Fans warm sore back should know that their pain, the reality can be quite different origin and warming something, in this case is not only useless, and sometimes dangerous. Back pain can be due to problems with the pelvic organs. For example, in women it is associated with painful menstruation (which has its own reasons) and adhesions and ovarian cysts, inflammation of the appendages, endometriosis, and even ectopic pregnancy, which requires emergency treatment. Warming in all these cases is strictly prohibited.
Find out if all was in order the pelvic organs ultrasound.
Where to go for back pain?
Traditionally low back pain in our country, decided to go to a neurologist. It is not always correct and need not: pain in the spine can "show" any of these professional doctor of physical therapy, surgeon, or doctor.
Prostate
Men with the appearance of back pain is to remember, how long have they checked the condition of the prostate gland. The fact that symptoms of chronic prostatitis can be a pain, not only in the abdomen and the perineum, but also lower back – often at the same time.
If the lower back hurts older men and know the status of your prostate, you should visit a urologist.
Kidney
Lower back pain can be anything to do with the back, he often having pain in the kidneys. The reason is to doubt, if the back hurts on both sides, about in the places, which are located in the palm, if you stretch them back. In addition, you should think about kidney if the lower back hurts on the other side. But what the nature of the pain – he is pulling, or, on the contrary, the surgery, if he appeared in the lumbar region, the kidneys need to check in any case.
If the kidneys, showing urine and ultrasound.
Do not freeze!
You definitely need to see a doctor, if
- back pain persist, when you lie down, and my back hurts at night;
- background pain is increased body temperature;
- pain in any region of the spine occurring after injury;
- you are under 18 and over 60 years;
- you have recently recovered from infection;
- in addition to back pain, you have numbness;
- use of hormonal drugs;
- before you have recovered from cancer.
Heart
Pain in the thoracic spine (what people usually call "pain between the shoulder blades") can be associated with disorders of the heart until the myocardial infarction. Particularly worrying symptom: pain associated with cough or breathing difficulties. When it is not amplified as neuralgia. I need an ambulance and in that case, if the pain is diffuse and not accurately show the affected area, if its nature does not depend on the posture (back pain usually respond to cause to subside or to increase the change in position of the body), if it does not change when crushed or massage if the pain feels more like pain in the chest, not the back. All it says is "in favor" of a heart attack.
At least in such cases, you need to get ECG and many other heart tests, if the situation is not an emergency.
The digestive system
Back can ache and distress is part of the digestive system. For example, the symptoms of acute pancreatitis are so-called encircling pain, when it hurts not only the abdomen but also the back around the shoulder blades – as if the body in this place, strapped with an iron Hoop. Give under the shoulder blade, can and the pain, which is in fact associated with gallstones. Lower back pain sometimes gives and intestines. However, in such cases, in addition to pain, there are other symptoms – the kind where you can guess where it really hurts. For example, in gastric ulcer the pain is always in some way tied to dining – either on an empty stomach, or when it will get food. Cholecystitis is often a bitterness in the mouth. And just like any other disease of the digestive system: pain, there is usually something specific.
To find out whether back pain is actually a sign of pathology in the gastrointestinal tract, can be the same methods used for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases, ultrasound, gastroscopy, blood tests, stool etc.
How to figure out what's wrong with the spine
Back pain is the most common explanation that many and calm: it is osteochondrosis. In fact, it is not a disease, and does not explain all the diagnosis, but simply a statement of fact: the spine occur degenerative processes that age you can find almost any type of person. In reality, the pain, even if not associated with damage to internal organs can be due to many reasons: it can be a problem with the vertebrae, intervertebral discs, muscles, nerves, spinal cord, etc. usually complete information here can give you an MRI, but all the polls transfer of research, doctors do not recommend, especially without direction, trying to their own money "to check all the time." MRI is performed for each of the spine – cervical, thoracic or lumbar spine, and what you need to look at (and whether at all), know only a doctor.
However, you should keep in mind that to find out the cause of back pain is not always possible – sometimes the question, why it happened, and is still unanswered.
This can cause back pain
- Lift and carry heavy objects;
- Hours of driving;
- Uncomfortable bed;
- Long work standing and sitting;
- Obesity;
- The stress and depression.
And that is the prevention:
- Training the muscles of the back and abdomen;
- A comfortable chair with lower back support;
- The ability to adjust the seat of the car.
- Proper lifting weights (feet);
- The quality of the mattress and a good pillow;
- Normal weight.