Important Information about Causes of Low Back Pain

Modern civilized people often suffer from low back pain in our days. Usually the middle aged and young adults of both sexes are affected with this illness. This malady is connected to the way of life and work of these target groups. It means that those who on the chair without exercise and who lift up heavy stuff regularly are the first candidates to obtain this complaint. It is almost impossible to find a person who hasn`t felt this displeasing pain in his or her back at least once in a lifetime. The causes of low back pain have different nature and it can vary from simple reasons like muscular strain up to serious conditions like cancer of spine and thus backache should not be ignored in any way. This pain is usually located in lumbar and sacral region and may expand to nearby sites.

Backache can be caused by the following originators:

I) Back pain caused by diseases in the back.
II) Back pain caused by gynecological problems.
III) Back pain caused by problems in other parts of the body.

I) Back pain caused by diseases in the back:

a) Injuries:
1) Compression fracture of the vertebral column.
2) Rupture of intervertebral discs.
3) Injuries to ligaments and muscles of back.
4) Lumbosacral strain.
5) Intervertebral joint injuries. 
6) Fracture of processes of vertebra.

b) Functional backache due to imbalance:
1) During pregnancy.
2) Pot belly.
3) Diseases of the hip joint.
4) Curvature in the spine due to congenital defect.
5) Short leg in one side. 
 
c) Backache due to inflammatory conditions:
1) Infection of the bone due to bacteria.
2) Tuberculosis of the spine.
3) Arthritis.
4) Brucellosis.
5) Lumbago or fibrositis.
6) Inflamation of the muscles.
7) Anchylosing spondylitis.

d) Backache due to degenerative diseases in the back:
1) Osteoarthritis.
2) Osteoporosis in old people.
3) Degeneration of the intervertebral disc.

e) Tumor in the spine:
1) Primary tumor of the bones in the spine.
2) Metastatic tumors from other sites like prostate, lungs, kidneys, intestine ect.

II) Back pain caused by gynecological problems:
a) After childbirth.
b) After gynaecological operations.
c) Prolapse of the uterus.
d) Pelvic inflammatory diseases.
e) Cancerous lesions of the pelvic organs.
f) Endometriosis.

III) Back pain caused by problems in other parts of the body:
a) Renal stones.
b) Ureteric stone.
c) Cancer of prostate.
d) Pancreatitis.
e) Biliary stones.
f) Peptic ulcer.
g) Inflammations of pelvic organs.
h) Occlusion of aorta and iliac arteries.

Here are some tips on how to investigate what cases back pain:

1) Complete blood count.
2) Routine urine examination.
3) Ultrasonography of the abdomen and pelvis.
4) X-ray of the lumbar and sacral region.
5) MRI of the spine.
5) CT scan of abdomen and pelvic region.
6) Examination of rectum, prostate, genito urinary organs.

And here is information how to treat back pain:

1) Removing the cause for backache.
2) Symptomatic treatment.
2) Back exercises.
3) Traction.
3) Yoga.
5) Surgery.
7) Homoeopathy.