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 consult a neurologist, cardiologist, pass some tests and undergo examinations. Once the diagnosis is made, treatment should be started immediately as a delay can make the situation worse.
Back pain can occur in the spine, under the shoulder blade, under the ribs, and in the lumbar region.
Spinal pain also has different localizations:
- neck pain;
- chest pain;
- back pain;
- pelvic pain;
- tailbone pain.
Painful sensations may be local or radiate to the limbs, below the shoulder blade, to the shoulder.
Patients characterize their pain as pain, cracking, stabbing, and burning. This mainly refers to pain in the chest and lower back.
Causes of back pain
In many diseases of the spine and pinched nerve endings, the back can hurt. But these diseases are often not felt for a long time. Pain occurs in the case of a provoking factor, in which the disease seems to wake up from hibernation. Then you have to take pain medication and treat the disease itself.
Causes of pain
- Prolonged muscle tension.
- Severe physical overload.
- Prolonged unchanged body position. A person sits or stands for a long time, without changing body position, without warming up.
- Spinal cord injury.
- Body hypothermia.
Which contributes to back pain
- rachiocampsis;
- low physical activity;
- improper weight lifting;
- inadequate furniture causing spinal discomfort;
- hormonal imbalance.
Diseases that cause back pain
- Osteochondritis of the spine.
- Spinal muscle myositis.
- Neuralgia.
- Radiculitis in the lumbar region.
Symptoms of diseases that cause back pain
Osteochondritis of the spine
This is an inflammation of the intervertebral discs in which their deformation occurs.
The pain in osteochondrosis is painful, which does not allow you to endure physical activity for a long time. Painful feelings occasionally subside and reappear under unpleasant circumstances. In severe cases, a herniated disc develops. Back pain worsens. The patient is temporarily incapable of work.
Myositis of the back muscle fibers
The pain increases with deep breathing or when moving. It happens that the pain does not allow a person to fall asleep. Sometimes the temperature rises slightly, the patient shivers. Painful muscles thicken and hurt on palpation.
Intercostal neuralgia
It causes constant pain. The pain is stronger when a person breathes deeply, rains or coughs. The pain seems to encircle the spine, radiating between the ribs. On palpation, the muscles are not tense, but painful. Along with intercostal neuralgia, pain occurs due to angina pectoris and myocardial infarction. In this case, the pain radiates to the heart.
Lumbosacral sciatica
With inflammation of the lumbosacral spine, pain can be given in the leg or in the gluteus muscle. Muscle cramps occur. Painful pains are interrupted by shooting pains. With such severe pain, the patient cannot move and just sit still.
During an attack of neuralgia, he becomes numb from the painful shock. It happens that the pain can lead to numbness, a burning sensation or a slight burning sensation. People called this condition lumbago.
How to treat back pain caused by spinal diseases?
- With pain, the patient must move as little as possible.
- Sleep on a comfortable, firm mattress.
- Take anti-inflammatory drugs, they are released in tablets and ampoules. Injections are given for severe pain. The ointment should not only be applied to the site of pain dislocation, but also to the surrounding tissues. Ointment containing bee or snake venom is used only on the site that hurts.
- Preparations with warming effect. They improve blood circulation and relieve pain. The use of mustard also helps.
- Psychotherapeutic procedures like electrophoresis and ultrasound help. Acupuncture is sometimes used.
- Analgesics are used for severe back pain caused by sciatica or neuralgia. Or they block novocaine.
- B vitamins are prescribed in the form of injections. Then you can take the pills.
Back pain is caused by diseases of the internal organs. An accurate diagnosis can only be made by a doctor with a thorough examination.
How to treat back pain in remission:
- special exercises;
- orderly regime of work and rest;
- inadmissibility of severe physical;
- physiotherapy;
- sanatorium treatment;
- use of vitamin B. They improve nutrition in inflamed tissues and release them.
- use of anti-inflammatory drugs;
- with a hernia of the spine, surgery is sometimes prescribed in the neurosurgical department.
Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure. To avoid spinal diseases, you must adhere to the following rules.
- Track your posture
- Do not lift heavy objects.
- To lead an active lifestyle.