If stomach ache and lower back, only an experienced doctor can establish the true cause, to find the right solution to treatment. If the person resorts to their own "methods", he will not be able to determine exactly what hurts, will only aggravate the course of an illness.
Often such pain are suffering female. Men are much less likely to have problems with this area.
The actions of the physician in the diagnosis
On reception at the doctor, the patient must be prepared for honest answers to questions about the nature of pain in the abdomen, lower back. First of all, the doctor will be interested in their strength and intensity. Here is a list of basic questions:
- What hurts? Acute, severe, aching, paroxysmal, pulling, throbbing? (The character of the pain indicates a particular violation – the bleeding, the pressure inside the cavity, chronic inflammation.)
- When this pain becomes hot? Cold?
- The exact location of the problem? What area hurts? Bottom, right, left, center? Bothers girdle pain?
- Is, when pain symptoms are: vomiting symptoms, frequent urination, trouble with him?
The woman will be addressed the issues further:
- Has experienced any pain with the advent of pregnancy? Where exactly is the pain, aches? There abdominal pain in the lower back, when period?
The task of physicians is to diagnose the causes of stomach pain, lower back. They undertake a range of professional activities.
- A study on the presence of the herpes virus.
- A blood test. The purpose is to identify inflammation (leukocyte count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate above the norm).
- The analysis of urine. The aim is to determine problems of the urinary tract (high level of white blood cells, red blood cells).
- Ultrasound examination of internal organs of the pelvis. The aim is to determine their condition and of possible violations.
- Research on the detection of sexually transmitted diseases.
- X-rays of the pelvis and spine. The aim is to determine the condition of the bones and possible violations.
- Determination of bone mineral density. The purpose is to identify (exception) osteoporosis.
- Endoscopy of the stomach, intestines, bladder. The more that the stomach is associated with a number of bodies. The goal is to objectively evaluate and detect abnormalities.
- The barium enema. Purpose – clarification of the diagnosis.
Causes of pain in the abdomen and lower back
This explains the diversity of a large number of abdominal organs that play a major role normal work of all body systems.
Possible causes can be represented by groups of disorders and specific diseases.
Inflammatory diseases
This includes appendicitis, inflammation of the intestine, bladder, kidney, prostate, testicles.
Symptoms (inflammation of the Appendix): strong, sharp and sometimes aching pain in the lower abdomen on the right. If not immediately react to them, will be sepsis. It's a big risk. Can be fatal.
Symptoms (the gut): the pain is concentrated in the abdomen, results in the lumbar region, the groin. If you do not respond to it, will direct ulcer/duodenum 12.
Symptoms (bladder). Urethritis in both sexes. Cystitis is more common in women. This is due to anatomical features. Danger signs cystitis – blood in urine, pain at end of urination.
Symptoms (inflammation of the renal pelvis): minor tightness (side), often on the left, to the right.
Symptoms (inflammation of prostate cancer): pain in the groin, repeated urination.
Symptoms (inflammation of testicles): severe pain, nausea, migraine, fever. Testicles with appendages, inflamed by the "fault" of different microbes, for example: gonococcal, chlamydia.
It can also occur after surgery.
Infectious diseases
Bladder infection, intestine.
Symptoms (a bladder infection): the presence of lumbar spasmodic pain, blood in the urine.
The symptoms (infection of the intestine): drawing pain concentrated in the lower abdomen, appearing in the waist. Mucus, blood in the stool.
If you just do nothing, to miss the point, sepsis sets in. A symptom of sepsis is the transition of paroxysmal (colicy) pain.
Colitis. Symptoms: acute pain, fever, bloating. A symptom of the emergence of chronic colitis is the transition of acute pain into a dull.
Inguinal hernia. Symptoms: unbearable pain of the lower back, loss of consciousness, if caught in the muscles of the inner body, nausea, vomiting. This will only call the doctor and surgery.
Urolithiasis. Symptoms: the appearance of dull pain. If you start to move stone, it will be sharp.
Neoplasms (digestive system, urogenital system). Symptoms: various pain (aching, sharp, other) stomach. Disease with less frequent pulling and severe pain in the lower back and lower abdomen: pain, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, spinal canal stenosis, scoliosis, osteoporosis, stroke.
It is separately necessary to tell about the stomach ulcer and cholecystitis. First, ulcers. This disease has a distinctive feature. She desperately makes itself felt in the spring and fall. We know it's the time of relapse for many human weaknesses – violations and diseases.
Once this transition period ends, all restored. We live on quietly, until the next transition. The symptoms are very unpleasant.
This so-called "sour" burp, a burning sensation in the esophagus, may be vomiting, a disorder of the gallbladder (bile goes into the stomach).
Man begins to take weight, lose weight. After a meal he feels pain. This is a very serious condition.
Causes of pain in the abdomen and lower back in women
The range of causes is large enough. They are often associated with gynecology. The pain may spread to the entire abdomen and lower back, and can concentrate in the lower abdomen on both sides.
