If there is pain in the back on the left, so many people start to suspect disease of the spine. But not only the pathology of the spine can cause unpleasant symptoms. Almost 95% of the people, after 35 years, start the pain in the back area.
There are many reasons that cause a faulty operation of the internal organs, colds, hypothermia, lack of exercise, poor posture and many others. Don't start therapeutic measures, if you have pain in the left back area. Only a competent specialist to properly detect to prescribe pathology and treatments. And even more, the possible causes of the disease, it is worth it to check.
The reasons for complaints
Before you consider start of treatment, you need to find out the cause of the pain, install you the exact location, the time. Maybe the reason is the overexertion of muscles as a result of the strong physical exertion or under cooling. Here are the main pathologies in which the back hurts on the left side.
Intercostal neuralgia
Pain syndrome that occurs when the compression, irritation or inflammation of the nerves between the ribs. Causes of the disease quite a lot. The most important of them we can mention: allergic reactions, disorders of the nervous system, reducing the body's own immune system, neoplasms of the lung or of the Pleura, with cooling, some infectious diseases (tuberculosis, Herpes zoster), injury to the back and chest, diseases of the spine (scoliosis, intervertebral hernia, etc.). With the defeat of the nerves on the left side, the left side of the chest hurts, worse when moving or breathing, characterized by sweating, crying, goose bumps, numbness in the affected areas, sleep disorders.
Pyelonephritis
Kidney diseases associated with lesions of the parenchyma, calyces and pelvis of the kidney. In most cases, Pyelonephritis develops due to the presence of infectious agents in the bladder, the rise to the top after mochetochnikam. Also, the development of the pathology to promote and other diseases: Urolithiasis, Diabetes mellitus, diseases of the female reproductive organs, etc.
The symptoms of kidney diseases are pain in the lumbar region with the affected parties in the area of the pubis, General weakness and malaise, fever with excessive sweating, the urine is turbid and reddish, in the analysis of urine Protein and whose content is increased in bacteria in the blood, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and leukocytosis.
Urolithiasis
Disease, in the organs of the urinary system, a solid training in the Form of stones. These stones are nothing more than crystals of salts in the urine. To the emergence of the disease of multiple causes: genetic predisposition, the use of water, containing a large amount of mineral salts, insufficient fluid intake, lack of exercise leads to the present. Depending on the localization of the pain, the doctor can see where exactly a stone.
Can confirm this with the help of the performed ULTRASOUND study. In addition to back pain, patients experience cramps and burning sensation in the abdomen above the pubic bone and the urethra, fever, renal colic, turbidity in the urine mixed with blood.
Myocardial infarction
The Form of coronary heart disease, characterized by necrosis of the heart muscle due to insufficient of its blood supply. Most often the disease in men occurs at the age of 45 years. Causes of a heart attack, to Diabetes, obesity, hypertension, alcohol abuse, Smoking, mental Stress.
The sharp emotional Stress can be the cause of a heart attack in front of the background of coronary heart disease and Angina pectoris. The clinical symptoms are a stinging and sharp pain in the heart area, which may radiate up the left arm, jaw, shoulder blade, lumbar In addition, there is shortness of breath, cold clammy sweat, a sense of lack of air and the feeling of fear of death, acrocyanosis .
Stomach ulcer
A chronic disease characterized by the formation of ulcers on the mucous membrane of the stomach. Pathology prone to frequent recurrence, progression and the development of various complications. A stomach ulcer for some reason: previous diseases of the digestive system, the effects of the bile, and hydrochloric acid acids, long-term intake of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, stomach developed tissue ischemia.
It is proved that the heredity plays a significant role and there are cases of morbidity between blood relatives. For peptic ulcer disease is characterized by the presence of pain at the top of the abdomen (beneath the xiphoid process), sometimes it may be in the back or the upper abdomen. The patient can usually selectively give the place of the localization of the unpleasant symptom. In addition to the pain, patients complain of a feeling of heaviness, bloating on an empty stomach or after taking food, stomach stools, nausea, vomiting, which is used for elimination of unpleasant symptoms and pain.
Pneumothorax
A pathological condition in which the accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. Cause diseases of the respiratory system, injury, malignant neoplasms, diseases of the connective tissue, tuberculosis, etc., is most common in people over the age of 20-40 years.
Developed Pneumothorax always suddenly and the severity of the symptoms depends on the degree of the decline in the lungs. The main features of the disease: severe pain Thorax above with the affected parties, to give the worse when breathing and may in the Hand, dry cough, shortness of breath, blue coloring of the skin, cold clammy sweat, drop in blood pressure, and sometimes fainting. In the case of the open Form of Pneumothorax, the blood can be from the wound.
Pulmonary tuberculosis
A serious infectious disease, the lung tissues. Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common Form of the disease. The cause of the pathology – Bacillus of Koch. Aggravating factors for their breeding unfavorable conditions and some diseases, a strong immune system: Smoking, HIV infection, intake of certain medications, Diabetes mellitus, oncological diseases, chronic renal failure and other weaknesses.
The risk groups are dependent people in prison, migrants, drugs, and alcoholics. At the beginning of the development of the disease have no symptoms or they are mild and pass as a cold. Cough not be present or will appear only seldom with expectoration of tenacious mucus, with unpleasant odor, pains in the back or to the left or to the right with the defeat of the lung with one of the parties. Also patients complain about fatigue, sweating, subfebrile body temperature, swollen lymph nodes, heart palpitations, sometimes coughing up blood.
In women, a cyst of the left ovary
Benign neoplasm, with a liquid content inside and a tendency to growth. The formation of cysts is the violation of the menses, disease of the endocrine system and the wrong life. Pathology is not dependent on age. First of all, formation is not manifest. The only Symptom is the pulling pain in the abdomen.
If it is necessary, particularly the consultation of the doctor
If hurts in the left part of the back, and the pain subsides, then a few days later, to suspect a serious disease, that requires immediate medical Intervention.
Also, do not leave unattended, the appearance and other clinical features:
- sudden sharp pain in the abdomen;
- nothing justified the loss of body weight;
- incorrect operation of the digestive tract and the urogenital system;
- severe weakness, fever.
The desired survey
To diagnose the disease, a comprehensive investigation must be subjected to. The doctor assigned to the following types of studies: the blood-clinical and biochemical analysis, urine analysis, ECG, ultrasound, x-ray or fluorogram, if necessary, MRI-and CT-Scans, blood and other biological materials for markers.