Temperature and lower back pain: 37 - 38 and above that it can be

The person at any moment may suddenly appear back pain and temperature. What is the reason and what to do? These symptoms arise when a large number of diseases, let's take a closer look. Overvoltage, mechanical impact and sudden awkward movement lead to back injury, but if the patient has overcooled or over-tired, his immunity decreases and he becomes susceptible to the penetration of various infections. With infections, the body begins to deal with the inflammation process and raise the temperature.

Reasons

Here are the main problems, when temperature rises in back pain:

Mechanical trauma

Stretching the muscles or ligaments in the back during physical stress or an awkward turn, a sharp lifting weights, you get back pain. They can be dull, sharp, cutting or aching. If this happens, you need to give the body a rest and use a ointment with an analgesic, warming and anti-inflammatory effect. But if the back pain temperature rises, is an indicator of the presence of inflammation. In this situation, lower back pain, you need to remove non-steroidal anti — inflammatory drugs-tablets, ointment or injections that your doctor will prescribe them. To warm up the lumbar in this case is contraindicated, because it may only worsen the situation.

Among the possible injuries of the back, there is a displacement of the vertebrae with pinching of the intervertebral disc. The drive may eventually lose shape, becoming flatter, and the functions are thus disturbed. Also, the disc may be damaged the membrane surrounding it, and it may appear bulge — a protrusion, which if left untreated, eventually turns into a herniated disc.

Subluxation of a vertebra, a pinched disc protrusion and herniation can cause pressure on the nerve endings in the spinal cord, what starts the inflammation, accompanied by fever, which does not change antipyretic agents.

While very sore lower back or other injured region of the spine, especially during movement.

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What to do in this case? To contact the doctor who will choose to relieve inflammation non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and after the inflammation and pain will be lifted, will prescribe a course of physical therapy. It can be:

• A massage that will restore muscle tone and relieve their excessive tension;
• Manual therapy, which reduce subluxations of the vertebrae and pinching of the intervertebral discs;
• Acupuncture;
• Physical therapy, which will help to distribute the proper load on the back muscles.

Pyelonephritis

It is an inflammation of the kidneys. Its symptoms — severe pain in the lower back and the temperature is 37° to 38° C. To this may be added nausea or vomiting. If inflamed one kidney, you gonna hurt your back aching dull but strong pain on one side of the back, inflammation of both kidneys from both sides. In this case, the pain will increase in steps, coughing and gently tapped on the back. Can occur swelling of the feet and face, especially in the morning, after sleep, possible voiding, but they may not be.

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Pyelonephritis is a serious and dangerous problem, and at its first signs it is necessary to call the doctor, as if time the disease is not cured, it remains in the chronic form, periodically sharpening.

In the worst case you can make the abscess or carbuncle is a purulent processes requiring surgical intervention, without which they lead to acute kidney and kidney-liver failure and irreversible damage of the kidneys and the liver, ending in sudden death.

Therefore, when the temperature and lower back pain with suspected pyelonephritis, immediately seek medical help! Also lower back pain at 37° C and more can occur due to other problems with the kidneys such as renal artery thrombosis or colic in nephrolithiasis. In the first case, the required supervision by a doctor, all know how unexpectedly a blood clot can cause death. In the case of kidney stones, during cramps can relieve the pain an antispasmodic, but be sure to goexamination by a urologist, who will determine the extent of the disease and prescribe appropriate treatment.

Flu

If you have a sore back and 37° C and above, weakness, aching bones and joints, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, sore throat, cough, runny nose, itchy eyes, watery eyes, and headache, are symptoms of the flu. Some of them can manifest itself, and part may be missing.

It is believed that the flu is easy to beat at home but often he is dangerous with its complications such as sciatica, pneumonia, or lung abscess. These complications cause back pain when coughing.

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In order to avoid these unpleasant consequences, it is recommended that an urgent appeal for medical help, along with painkillers and anti-viral drugs, you have been given adequate treatment with antibiotics.

Cystitis

Back pain and a temperature of 38° C may indicate the disease cystitis. Most often it happens to women. In addition to back pain, cystitis is defined by the following symptoms: abdominal pain, painful urination or blood in the urine. If you have these symptoms, call the doctor, he will prescribe treatment and cystitis will quickly leave you.

Prostatitis

When men begin back pain and a temperature of 37° C lasts a long time without falling, a stomach ache, perineum and testicles and disturbed urination, weak pressure or pain, are symptoms of prostatitis. If it is not treated, it becomes chronic with periodic exacerbations, during which rises exhausting the high temperature.

The effects of the running of prostatitis — infertility, impotence or cancer, treated it for a long time, but in the early stages, before moving into the chronic form, it is possible to cure the disease quickly and completely.

Tumors of the spine

When severe pain and not falling even after taking antipyretics temperature, it is possible to suspect a tumor of the vertebral column. Self-medication is strictly prohibited, be sure to consult a specialist — an oncologist, who will determine the quality of the tumor, the nature of the disease and outline a treatment plan.

Tuberculous spondylitis and osteomyelitis

If back pain, temperature 37° — 37.2° C, the cause can be a rare disease, leading to death without proper treatment. Therefore, when pain in the back or in the spine and the temperature of unknown etiology, urgently visit your doctor to rule out or treat possible tuberculosis of the spine or osteomyelitis.

• See also: Subluxation of the coccyx.

Appendicitis

In acute inflammation of the Appendix may increase the temperature, and pain that radiates to your back, and diarrhea, nausea or vomiting.

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Also causes the temperature at the spinal pain may be:

• Urogenital diseases and infection;
• Ulcer;
• Pancreatitis (if the pain is severe and the fever continues even after taking antipyretics);
• Heart attack;
• Aortic aneurysm, angina and other disorders of the heart and blood vessels;
• Pleurisy;
• Acute cholecystitis;
• Phlegmon of the muscles of the back;
• Shingles, etc.

It turns out that the temperature and lower back pain – too vague a symptoms of many possible diseases, it is therefore necessary when such signs undergo a full examination by a specialist.