Pain on both sides below the waist ribs

The continuous improvement of daily living standards has led to increasing stress on people. Many people are usually busy with work and rarely rest. Some people often do not take it seriously when they experience pain on both sides of the lower back and ribs, thinking that it may be caused by fatigue. In fact, it may be caused by illness. It must be taken seriously and actively treated. The longer you delay, the more serious the condition will be, which will increase the difficulty of treatment.

What is the cause of pain on both sides of the waist and ribs?

It is very likely that you are suffering from urinary tract stones, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation and other diseases. It is best to go to the hospital in time for active treatment.

The dangers of lumbar muscle strain

1. Low back pain

Most patients with lumbar muscle strain will feel persistent dull pain in the waist, which will be relieved when lying down and aggravated when standing up. Under normal circumstances, the pain is tolerable and the waist can be moved appropriately or the patient can walk slowly. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to bear and requires bed rest. This condition is serious and will affect life and work. This condition is called lumbar spasm-like severe pain.

Radiating pain in the lower limbs

Most patients with lumbar muscle strain experience such symptoms, which often occur after the low back pain is relieved or disappears. Those with mild pain can walk with a limp. The clinical symptoms are radiating pain spreading from the waist to the thigh and back of the calf, as well as numbness. Patients with severe lumbar muscle strain require bed rest. It also radiates to the soles of the feet. Severe symptoms include severe pain like electric shock from the waist to the feet, accompanied by numbness.

3. Numbness, intermittent coldness and limp in the lower limbs

Numbness of the lower limbs is mostly accompanied by pain. A small number of patients with lumbar muscle strain may experience simple numbness without pain. A few patients feel cold or chilly in their lower limbs. This condition occurs due to stimulation of the sympathetic nerve fibers within the spinal canal. The occurrence mechanism and clinical manifestations of intermittent claudication are extremely similar to those of lumbar spinal stenosis. In the case of nucleus pulposus herniation, pathological and physiological symptoms of secondary lumbar spinal stenosis will appear due to certain reasons.

4. Numbness and tingling in the perineum, and urinary and bowel dysfunction

This symptom is mainly seen in central nucleus pulposus herniation, but it is not common in clinical practice. Women with lumbar muscle strain may experience urinary incontinence, and men may experience sexual dysfunction such as impotence. Patients with severe lumbar muscle strain may experience incontinence, incomplete paralysis of both lower limbs or surrounding areas.