What causes back pain from coughing?

In a sense, body pain is a manifestation of internal disease in the human body. At this time, people should pay attention to it, actively look for the cause, and seek treatment early to prevent the condition from worsening. Diseases often start from small aspects. For example, coughing and back pain are typical signals of internal diseases. So, what causes coughing and back pain?

1. Acute and chronic injuries

1) Acute injuries such as spinal fractures, tears of ligaments, muscles, and joint capsules, acute intervertebral disc herniation, etc.

2) Chronic injuries such as ligament inflammation, muscle strain, hyperplasia and degeneration of spinal bones and joints, spondylolisthesis, etc.

2. Inflammatory lesions Inflammatory lesions are divided into bacterial inflammation and non-bacterial inflammation.

1) Bacterial inflammation can be divided into purulent and specific infections such as spinal tuberculosis. Purulent infection is common in intervertebral disc infection, epidural abscess, and vertebral osteomyelitis.

2) Non-bacterial inflammation: rheumatic myofasciitis, rheumatoid arthritis, transverse process syndrome of the third lumbar vertebra, ankylosing spondylitis, and condensing osteitis of the energy storage joints.

3) Degenerative changes of the spine such as intervertebral disc degeneration, degenerative osteoarthritis of facet joints, secondary spinal stenosis, senile osteoporosis, pseudosynostosis and spinal instability.

3. Abnormal bone development: scoliosis, hemivertebra, nonunion of the vertebrae, kyphosis, lumbar vertebrae or lumbar cuboidization, spina bifida and hooked spinous process, horizontal cuboid bone, unequal length of lower limbs, and flat feet.

4. Poor posture, long-term desk work or bending over work, pregnancy, and obesity leading to a big belly.

5. Tumors: bone and soft tissue tumors, bone marrow or nerve tumors, etc.

6. Referred pain caused by visceral diseases Gynecological pelvic diseases, prostate diseases, etc. can cause lower back pain. Kidney diseases such as stones, tumors, renal ptosis, pyelonephritis and retroperitoneal diseases such as abscesses and hematomas can cause back pain. Hepatofemoral and heart diseases can cause back pain.

7. Mental factors: With the progress of society and the acceleration of the pace, such diseases are gradually increasing, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, allergic spondylitis, neurasthenia, plague, and depression.