Almost every person has ever had back pain on the right or left. In most cases, these symptoms do not indicate serious pathologies occur when performing complex physical activities. But sometimes pain can talk about dangerous diseases that require urgent medical attention.
Reasons
Here we consider the basic pathology, which are accompanied by pain in the back right.
Ectopic pregnancy
A pathological condition in which the embryo is implanted outside the uterine cavity. This situation may occur due to inflammatory diseases of the endometrium, the presence of intrauterine device, hormonal types of contraception tumors in the uterus, previous ectopic pregnancy, abnormalities of the genital organs, delayed sexual development.
The signs of disease include sudden severe pain on the right or left side of the abdomen, is given in the back or slightly above the waist, highlight with blood red to brown, violation of menstrual cycle, nausea and vomiting, soreness and engorgement.
Osteochondrosis
Pathology, in which the destruction of bone tissue of the spine, joint cartilage, intervertebral discs and ligaments. The causes of the disease are: heredity and susceptibility to disease, impaired metabolism due to endocrine disorders, orthopedic diseases, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, bad habits: Smoking and alcohol abuse, injuries, damage to the spinal column, and others.
Low back pain there are 3 types: cervical, thoracic, lumbar. Depending on what the spine is damaged, the pain will be localized in different places, for example, when breast osteochondrosis pain noted in the back right or left in the chest radiating to the arm, between the shoulder blades, the lumbar in the lumbar region and radiates to the perineum, leg. Also, patients headache, and there are dizziness, nausea, tinnitus, sudden loss of consciousness.
Hydronephrosis
The disease in which it is noted abnormal enlargement of the abdomen due to compression of tissues a large amount of fluid (urine).
The cause of the disease is the violation or complete cessation of the outflow of urine from the kidney to the bladder that occur due to a number of factors: narrowing of the urinary tract, presence of stones in the urinary system, various tumors, cancers, etc.
The characteristic symptoms of hydronephrosis is considered to be pain in the lumbar region, does not depend on the time of day and the position of the body, increased blood pressure, frequent and painful urination, blood in urine. If the affected right kidney, pain right side back and Vice versa.
Lung cancer
Threat progressive disease, associated with the growth of abnormal cells in the lung. Mutated cells cease to perform their function and as a result, there comes a lack of oxygen to all organs and tissues. Unfortunately, cancer at early stage is very difficult to recognize. He has no symptoms and patients learn about their disease by accident. On the 3rd and 4th stage there are pain between the ribs when breathing, shortness of breath, increased body temperature to 37 degrees, strong bouts of dry cough with thick sputum and admixtures of blood, the feeling of lack of oxygen.
Cholecystitis
Disease caused by the defeat of the walls of the gallbladder. Inflammation it can appear from different reasons: the formation of stones, consumption of fatty, high-calorie and fried foods, long-term alcohol consumption, genetic predisposition, hormonal disruptions in the body, allergies, immune disorders, certain drugs, sudden refusal of food (diet), etc.
Pain on the right side of the back and belly appears in the early stage of development of acute cholecystitis. Join dyspeptic symptoms (nausea, vomiting, impaired stool, bloating, flatulence). Also weakness, fatigue, fever, sweating.
Dry pleurisy
Inflammation of the serous membranes of the lungs (pleura). Depending on the other diseases of respiratory system pleurisy favorable result. Most often the disease develops on the background of tuberculosis, pneumonia, lung abscess, or infarction of lung tissue cancer. If people fell ill with pleurisy, he experienced a sharp pain during inhalation of air, a cough, chills, night sweating, skin edema of the lower thoracic.
Diagnostic methods
When a person is ill right back where you need to consult a specialist for advice. Such a question can engage a large number of specialists, depending on the cause of the pain: therapist, neurologist, gynecologist, urologist, oncologist, etc.
First comes the examination of the patient based on the individual characteristics of each of them:
- age. All diseases have a certain age range. For example, young people are often faced with an overload of the spine, where back pain on the right or left as the result of injuries;
- the localization of the pain may sometimes be specified for a particular pathology;
- the clinical picture of pathological conditions that occurs along with back pain (nausea and vomiting, flatulence, colic, dragging pain in the abdomen in women, etc.);
- character of pain: aching, sharp, stabbing, shooting. Intensity – low, medium and high;
- manifestations of pain during the day: pain alternates with rest or back pain, not passing;
- conducted instrumental and laboratory tests (blood and urine analysis, radiography of the chest, back and pelvis, CT or MRI, electromyography).
That was the main reason why back pain on the right side. You should not try to diagnose yourself, and especially to appoint a treatment.
Prevention
Everyone knows that to prevent disease is much easier, than then to treat it. It is therefore necessary to follow some simple rules that will protect people from developing various pathologies: healthy lifestyle, diet and eat right, not to overload the spine of intense physical exercises, and do some light sports, such as swimming.
A dream should be carried out on a mattress of medium hardness, and under the head lay pillow small size. It is important to distribute the weight on both hands simultaneously, to treat all disease – precursors to back pain. Also important is the strengthening of immunity and hardening.