Constant or periodic low back pain is familiar to many. The reasons for the painful sensations are many: from a long stay in a static posture and ending with really serious diseases. Let's try to understand the reasons for which the loin is very sore. After all, finding out the etiology of the disease is the key to a speedy recovery.
Causes of low back pain
To panic it is not necessary: more often the pain in a loin does not bear threat of a life of the patient. Nevertheless, intensive sharp or dull aching painful sensations bring a lot of suffering, limit working capacity, interfere with the conduct of a full-fledged lifestyle.
The common reasons for which the loin hurts include physical factors:
- supercooling, arising from the inconsistency of clothes clothes or being in a draft;
- significant physical exertion associated with lifting weights or doing work in an inclined position. Often the pain from significant physical activity occurs in athletes or persons involved in fitness;
- long stay in a sitting position (when working at a computer, sewing on a sewing machine, etc.).
The cause, because of which the loin hurts when sitting, are degenerative-dystrophic changes developing in the spine (osteochondrosis, osteoarthritis). If the loin hurts in the morning, then the cause may be spondyloarthrosis, as a result of which the intervertebral joints lose mobility.
The reasons for which the lower back pain constantly, are:
- chronic diseases of the spine (scoliosis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis , Reiter's syndrome, Bekhterev's disease);
- vertebral injuries, including fractures of the spinal vertebrae, displacement of intervertebral discs;
- stroke conditions associated with impaired cerebrospinal circulation;
- infectious lesions of vertebrae and intervertebral discs with tuberculosis, brucellosis, epidural abscess;
- diseases of the pelvic organs (gynecological diseases, kidney disorders, venereal diseases);
- pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, in particular, intestinal obstruction and acute appendicitis, and if the lower back pain, the cause may be inflammation of the pancreas;
- tumors of the spinal cord (neurofibroma, lipoma, meningioma).
Attention! It should be borne in mind that if the loin is very bad, the cause is sometimes the cancer of any organ (system) or the disturbance of metabolic processes in the body. For the purpose of diagnosis it is recommended to undergo a radiographic examination and myelography.
Pain in the lower back of women
Pain in the lumbar region during pregnancy is not uncommon. The reason is a rapid increase in body weight and a change in the load on the spine. In order to get rid of discomfort, doctors recommend wearing a special bandage starting from the fourth month of pregnancy. The device not only helps to eliminate pain syndrome, but also protects the future mother from the formation of stretch marks on the abdomen.
Drawing pains in the spine during menstruation knock out many women from the habitual rhythm of life. The emergence of pain in critical days, experts explain three reasons:
- retention of fluid in the tissues, causing the occurrence of swelling and weight gain, in this case, doctors advise to take diuretics ;
- impact on the lumbar muscles of hormones that provide the tone of the uterus;
- exacerbation of existing gynecological diseases during menstruation, while pains in the genitals are projected into the lumbar region.