Pain always signals that various kinds of changes are taking place in the body, leading to diseases. If your back hurts, then you should find out the cause of this ailment as soon as possible. Back pain syndromes are divided into chronic and acute.
Chronic pain is when it persists for three months. Acute pain occurs suddenly and may be accompanied by intensity (mild, moderate, severe).
Nature of back pain
In case of unexplained back pain, you will have to be examined by such specialists as an orthopedist, therapist, gynecologist, urologist, gastroenterologist, neurologist. The provision of urgent medical care is necessary for those who have lumbodynia or lumbago due to hypothermia. In this case, back pain injections can help, which act as a pain reliever.
By the nature of the spinal pain syndromes are:
- shooting;
- dagger,
- monotone;
- aching;
- cramping.
If there is a hernia in the intervertebral disc or osteochondrosis, pain can be provoked by physical exertion or lifting weights. Shooting pain appears due to squeezing of the nerve roots. It spreads over the entire area of the buttocks, groin, thighs behind.
Muscle spasms appear when a person suffers from chronic osteochondrosis with a disease of the musculoskeletal system.
Autoimmune diseases are accompanied by redness, swelling, movement restrictions, and joint stiffness.
When the back hurts, the patient can help determine the diagnosis if he correctly and accurately characterizes the degree of pain and its area. The best option is to visit a doctor at the first symptoms.
Most likely, the doctor will prescribe ointments for back pain, pain relievers, and in an acute situation - injections (B vitamins).
Reasons
Pain can occur for many reasons:
- wrong redistribution of weight;
- irrational physical activity;
- pregnancy.
In such cases, the patient will be able to apply painkillers or ointments, as he understands the cause of the pain syndrome.
However, back pain can be caused by disturbances in other body systems. In such cases, a person cannot indicate the exact cause of the pain. And in order for these pains to stop, you need to know the exact diagnosis and treat the source of concern:
- disorders in the musculoskeletal system;
- kidney disease;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- cardiovascular diseases;
- oncology;
- destruction of the reproductive system and so on.
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system include a number of diseases: from osteochondrosis of the spine to fractures and injuries, from muscle sprains to infectious lesions of the spinal column, hernias. When your back hurts, any movement causes discomfort. A person cannot bend, unbend, turn around and walk.
Treatment
Spinal pain is treated according to the diagnosis. Treatment should be carried out only on the advice of a doctor. If back pain is caused by diseases of other systems, then the treatment is carried out on these organs, and as a result, back pain disappears. Often, treatment is carried out through massage, manual therapy, therapeutic exercises and medication (pills). Various types of drugs are aimed at blocking pain or relaxing muscles. The patient must have any pain reliever in his medicine cabinet.
Often, to get rid of such pain, you need to carry out a course of treatment. Depending on the severity, the patient can carry out treatment at home, outpatient or inpatient.
When the back hurts, having a short-term nature, the pain is relieved by an intramuscular agent with an anti-inflammatory effect. Injections for back pain are very effective and, using other medicines in combination, you can quickly recover. Treatment lasts up to 5 days.
If aching pain is felt, the diagnosis is more difficult, since it can be caused by various reasons. Sometimes, in this case, a special ointment for back pain can help, which quickly penetrates to the source and relieves the symptoms.
Acute back pain occurs in most cases with sudden movement. The treatment of this ailment is carried out with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID tablets), glucocorticoid hormones, decongestants, B vitamins, chondroprotectors of synthetic and homeopathic origin.
The first method of treatment
At the present stage, the number of medicines has increased and doctors have a huge arsenal of medicines (injections, various medicines, etc. ). The back is treated with NSAIDs, analgesics, anesthetics. If necessary, the patient puts on a corset. During pain relief and muscle spasm reduction, massage may be prescribed.
Second method of treatment
Treatment with B vitamins: The drugs are administered intramuscularly, which is used as an analgesic. These drugs are neuroprotective. The drugs affect metabolic processes, the structure of nerve fibers.
Acute back pain is an indicator for taking drugs that are injected in combination with NSAIDs (2 weeks course). At the end of the course of treatment, tablets are prescribed, the intake of which lasts up to 30 days.
In the treatment of this ailment, various drugs and medications are used, combined with other drugs to achieve the best effect.
Thus, if back pains regularly bother you, then they should not be tolerated: a doctor's consultation and a full examination are required to make an accurate diagnosis. Do not self-medicate and take drugs without prescription, as this can aggravate the inflammatory process.