What causes right back pain? These factors are the most common

Have you ever experienced back pain? In fact, many diseases in the body can cause back pain. Don’t ignore this phenomenon, especially some tumors can easily cause back pain, such as liver cancer and lung cancer.

1. Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a degenerative change of articular cartilage and the formation of new bone at the joint margin. Elderly people over 60 years old are more likely to suffer from this disease. In addition to back pain, it may also be accompanied by pain in the knees, hips, ankles, etc. The onset of the disease is stiffness of the fingers, which is more obvious especially after getting up in the morning and improves after activities.

2. Spinal cord injury: Sudden pain in the back after a fall or injury, accompanied by one of the following symptoms: loss of limb movement function, limb numbness or tingling, loss of urination and defecation, indicating the possibility of spinal cord injury.

3. Osteoporosis The back pain caused by osteoporosis is limited to the lower back, and there will be severe pain somewhere in the spine.

4. Ankylosing spondylitis Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammation of the spinal joints. The main symptoms are sacral pain, which may spread to the buttocks. The pain and stiffness are more obvious in the early stages.

5. Back muscle strain Back pain may also be caused by back muscle strain. This pain often subsides after a few days of rest.

6. Radiating back pain Cardiovascular diseases (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, etc.), cholecystitis, gallstones, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer and other diseases will not only cause pain in the lesion area during the onset period, but will also radiate to different parts of the back and cause back pain.

7. Cancerous lesions: Patients with esophageal cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and other cancerous lesions may experience varying degrees of back pain, bloating and other discomforts.

8. Other disease factors: In the later stage of esophagitis, patients will experience soreness and pain in the back due to scar obstruction and surrounding adhesions; chest wall adhesion may cause continuous distension and pain in the chest and back; herpes zoster infection in the trunk may also cause back pain.