If you go to the doctor laziness or not at the opportunity, people start to diagnose.As a result, we think the back hurts and later, with the doctor, it happens: the reason is still in the stomach.Or vice -versa: We note the pain in problems with the intestine, although the question, on the contrary, is on the back.We ask a neurologist that diseases can be "disguised" by back pain.There were many options: it is better not to neglect consultation with the expert.
Back pain: what could be the reason
Back pain is divided into root (pinching or inflammation of spinal cord roots), non -specific and specific skeletal pain associated with other specific problems.
Non -specific includes vertebrogenic lumbalgia - this is a lumbar pain associated with the spine.That is, a person has a pathological muscle tension in the lower back, while the spine has a defeat of lumbar or sacral roots.Most of the time, this is protrusion, protrusion, hernias, ”explains the doctor. - Nonspecific pains are also due to other degenerative changes, arthrosis, pain occurs in small joints of the spine that cause pain in the lower back.
Back pain can also be due to pathological muscle tone (myofascial pain syndrome) is only muscle tension.
What these pains can be confused with
There are several other diseases, because you can feel back pain, similar to the above.However, the true reason will be completely different.Such cases include:
- the departure of metastases in the spine;
- Pain reflected in some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, intestines;
- metabolic diseases (such as osteoporosis);
- Pathology of female genitals;
- pyelonephritis (kidney infection);
- Problems associated with bladder (cystitis).
Separately, it is worth noting that back pain can be associated with pulmonary pathology.Especially now, due to pneumonia, ”emphasizes the expert.
It looks like the back hurts, but it's actually light.Therefore, consulting a doctor, especially a neurologist, is important for verifying the problem.
The neurologist will see if his back really hurts or this symptom is still associated with other diseases.
How then determine what exactly hurts
As we have already observed, it will not work to make a diagnosis without a doctor anyway.But you can try to assume a kind of pain by your nature - for that you need to hear your feelings.
For example, when you lie in bed, you feel pain, get up - leave.It is more like a myofascial pain syndrome.If the back hurts, but "gives" the leg, this is a very root pain.Is back pain decreases or intensifies during urination or menstruation?Most of the time, the urinary bladder is the cause.If the pain is felt mainly after eating or emptying the gut, probably the reason should be sought in the gastrointestinal tract, says the neurologist.- Pain errors more often indicate problems with the pancreas or a consequence of herpes.
The doctor will determine the cause by examining the patient, after which, if necessary, he will perform various tests.This includes radiography, tomography (or CT or magnetic resonance imaging), electroneuromyography, if it is necessary to determine the degree of damage to the roots of the spinal cord, ultrasound of the internal organs, ultrasound of the genitals, if we are talking about a woman.
Obviously, it is also worth having a blood test, ”adds the doctor. Depending on several indicators, you can see the image: if liver enzymes are not in order, it is worth examining the liver, if uric acid is not normal, this can be an inflammation indicator.
The neurologist says that, according to his experience, people "pull" with diagnoses very often and, as a result, gain many pathologies that can be avoided with a timely exam.
If pain syndrome lasts more than three days, this is an occasion to go to the doctor.If pain radiates to the feet, the more you need to sign up for a neurologist.Women with symptoms as concomitant as a change in body temperature, pain during urination, menstruation, should additionally visit the gynecologist.There are patients who and acute appendicitis are discarded for lower back pain, although in this case there is no time to see how to seek medical help.