
Physical therapy is usually recommended only in chronic diseases of the spinal column. Pain in the lower back pain due to inflammation of the internal organs on a background of physiotherapy may increase, the infection will trigger more severe consequences. Of physiotherapy techniques are recommended:
- Electrophoresis with painkillers, magnesium, local anesthetic, corticosteroid;
- Electro muscle stimulation – relaxes, relieves cramps, improves blood circulation in the area of the lower part of the back;
- Amplipuls – relieves pain, improves trophism of tissues;
- Balneotherapy, the treatment of paraffin and mud – warms, reduces pain, increases the speed to the products of inflammation.
Also, the patient can be assigned to the range hood of the spine, manual therapy, treatment by an osteopath. Necessarily performed EXERCISE – without exercise to restore the health of the lumbar will not work. Than to treat disorders of the spine the pillar also tells you the orthopedist – can be worn tires, corsets for the formation of holding your body and reduce pain.
Folk remedies
Reduce the pain in the lower part of the back, it is possible, and with the help of folk remedies. There are a number of recipes, which are useful in diseases of the spinal pillar:
- Grate a piece of ginger root. Mix in equal parts with honey. Connect the mixture to a rag, put on problem zones. Cover the top with a cloth, roll up the bandage helena handkerchief, leave for an hour.
- Mixture evenly st. john's wort, and the herb comfrey. Tablespoon of the mixture cooking a glass of water, insist hour. Drink 100 ml three times a day, not less than a month. The pain and pain sensations in the lumbar this method will help to restore mobility, improve the condition of the cartilage.
- Combine 3 tablespoons of almond oil and 10 drops of oil of eucalyptus. Use oil for grinding problem areas on the fly at the occurrence of pain.
Prevention of pain syndrome
To know about pain in the region of the spine and region of the belt, it is necessary to follow some preventive measures. The important thing is to eat are incorporated into the menu of cottage cheese, dairy foods, nuts – a source of calcium. Lack of exercise and obesity unacceptable – with them it is necessary to fight for to help handle sports, cardio. All infectious pathology should be treated in a timely manner, drink more water – it is possible to avoid chronic pain on a background of kidney problems.
Orthopedic regime is very important for the health of the spinal column. You can't lift weights without distribution of load – is the need to get up with a heavy object in the hands of the right. When working in a seated position it is necessary to regularly do warm-up for 3-5 minutes – this will help to avoid stagnation and degenerative processes. If you sleep on an orthopedic mattress, avoid curvature of the spinal column from an early age, it will help you avoid problems in the future.