The feeling of swelling on both sides of the lower back

The feeling of swelling on both sides of the lower back is likely to be lower back soreness. There are many reasons for this situation, some of which may be caused by illness or psychological factors. You can consider whether you have diseases such as lumbar muscle strain based on your daily activities. If there are no symptoms, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid worsening of the condition.

Causes and common diseases

1. Diseases of the spinal bones and joints and surrounding soft tissues

Such as local injuries, bleeding, edema, adhesions and muscle spasms caused by contusions and sprains.

2. Spinal cord and spinal nerve diseases

Such as low back pain caused by spinal cord tumors, myelitis, etc.

3. Diseases of internal organs

For example, infection or tumor of the uterus and its appendages can cause pain in the lumbar region, and such patients often have corresponding gynecological symptoms at the same time.

4. Mental factors

For example, patients with hysteria may also complain of low back pain as their main complaint, but without objective physical signs, or objective examinations and subjective descriptions of the disease cannot be explained by knowledge of physiology, anatomy, and pathology. This low back pain is often a manifestation of hysteria. 5. Kidney diseases such as infection.

Treatment principles

In clinical practice, it is advisable to first distinguish between the exterior and interior, deficiency and excess, cold and heat. Generally speaking, those who are affected by external pathogens have symptoms of superficial and real nature, and the onset is sudden. The treatment should be to eliminate the pathogens and dredge the meridians. The treatment should be given separately according to the different types of cold and dampness, dampness and heat. Symptoms caused by kidney essence deficiency are mostly internal and weak, and chronic recurring attacks are common. Treatment should focus on tonifying the kidney and replenishing qi.

1. Kidney deficiency and sperm deficiency

Treatment should be warming and nourishing the kidney. Main prescriptions: Qing'e Pills (Ju Fang) combined with Jingang Pills (Xizhuo on the Origin and Development of Miscellaneous Diseases) with modifications.

2. Kidney Yin Deficiency

Treatment should be aimed at nourishing kidney yin. Main prescription: Zuogui Pills (from Jingyue Golden Book) with modifications.

3. Kidney Yang deficiency

Treatment should be aimed at warming and tonifying kidney yang. Main prescription: Yougui Pills (from Jingyue Complete Works) with modifications.

examine

1. Kidney deficiency and sperm deficiency

In mild cases, the patient will experience persistent pain and discomfort in the waist, which will be aggravated by exertion and relieved after rest. In severe cases, there are also symptoms such as soreness and pain, weakness in the waist and knees, sore limbs and cold knees, and heel pain. The tongue coating is thin and the pulse is deep and fine.

2. Kidney Yin Deficiency

Sore waist and weak knees, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, night sweats and spermatorrhea, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse.

3. Kidney Yang deficiency

Sore and weak waist, edema of lower limbs, chills and cold limbs, fatigue, impotence and premature ejaculation. The tongue is pale and the pulse is deep and fine.