Back pain is a symptom of more than 20 diseases. These are cardiovascular and nervous diseases. To make an accurate diagnosis, it is necessary to visit a neurologist, a cardiologist, pass some tests and undergo examinations. Once the diagnosis is made, treatment should be started immediately, as delay can make the situation worse.
Back pain can appear in the spine, under the scapula, under the ribs, and in the lumbar region.
Pain in the spine is also of different localization:
- neck pain;
- chest pain;
- Back ache;
- pain in the pelvic area;
- pain in the tailbone.
Painful sensations can be local or radiate to the limb, under the scapula, to the shoulder.
Patients characterize their pain as aching, shooting, stabbing, and cooking. These are mainly pain in the chest and lower back.
Back pain causes
With many diseases of the spine and pinched nerve endings, the back can hurt. But, these diseases often and for a long time are not felt. Pain appears in the case of a provoking factor, in which the disease seems to wake up from hibernation. Then you need to take pain relievers and treat the disease itself.
Causes of pain
- Long-term muscle tension.
- Severe physical overload.
- Prolonged unchanged body position. A person sits or stands for a long time, without changing the position of his body, without warming up.
- Injury to the spine.
- Hypothermia of the body.
What contributes to back pain
- rachiocampsis;
- little physical activity;
- incorrect weight lifting;
- unsuitable furniture that causes spinal discomfort;
- hormonal imbalance.
Diseases that cause back pain
- Osteocondritis of the spine.
- Myositis of the muscles of the spine.
- Neuralgia.
- Radiculitis in the lumbar region.
Symptoms of diseases that cause back pain
Osteocondritis of the spine
This is an inflammation of the intervertebral discs, in which their deformation occurs.
Pain in osteochondrosis is painful, which does not allow you to withstand physical activity for a long time. Painful sensations sometimes subside and reappear under unpleasant circumstances. In severe cases, a herniated disc develops. Back pain gets worse. The patient is temporarily unable to work.
Myositis of back muscle fibers
The aching pain increases with deep breathing or when you move. Sometimes pain does not allow a person to fall asleep. Sometimes the temperature rises slightly, the patient shivers. The sore muscles thicken and hurt on palpation.
Intercostal neuralgia
It causes continuous aching pain. The pain is worse when the person breathes deeply, sneezes, or coughs. The pain seems to surround the spine, radiating between the ribs. On palpation, the muscles are not tense, but painful. With intercostal neuralgia, pain arises from angina and myocardial infarction. In this case, the pain radiates to the heart.
Lumbosacral sciatica
In case of inflammation of the lumbosacral spine, pain may be felt in the leg or in the gluteal muscle. Muscle spasms occur. The aching pains are interrupted by throbbing pains. With such severe pain, the patient is unable to move and remains immobile.
During a neuralgia attack, he becomes numb with a painful shock. It happens that with the pain there may be numbness, a burning sensation or a small tingling sensation. People called this condition lumbago.
How to treat back pain caused by diseases of the spine?
- In the event of pain, the patient should move as little as possible.
- Sleep on a comfortable, firm mattress.
- Take anti-inflammatory drugs, they are released in tablets and ampoules. In case of severe pain, injections are given. The ointment should be applied not only to the site of the painful dislocation, but also to the surrounding tissues. An ointment containing bee or snake venom is used only on the area that hurts.
- Preparations with a warming effect. They improve blood circulation and relieve pain. Using mustard dressings also helps.
- Physiotherapeutic procedures such as electrophoresis and ultrasound help. Sometimes acupuncture is used.
- For severe back pain caused by sciatica or neuralgia, pain relievers are taken. Or they blockade the novocaine.
- B vitamins are prescribed in the form of injections. Then you can take pills.
Back pain is caused by diseases of the internal organs. An accurate diagnosis can only be made by a doctor after a thorough examination.
How to treat back pain in remission:
- special exercises;
- an orderly regime of work and rest;
- heavy physical inadmissibility;
- physiotherapy;
- treatment in a sanatorium;
- the use of B vitamins. They improve the nutrition of inflamed tissues and relieve them.
- the use of anti-inflammatory drugs;
- with a hernia of the spine, sometimes an operation is prescribed in the department of neurosurgery.
Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure. In order to avoid diseases of the spine, the following rules should be observed.
- Watch your posture
- Do not lift heavy objects.
- To live an active life.