Back pain above waist on right and left, causes, treatment

If back pain is felt right above the waist, the causes are either hypothermia back in the draft, or developing diseases of the spine or internal organs. Do not immediately apply pain ointment for rubbing. You need to call the doctor or go to the clinic. The specialist will determine a diagnosis by assigning the patient tests, ultrasound and other tests.

What causes back pain?

• Infection of the respiratory tract, inflammation in the lungs and bronchi;
• Diseases of the digestive tract;
• Pathology of the heart;
• A pregnant woman's risk of miscarriage;
• Impaired functioning of the kidneys;
• Nerves are shot;
• Women's disease;
• Inflamed organs of the mediastinum.

When back pain above the waist, the main reasons you can find out based on the nature of pain and its location. Girdle pain means just one disease, aching another. With heart disease – angina, heart failure, myocardial often has back pain, located above the waist on the left, but sometimes back pain right above waist. To pathology of the digestive tract include appendicitis, cholecystitis, ulcer, hernia, inflammation of the esophagus. The pain is aching, or sharp ulcer in nature.

Back pain in pregnant women can indicate a threatened miscarriage. Must, without delay, contact your gynecologist.

 Back pain right above the waist caused by kidney disease, may indicate incomplete removal of fluid from the body. Acute pain provokes gall - or kidney stone disease. The urologist will give the patient the necessary treatment.

Women's bodies are aching back, if you have uterine fibroids, cysts, cancer. Pain associated with female diseases, felt below the waist.

Violations structure of the spine and functioning of the nervous system that cause back pain, felt above the waist on the right:

• Osteochondrosis;
• Inflammation of spinal nerve roots;
• Scoliosis, kyphosis, myositis;
• Bone tuberculosis;
• Tumors, both benign and malignant;
• Osteomyelitis;
• Traumatic injuries of the ribs and spine.

In these diseases the character of the pain the other feels burning or pain. Hurts the place in which there are violations. If the spine is affected, the pain is not only he, but those muscles, innervation of which is through the affected area.

Pathology of the spine

Disease can be temporary or chronic type. Chronic diseases cause back pain above the waist there is a constant. If the disease is not passed into the chronic, pain above the waist can be felt within a few days, then subside. This period should be especially careful when lifting weights or jerky movements, with a strong torso possible relapse.

Osteochondrosis is a disturbance of the normal condition of the intervertebral discs. Running low back pain is reflected in the appearance of intervertebral hernia, which are very painful. Low back pain rarely affects the thoracic spine, the spine in this unit rarely moves, and is not subject to deformation. But if there is a degenerative disc disease in the lumbar or cervical spine or have had an injury that provokes the disease. Often the development of osteoarthritis causing a person pain left or right back, is due to sedentary life, the wrong organization of the workplace.

In addition to osteoarthritis, back pain above the waist as a result of myositis. Inflammatory disease of skeletal muscles (myositis) causes the weakening of muscles, up to its atrophy. Myositis caused by inflammatory diseases, trauma, exposure to cold, excessive physical exertion or is toxic in nature.

Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine. This is a common problem with students that a long time sitting at a Desk in the wrong position and worn on one shoulder satchel, unevenly loading the back. Scoliosis thoracic region leads to painful sensations in the back in the upper compartment. If the student is high, it exacerbates the situation. In adolescence, the disease is treatable by physical therapy, sanatorium-resort treatment and teach high school students the right to hold back.

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Kyphosis is also characterized by pain just above the waist. Kyphosis is a curvature of the spine ago. A healthy spine has 4 curved – back inthe thoracic and sacral areas of the spine forward in the cervical and lumbar regions. With long-term wrong position of the spine natural curves of the increase or the formation of new, abnormal bends. Incorrect position of the spine causes pain.

The causes of disease is the most frequently hypothermia, infection or a sedentary life. Back pain above the waist torturing and relatively healthy people who are experiencing heavy physical loads. Such cases do not require medical intervention.

