What causes lower back pain?

With the progress of the times and the development of science and technology, human beings have learned to use high-tech products to do things on their behalf. As a result, many people lack exercise, which often leads to one disease or another. Headache, leg soreness, back pain, etc. are the most common diseases, especially back pain which is the most deadly. So, what should we do to completely cure low back pain? First, we must understand the causes of low back pain. So, what causes lower back pain?

Low back pain refers to pain on one side or both sides of the waist, including the spine. It occurs in both men and women, but is more common in women. According to statistics, patients suffering mainly from low back pain account for about 10% of the total number of visits to gynecological clinics. The common reasons are as follows:

1. Lumbar muscle strain: Women who have been engaged in standing operations for a long time, such as textile, printing and dyeing, hairdressing, and sales work, have weakened stretching ability of lumbar tendons and ligaments due to continuous standing. Excessive lactic acid can accumulate locally, inhibiting the normal metabolism of the lumbar muscles and also leading to low back pain caused by lumbar muscle strain. Frequently carrying heavy objects puts too much pressure on the waist, which can easily lead to scoliosis, lumbar muscle strain and low back pain.

2. Urinary tract infection: Because the female urethra is short and straight, and the external opening of the urethra is close to the anus, Escherichia coli often parasitizes. In addition, due to the physiological characteristics of women, the urethral opening has a greater chance of contamination. If hygiene is neglected, urinary tract infection is likely to occur. Low back pain is mostly caused by acute or chronic pyelonephritis, which manifests as distension and pain in the lower back and radiates along the ureter to the perineum in severe cases. In addition to urinary tract infections, urinary tract stones, tuberculosis and other diseases can also cause low back pain.

3. Reproductive organ diseases: Women’s reproductive organs go through menstruation about 400 times in their lifetime, and also bear the burden of pregnancy, childbirth, etc. Some women also experience abortions, sterilization surgeries, etc. Therefore, the incidence of reproductive organ inflammation is high, such as salpingitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc. These inflammations are prone to complications such as low back pain. Retroversion and retroflexion of the uterus are also one of the causes of low back pain in women. Serious reproductive organ diseases such as uterine fibroids, cervical cancer, and ovarian cysts can cause compressive involvement of low back pain.

4. Women who suffer from rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis are often attacked by wind, dampness and cold during menstruation, delivery and postpartum period, which causes bone spurs in the spine and induces low back pain. If the waist has been sprained, it may develop into a herniated disc, causing severe back pain and even affecting the flexion, extension and rotation of the spine.

It turns out that there are so many causes of low back pain. We must prescribe the right medicine for the disease and never take it lightly or treat it indiscriminately, so as to avoid making the condition worse. Patients with low back pain should also pay more attention to exercise, improve their physical fitness, combine work and rest, walk more, and adjust their emotions and mood. This may help relieve low back pain to a certain extent.