Every year, the number of patients who seek help from medical institutions complains of back pain. If you don't do a lot of physical activity on the skeleton, your activity is a sedentary lifestyle - your back hurts in the evening.
Why does this happen and how can you overcome the constant anxiety?
The causes of back pain can be hidden in a number of pathologies. If you have any discomfort in the lower back, consult a neurologist immediately. Persistent low back pain and discomfort can lead to limited mobility and decreased activity.
In most cases, the cause of back pain can be diseases of the spine, vital organs, occupational activity, birth trauma. After examination, only an experienced specialist can make an accurate diagnosis. In some cases, a number of additional diagnostic measures are prescribed.
According to statistics, back pain affects 50% of the world's population.
At the same time, such a phenomenon in infancy is a sign of rare internal pathologies. In most cases, back pain is a problem for elderly patients.
Pathogenesis of occurrence
As a rule, the causes of back pain are associated with musculoskeletal defects. Less common pathogenesis lying in severe disorders of skeletal elements. In addition, back pain at certain points can be triggered by the most dangerous diseases. Tumors and inflammation of the spinal cord, vital organs - heart, liver and similar pathologies.
So the reason:
- Pregnancy.
- Scoliosis.
- Pelvic bleeding.
- Aortic damage.
- Infectious parasites enter the spinal and pelvic muscle tissue.
- Posterior spread of malignant neoplasms.
- Delayed infectious diseases. For example FLU.
- Various injuries.
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may be associated with the presence of some diseases:- osteochondrosis;
- radiculitis;
- intervertebral hernia;
- bone cancer;
- fractures;
- sciatica and a number of other diseases.
Osteochondrosis
Back pain in osteochondrosis is painful in nature. Also, its symptomatology is a crisis in the lumbar region, an unpleasant feeling in the lumbar region. After some time, numbness appears in the pathological zone. This restricts movement. Back pain is more pronounced with exercise.
Looks brighter even when coughing, sneezing and sudden movements. Follows "infernal pain" due to compression of nerve endings by discs.
Back pain can last from a few minutes to a day. If the disease spreads to the chest, unpleasant sensations appear in the heart. Therefore, patients do not always guess about the disease, thinking that it is angina pectoris. If you do not start treatment on time, osteochondrosis becomes chronic. The patient can not stand or sit for a long time, gets tired quickly, always wants to take a lying position.
3/4 of the population suffering from symptoms of acute low back pain suffers from this disease. In addition, the disease affects people over the age of thirty. This is due to the fact that over the years, the human spine becomes obsolete and susceptible to various pathologies.
If you have back pain and suspect osteochondrosis, you should make an appointment with a neurologist. He will take diagnostic measures to make an accurate diagnosis, prescribe special medications, prescribe physiotherapy exercises and put on the necessary diet.
Radiculitis
Back pain can be caused by diseases such as sciatica. This disease is the result of compression of nerve endings caused by changes of a different nature. All this is often accompanied by back pain.
The syndrome manifests itself at the site of the disease. It can be permanent and temporary. The pain may radiate to the arms and legs. In addition, muscle mass weakens and the muscles fall asleep.
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In the early stages of the disease, back pain is dull in nature. It is more common in bending, turning, sharp movements. Often lethargy can be seen in one of the lower extremities.
After a while, back pain begins to worsen. As a result, there is a strong tension in the muscles. This helps to limit movement. As a result, the patient's posture changes significantly for the worse. As a rule, this pathology is formed in patients after forty years. At an earlier age, it manifests itself as a result of injury.
This disease should be treated in the early stages of development. You should seek help from an orthopedist or neurologist. As a rule, the doctor uses CT to diagnose this pathology. They resort to surgery as therapy.
Diagnostic activities
If persistent severe back pain makes your life difficult, go to the hospital.
First of all, the specialist examines the muscle tissue and palpation of the spine. It also assesses the condition of the central nervous system. The second step will be laboratory tests of blood and urine. This is necessary to eliminate the possibility of pathology in the kidneys.
Radiography is used as an additional diagnostic measure. This is necessary to eliminate the possibility of fractures of a different nature, osteomyelitis and a number of other diseases.
If the X-ray shows ambiguous results, CT and MRI of the spine are additionally determined. CT scan clearly shows all the elements of the spinal skeleton and MRI - the condition of the spinal cord and discs.