Of pains

The pain is very different. Is aching, cutting, girdle pain. On the right side of the back pulling pain occurs when:

• Myositis;
• Degenerative changes of vertebrae;
• Scoliosis;
• Moved injuries;
• Cancer.

Cutting back pain above the waist are typical in the case of severe trauma, severe hypothermia. The character of the pain changes gradually, the illness gradually affects the nerve endings, there is compression of the inflamed.

Aching or pain in the back when sick internal organs, called the reflected pain. Hurt or ache in the spine and in the ribs, and the reason is in the internal organs.

Back pain above the waist, when there is infarction of the anterior wall, there is from 15 to 90 minutes, and then temporarily stops. She gives the breast back, in the area of the blade.

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If at the same time there is low back pain, patient hurts girdle pain. Infarction of posterior wall of the heart is felt as an acute gastritis or a stomach ulcer. Angina causes aching on the left side of the back and between the shoulder blades. When the patient covers girdle pain or felt pain in the left back, should immediately call the emergency medical help.

With bronchitis and influenza, pneumonia, acute and chronic, pleurisy pain have a different character. Pneumonia and pleurisy cause pain in the thoracic spine through coughing or breathing. The flu is determined, in addition to high temperature, aching bones. Bronchitis is characterized by the fact that the sore back muscles with a strong cough.

Ulcer of the stomach brings pain in the right side of the dagger type, radiating to the back. A sharp pain is felt on the left above the waist. With pancreatitis colic give the quadrant in front or back above the waist. Cholecystitis is the cause of severe pain in your abdomen and back after 2 - 3 hours after a meal. This disease is accompanied by nausea, unpleasant taste in the mouth, a feeling of heaviness. Especially feel pain in the back right above the waist in the period of gall - and kidney stones. The movement of stone through the ducts is accompanied by the movement of a painful lump on the path of dislocation of the stone.

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Diagnosis

The above diseases require different treatments. Many patients doctor fail to diagnose, relying only on his feelings. There are some signs that point directly to a specific disease:

• A few days felt a sharp pain;
• The disease lasts for more than 2 weeks;
• The pain is stationed not only above the waist, but also in other areas of the body – for example, in the legs.

On the basis of the doctor makes the initial diagnosis. To Refine it to assign the patient examination – blood and urine tests, ultrasound of internal organs, x-rays of the spine, electrocardiography.

When the patient came to the clinic at an early stage of the disease, the diagnosis, the doctor can, based on the results of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. They will show whether the patient pathology in bone tissues.

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Pain syndrome prevention

People who have already been diagnosed with a spinal disease should pay much attention to their bunks. Need to sleep straight on a hard surface. Under the mattress, you need to put a thick sheet of plywood. Sleep better at the back, having bent feet in knees. The muscles in this position do not tense up. It makes sense to put under the knees, the pillow below legs were in a bent condition.

The quiet period of the disease it is necessary to do gymnastics. Exercises it is easy to find online or at the doctor-physiotherapist. Good to go at Hiking, swimming or Cycling. In the winter-spring period it is necessary to take vitamins to strengthen the body.

When the pain is above the waist makes sense to give the patient a painkiller, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory medication. Better, if the medication prescribed by the doctor. Prior to arrivaldoctor can be prepared and take anti-inflammatory decoction of the herb or drink the aspirin. If it is clear that the pain caused by degenerative disc disease, immediately stop all physical exercise. The patient must lie in bed and call the doctor at home. The doctor will decide on the diagnosis, method of treatment and hospitalization. If you drank the medicine and the pain only increases, contact an ambulance.

The patient rarely recommend surgery. Low back pain treated with massage and manual therapy, physiotherapy exercises and physiotherapeutic procedures. Massage is shown not in all cases. To decide the question of holding massage course dangerous to health. As the back may ache for different reasons, and the administration of drugs is possible only on the basis of the specific situation, it is necessary for diagnosis and treatment, contact the clinic.