Unbearable pain in the leaves — what is the cause?

When you have back pain near the shoulder blades should not be smeared different ointments, to stay at home and wait for a miracle of healing. This symptom may indicate quite different from each other diseases that require timely diagnosis and treatment of a specialist doctor from a neurologist to a pulmonologist or cardiologist.

Causes of pain in the shoulder blades

Pain in the blades may occur in diseases and injuries of the blades themselves and, in some diseases of the chest cage thoracic and the spine.

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1. Injuries of the scapula. The most common direct trauma. This happens when the person falls or is hit with the fist or foot on the shoulder of the blade. Very rare occasions the leaf is broken when falling on a straight arm. Fractures of this flat, triangular bone, the lower otlomok her under the effect of the thrust of muscles move down. In the area of fracture therefore, the swelling and inflammation.
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2. The paralysis of the front of the gear, the trapezius and rhomboid muscles, in of infection and damage to the nerves of the back, as well as myopathies develops so-called acquired winged scapula. The reason may also be a confusion of the region of the shoulder girdle and damage to the long thoracic nerve.
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3. Shoulder of the crisis with the active movements of the shoulder joint accompanied by moderate pain and an unpleasant sensation of discomfort in the shoulder blades. It is caused by exostosis of the scapula or chronic inflammation of the synovial Bursa of the subscapular.
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4. Osteomyelitis develops after of any open injuries of the scapula and is accompanied by symptoms of intoxication and pain in the shoulder blade. There are often deep intramuscular purulent streaks. The prognosis of this disease is almost always favourable.
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5. Tuberculosis of the scapula is very rare and only in adult patients.
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6. Tumors of the scapula may be benign (osteoma, osteochondroma, osteoblastoklastoma, chondroma) or malignant (chondrosarcoma, reticulosarcoma). Diagnose them by x-ray. If it is necessary to perform a needle biopsy to verify the nature of the tumor.
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7. Cervical or thoracic degenerative disc disease, which irritates the roots of the cervical-brachial plexus, and pain in the shoulder, sometimes radiating into the upper limb, worried day and night, prevents sleep. Movement in it is limited.
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8. Burning pain in the region of the scapulae left can be a manifestation of such dangerous diseases as myocardial infarction, or aneurysm of the aorta thoracic.
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9. The pain in the shoulders and the chest may occur in chronic pneumonia, pleurisy and lung cancer.

What to do when back pain leaves?

The variety of reasons, it is understood, now I understand why self-treatment can sometimes bring more harm than good. For this reason, it is important to consult with a doctor who prescribes an examination and a proper treatment.

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• In injuries of the scapula have resorted to the use of analgesics (Movalis, Ketonal) and the fixation of the limb with a bandage. Often resort to physiotherapeutic procedures (electrophoresis lidazy and novocaine, ultrasound) that stimulate the formation of callus and reduce the inflammation in the fracture.
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• Neurological diseases treated by a doctor neurologist. Widely used in massage and electromyostimulation.
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• Osteomyelitis is assigned to antibacterial therapy, applied surgical techniques: opening and drainage of purulent focus.
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• When TB patients are hospitalized in specialized hospital, where they were subjected to a specific treatment.
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• When a malignancy surgical treatment is indicated: the execution of the interscapular - thoracic resection, preferably with preservation of the upper part of the limbs (if possible).
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• In osteochondrosis are assigned non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Movalis, diclofenac), is a good help in this case, acupuncture, physical therapy, physical therapy and manual therapy. Good therapeutic effect is observed in the application of Lyapko applicator. This applicator was developed by a physician Reflexologist to reduce back pain, while the increase of the circulation of this region and aktiviziruyutsya anti-inflammatory mechanisms. The method is based on the doctrine of Nulla impact on specific points of our body.
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• If there is suspicion of myocardial infarction, the patient should be urgently hospitalized in the cardiology hospital, where he provided rest, while the therapy of anticoagulants and fibrinolytic agents. A pain relieved by narcotic analgesics.
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• Diseases of the respiratory system are treated in the Department of pulmonology. Inflammatory processes used antibiotics, mucolytics, expectorant drugs, physiotherapy, inhalations. If the cancer process is shown special treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy).

Therefore, in order to identify the real cause of the disease and prescribe a proper treatment can only a doctor. To avoid unpleasant consequences, you should not delay seeking medical attention, one stage of which is the magnetic RESONANCE imaging examination of the cervical spine to accurately identify the disease and its specificity.

An MRI examination is the most reliable and harmless way to get the correct diagnosis. In this survey of the patient's health is not at risk, but to identify the possible causes of the symptoms negative. In many ways, the accuracy of the diagnosis depends on the clinical teams. In some modern schools use a powerful magnetic RESONANCE imaging scanner Siemens 1.5 Tesla. High resolution images are enough to identify even the initial stages of the disease.