Osteochondrosis is often detected when performing the above diagnostic methods. This is not a disease, but age-related changes in the spine.
Diagnostic measures often include certain diseases that occur with age. Even if the patient has never experienced back pain, pathologies can occur. Based on the results of a complete diagnosis, a highly qualified specialist makes a diagnosis and prescribes an effective treatment.
Pain treatment
In order for the pain syndrome to leave you alone forever, you need to eliminate the cause of its appearance. That is, it will cure the disease that causes the pain. A neurologist or orthopedist selects individual therapy methods for each situation.
However, the treatment of all types of pathologies is associated with scooping, acupuncture and manual therapy.
Painkiller
As a rule, the pain is reduced in any disease when the patient is in a lying position. However, this is not recommended. When a person spends most of his time lying, the disease begins to develop more rapidly.
For certain types of pathology, a specialist prescribes bed rest. Of course, the doctor's advice should be followed, but try to shorten this period as much as possible. The sooner you get out of bed, the better for recovery.
Do not load the spine either. Avoid physical activity while you are in pain and wear a special medical corset for fixation.
Pain relief includes conservative methods. The specialist prescribes medications for oral administration, as well as injections. Generally, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac and lornoxicam are prescribed.
Muscle relaxants are also used: Tizanidine and Tolperizon hydrochloride. Chondroprotectors are used in case of dystrophic processes. Your doctor may prescribe topical ointments and gels that belong to the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
After a thorough examination and accurate diagnosis, the doctor may suggest physical therapy, which consists of warming with dry heat. A series of exercises for physiotherapy exercises.
Manual therapy
If this method of treatment is performed by a qualified mechanical operator in accordance with all rules and regulations, the pain syndrome will be reversed as soon as possible. In addition, manual treatment helps eliminate vertebral defects.
Such treatment should not be applied independently without the permission of the specialist involved. Only after diagnostic measures (X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging) can a neurologist recommend this method of exposure. This is because the therapy has its own contraindications.
If there is a hernia or a defect in the spinal discs, it should not be treated manually. It is not recommended for use in cardiovascular pathologies, including after a heart attack or stroke.
Never use this treatment for cancerous tumors.
This method is not recommended in case of thyroid pathology and osteoporosis. If the disease is exacerbated, refrain from manual treatment. And as a result, such a method can not be used to relieve pain in the spine with weak blood clotting.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is also called acupuncture. This method of treatment is generally used for pain caused by a heavy load on the spine or when the patient is often under stress.
Experts say that acupuncture helps restore endorphins. The effects of these elements on the body are similar to the effects of morphine. As everyone knows, morphine is a drug that can completely suppress pain.
Chinese medical experts believe that acupuncture can relieve all kinds of pain.
Again, according to Russian scientists, acupuncture can not be used in the following cases:
- with pathologies of the heart and its structures;
- for malignant and benign tumors;
- if you have surgery; for diseases of the kidneys and liver
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- during pregnancy and breastfeeding;
- with weak blood clotting;
- When there are acute infectious diseases.
Last Output
We have learned that back pain and its causes are different, the treatment is chosen separately for each. As a rule, the manifestation of pain is directly related to pathologies of the spine and spinal cord.
Therefore, you should make an appointment with a specialist neurologist at the slightest symptom.
As an additional consultation, it will be possible to be examined by a neurosurgeon, rheumatologist, oncologist, pulmonologist, traumatologist and many other highly qualified specialists. Make an appointment with your therapist to understand which doctors you need. It will offer another action plan.
In addition to the above specialists, they seek the help of a massage therapist, reflexologist, manual operator for the treatment and prevention of pain syndrome. The most important thing in therapy is not the elimination of the pain defect, but the elimination of the pathogenesis due to the occurrence of pain. An example is a complex therapy consisting of two stages.
In the initial stage - the use of a drug that relieves pain due to its components: vitamin B and diclofenac. Due to the minimal amount of diclofenac in the drug, it can not cause unpleasant side effects.
The next step is to take a medication that contains the right amount of vitamins B1, B6 and B12. Fiber helps to restore the myelin sheath, improves the transmission of impulses from the nerve endings. It also relieves pain and prevents recurrence.
Timely detection and treatment of the disease can "put" the patient on his feet as soon as possible. The sooner you seek medical help, the more likely you are to live a full life. Any attempt to get rid of the painful effects at home can lead to irreversible consequences.