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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Back pain on the right is one of the most common symptoms. It is observed in a variety of ailments, so the guarantee of its favorable treatment with a successful result is an accurate diagnosis. Carefully conducted examination, as a rule, gives an excellent opportunity to find out the cause of pain in the back to the right.
Diseases that cause back pain on the right
Back pain on the right is a symptom of various diseases of internal organs and systems.
Diseases of the respiratory system:
- "Dry" pleurisy, which accompanies a feeling of pain of a cutting character in the left or right side of the chest that appears during respiratory movements;
- an unexpected pneumothorax with spontaneous acute pain that occurs in the chest, which can give into the scapula. Characteristic signs of the ailment: a reduction in the sternum excursion on the sore side, the inability to determine the noise during auscultation;
- pneumonia, which accompanies an intense or moderate pain syndrome in the left or right part of the chest or in the scapula. Pain can become stronger when coughing and deep breathing, observe also fever, coughing and wheezing in the lungs during auscultation;
- cancer of the bronchi or lungs. The degree of intensity, the property and the pattern of the pain syndrome are directly dependent on its location and prevalence - if the upper part of the lung is affected, Penkost syndrome (the so-called brachial plexopathy), in which pain is felt in the shoulder area, shoulder blade, on the medial surface of the hand , if the pleura begins to germinate, there are painful sensations in the chest on the diseased side, which is significantly strengthened during breathing, coughing, and movements of the trunk, if there is intercostal involvement of nerve pain is encircling.
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract:
- acute form of cholecystitis. Pain can last for several hours, sometimes for several days. As a rule, it extends to the right hypochondrium and epigastrium. In addition, pain can be given to the right side of the sternum, the right shoulder, the foreleg, the shoulder blade, into the heart area. Pain syndrome is accompanied by the fact that the patient is nauseous, febrile, there is vomiting, jaundice of the skin, as well as soreness with the palpation of the right hypochondrium, the tension of the abdominal muscles;
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Diseases of the urinary system:
- presence of thrombi in the renal artery and renal colic;
- hematoma of retroperitonealization. The main symptom is spontaneous pain of incomprehensible nature in the lower back of a patient who received anticoagulant therapy earlier.
Diseases of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and spinal cord
Pain is often of a shooting and projection type. In other words, its pattern is limited by the boundaries of the cutaneous presentation of the affected root or nerve. Often gets distal distribution.
If you find yourself having pain in the back to the right, it is advisable to immediately consult a doctor. It is extremely undesirable to be slow with this, because only timely access to a medical institution and a correctly diagnosed diagnosis is the key to successful treatment and a guarantee that you will be able to get rid of the pain that pains you in the back to the right. So, you should seek advice from such specialists: gastroenterologist, infectious disease specialist , traumatologist, orthopedist, manual therapist, therapist, family doctor, cardiologist, pulmonologist, urologist, nephrologist, gynecologist (for women), proctologist, surgeon. If the pain is acute, you need to call an ambulance, whose doctors will provide you with qualified help and recommend which specialist you will need to contact.