Pain is a symptom of the listed disease States:
- PMS (premenstrual syndrome). Characterized by a dull, spasming pain in the lower abdomen, lower back. She called spastic uterine contractions. Sore before menstruation lasts for the first few days. But there is a strong, unbearable pain. Then you need to be checked for the presence of inflammation, endometriosis, fibroids.
- Directly menstrual pain. Abdominal pain – evidence of hormonal imbalance. In the female body has hormones – prostaglandins. When their number is normal, can be long only a small unusual sensations. The presence of pain suggests that the production of these hormones is impaired. Such problems parous women – a sign of serious disorders.
- Ovarian apoplexy as a consequence of the rupture of the follicle after exercise, sex. There is acute pain in the abdomen, lower back, weakness, nausea, dizziness.
- Inflammation of the uterus, it appendages, the vagina, the fallopian tubes, endometriosis. In these inflammations, in addition to the appendages, there is a feeling of severe pain. When inflammation of the appendages (adnexitis), it initially is not strong, tolerant – in the abdomen. If the disease is not treated, then there is unbearable pain in the groin from both sides, which suggests peritonitis. Endometriosis is manifested by severe pain during menstruation.
- A tilted uterus. Characterized by a nagging pain in the abdomen. Call it adhesions, hereditary reasons.
- Rupture of ovary, oviduct'. A burning sensation in the abdomen, loss of consciousness. Save only operation.
- Benign growths (cysts, fibroids). If the cyst causes pain in the lower abdomen, lumbar area, may radiate to other organs (side, back, top of the peritoneum, rectum). When myoma – paroxysmal pain in the abdomen and lower back.
- Many problems associated with pregnancy: ectopic pregnancy: pulling in the abdomen from both sides, radiating to the lower back, bleeding, loss of consciousness; with early detachment of the placenta – a strong, dull, paroxysmal plus bleeding; the risk of miscarriage: obvious the abdomen, weaker in the lower back; premature labor: pulling, colicy (abdomen, loins).
- Pain in the abdomen and the lower back appears after a badly done abortion, the presence of cervical erosion, polyps, and dysplasia.
- Psychological causes of pain in the lumbar region, abdomen. This stress, frustrating condition, a neurotic disease.
- Banal hypothermia. The case when "beauty requires sacrifice" and the girl to look attractive, don't bother with warm clothing in cold weather.
The consequences are serious: manifest pain in the abdomen, lower back, significantes about inflammation, violations, extreme cases, sterility.
What to do when back pain and stomach
Pain in the abdomen, lumbar – signal failure (early in the disease, "breakage" in the body or surgery).
All considered causes of pain associated with painful disorders in important life systems of the body.
We can't get rid of such pain. Need a professional diagnosis and treatment. It is the prerogative of the doctor. Here is an important principle of timeliness. You cannot ignore the abdominal pain, back.
When painful feelings, many people try to cope with them with the help of painkillers and affordable drugs, relieving spasm.
Why is it not helping? Because we just remove the symptom, and the causes eliminated.
Remember that self-appointed pills changing clinical picture. The doctor because of this self-treatment would be difficult to make an accurate diagnosis.
The more that one pain can be associated not one but several diseases. One conclusion is to go immediately to the doctor.
Of course, there are situations when it is possible to slightly ease the condition, if right now there is no way to get an appointment.
The reasons may be different: it turned out far from civilization (vacation in the mountains, the sea), there is no relationship, weekend, night and others.
Back and stomach may ache due to colds, weight lifting. As the ambulance will help ordinary rubbing. The back ground and a little massage. But only when correctly identified the cause.
If a doctor was called, but it will come soon, and back aches, aches, then you can resort to the General recommendations. Before the arrival of the ambulance is not allowed to drink any drinks, even water, laxatives.
It is prohibited to use any warming (heating pads, hot packs). Hotter accelerates inflammatory processes. You can resort to cold compress.
If pain spasming and did not pass, it is possible to apply lungs antispasmodic modern generation.
If the disease is inflammatory or infectious nature, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics. Without a diagnosis and written physician prescription antibiotics can not be accepted.
But the main thing here is to analyze and make adjustments to your lifestyle and diet model.
When inflammation of the intestine and the doctor will help you choose the most effective drugs available on today spectrum.
In early pregnancy pain should alert the woman. There is a risk to lose a child. Therefore, an urgent need to visit your gynecologist. This will help prevent the patient's condition.
Usually when there is a threat, prescribe bed rest, to create a peaceful setting, put on the saving.
The doctor prescribes the so-called saving and light sedatives of plant origin.
Of course, this is all General guidelines that need only to inform. As mentioned earlier, the treatment can be carried out only by a doctor.
But we are so constituted that peace will be for all to respond and help yourself and the doctor in the treatment, if we are to understand what is happening, why, and what to expect in the treatment process.
When we know this, we'll call the doctor. Ignorance of the unknown scares us. Therefore, the information and the diseases, their cause, methods of treatment, possibilities of modern medicine is the key to success in addressing health problems.
Thus, pain is an indicator of the disease. Thanks to her, the man understands what it takes to save themselves, not to hurt. Without pain people would die.
Disturbing pain, immediately forced to go to a specialist to have correctly identified the disease and cure it. And remember: "hurt not necessarily".