What causes back pain in women?

Women's bodies are relatively more susceptible to various diseases than men's. One of the most common problems faced by women is back pain. Many women have experienced back pain before or have been troubled by back pain. In fact, there are many reasons for women's back pain. When women often have back pain, they must pay attention to it and go to the hospital for examination immediately. Only then can they use medication for treatment.

What causes back pain in women?

1. Back pain caused by cervical spondylosis

Why does cervical spondylosis occur in the cervical vertebrae and cause back pain? However, few people know that the posterior branches of the spinal nerves of the fourth, fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae extend to the back and control the skin and muscles of the upper back.

When degenerative changes occur in the cervical vertebrae, if the posterior branches of the spinal nerves of the fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebrae are extended, back pain will immediately occur.

In fact, neck and back pain, upper limb weakness, finger numbness, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, and slurred swallowing are all symptoms of cervical spondylosis.

2. Back pain caused by frozen shoulder

Scapulohumeral periarthritis can cause shoulder pain. As the disease progresses, the pain range will continue to increase, and some patients will experience back pain.

3. Back pain caused by ankylosing spondylitis

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis will experience diffuse or persistent low back pain, tenderness in the transverse process, stiffness in the back and waist muscles after waking up in the morning, aggravated back and waist pain when leaning back, which improves after activity, and easy fatigue after standing or walking for a long time.

Most patients present with restricted lower back and lumbar movements. Routine physical examinations may reveal tenderness in the transverse processes of the intervertebral discs and paraspinal muscle spasms. In the late stages, muscle atrophy and even kyphosis may occur.

4. Back pain caused by respiratory tract

Many respiratory diseases such as pleural adhesions, lung cancer and tuberculosis may also cause shoulder and arm pain, but usually in the back, side or shoulder bone.

5. Referred pain caused by visceral diseases

Gynecological pelvic diseases, prostate diseases, etc. can cause bending pain, chronic kidney diseases such as stones, tumors, renal ptosis, pyelonephritis and retroperitoneal diseases such as cysts, abscesses, etc. can cause waist swelling, hepatomegaly and heart disease can cause back pain.