This may be due to diseases of the internal organs, trauma to the spine (including a fracture), neurological pain usually indicates osteochondrosis, and sometimes it is a symptom of the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney stones, etc.
In addition, the back is somewhat prone to injury and pain. The spine performs at least 4 functions: supporting, protective, cushioning and motor. Therefore, if pain occurs, it may be due to poor posture, a strong one-time load, a sudden movement or turn.
What to do with back pain?
See a doctor, get tested. Based on the diagnosis, it will become clear how to cure back pain, depending on its root cause.
Causes of back pain
Finding out why your back hurts is not easy. The fact is that the spine is at the same time a support, protection, depreciation of the body. If there is chronic back pain, it is a violation of any of these functions.
If pain is felt in the back between the shoulder blades, it may be associated with bronchitis and coughing. If your back muscles hurt, the discomfort may be due to overexertion due to heavy lifting the day before. Back pain on the right or left can be caused by a sudden rotation of the body.
There are more serious causes of periodic sharp pains. For example, inflammation of the internal organs, kidney stones, bruised spine. If the diagnosis of the back did not show degenerative changes, it is worth examining the internal organs. So, discomfort in the lumbar region can be a symptom of nephrosis.
In this or that case, the treatment is different, so first of all you need to establish the cause.
Varieties of diseases according to the nature of back pain
Possible causes of aching pain:
- Myositis.
- Lumbago.
- Intervertebral hernia.
It is exacerbated by lifting weights, physical work, hypothermia, a long stay in one position.
Causes of shooting pain in limbs:
- Intervertebral hernia.
- Radiculitis.
- Osteochondrosis.
Discomfort is aggravated by walking, bending over, coughing and sneezing. There is weakness in the legs and arms.
Causes of throbbing pain:
- intervertebral hernia.
- Osteochondrosis.
- Lumbago.
- Spondylosis.
Discomfort does not go away even after taking an analgesic.
Possible causes of arching and pressing pain:
- In the chest area - pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction.
- On any part of the spine - spondylarthrosis.
- In the lumbar region - intestinal obstruction.
- In the neck - atherosclerosis.
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