Unbearable back pain in the area of the shoulder blades — what is your reason?

If you have back pain in the area of the shoulder blades, it ointments should not wipe different, lie at home and wait for a miracle of healing. This Symptom can indicate several different disorders that require rapid diagnosis and treatment by a specialist, the neurologist, up to the pulmonary specialist or cardiologist.

Causes of pain in the shoulder blades

Pain in the shoulder blades can occur to the blades when diseases and injuries to themselves and in some diseases of the thoracic cage and the thoracic spine.

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1. Injury to the shoulder blade. Most commonly direct Trauma. So, if a Person falls on the back or gets a blow with the fist or the foot in the area of the shoulder blade. Very rarely, the shoulder blade is broken in a fall on the straight Hand. In fractures of this flat triangular bone, the lower otlomok they are moved under the effect of the direction of pull of the muscles down. In the area of fracture in swelling and edema appear.
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2. In the case of paralysis of the Serratus, trapezius, and Rhomboid muscles, in the CNS, and damage of nerves of the back, as well as myopathy, a so-called acquired pterygoid paddle developed. Cause it can also be nerve bruising to the area of the shoulder girdle or the damage of the long thoracic.
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3. Blade grinding during active movements in the shoulder joint, accompanied by moderate pain and an unpleasant feeling of discomfort in the area of the shoulder blade. He is due to the exostosis shoulder blade or chronic inflammation of the subscapular Bursa.
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4. Osteomyelitis develops after any open injuries of the shoulder-blade, and accompanied by symptoms of poisoning, and pain in the area of the shoulder blade. Often there are deep Inter-purulent strip. The prognosis in this disease is almost always not cheap.
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5. Tuberculosis of the shoulder blade occurs very rarely and only in adult patients.
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6. Tumor of the scapula, both benign (osteoma, osteochond Roma, osteoblastoklastoma, chondroma) or malignant (chondrosarcoma, retikulosarkoma). You Determine The X-Ray Examination. If necessary, the puncture lead to a biopsy for verification of the nature of the tumor.
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7. Neck or chest osteochondrosis, which nerve roots are irritated neck, brachial Plexus, and it appears the pain in the shoulder, sometimes radiating to the upper extremity, worried day and night, and prevents full sleep. In motion limited.
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8. Burning pain in the area of the left shoulder blade can be a Manifestation of such terrible diseases such as heart attack or an aneurysm of the thoracic Aorta.
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9. Pain in the shoulder blades and chest can occur when chronic inflammation of the lungs, pleurisy and lung cancer.

What to do when back pain in the area of the shoulder blades?

In the diversity of the reasons, we have understood, now I understand why self-treatment can sometimes do more harm than good. That is why it is important, in time to see a doctor, the examination and appropriate treatment.

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• In the case of injuries of the scapula have recourse to the application of analgesics (Meloxicam, ketonal) and fixation of the limb in a bandage. Therapeutic techniques (electrophoresis lidazy and novocaine, ultrasound), the skin stimulate the formation of callus and inflammation in the area of the fracture, often have to resort to physio.
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• Neurological diseases the a physician neurologist treated. Far the Massage and electromyostimulation is widely used.
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• Osteomyelitis antibiotic therapy, surgical techniques are associated with the autopsy and the renovation of purulent focus.
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• In tuberculosis patients hospitalized in a specialized clinic, where a specific treatment is carried out.
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• In the case of neoplastic process surgical treatment: the execution of the inter-scapular -Thoracic resection, preferably with preservation of the upper extremity (depending on availability).
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• In the case of osteochondrosis steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Meloxicam, diclofenac) are not appointed, good help in this case, acupuncture, balneotherapy, manual therapy. A good therapeutic effect in the application of applicator lyapko. This applicator has a back pain reduce of a doctor, Reflexologist, this area increases blood circulation and activates anti-inflammatory mechanisms. The method is based on the doctrine of Nulla exposure to specific points on the body.
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• If myocardial infarction is suspected, the Patient must be urgently treated in hospital cardiological clinic, where it a complete rest, the treatment is with anticoagulants and fibrinolytic agents. Pain attack docked narcotic analgesics.
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• Diseases of the bronchopulmonary system in the lung Department be treated. In inflammatory processes antibiotic, expectorant, mucus apply expectorant drugs, physical therapy, Inhalation. In the case of oncological process, a special treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy).

So the true cause of the disease and appropriate treatment only a doctor can reveal. To avoid unpleasant consequences, not the medical help with the claim, a step, the passage is spine, a MRI study of the neck, in order to determine the disease and their own peculiarities.

The MRI-examination — the most reliable and harmless way, to make the correct diagnosis. In this type of investigation, the health of the patient is not at risk, but you have to show all the reasons for the negative symptoms. In many ways, the accuracy of the diagnosis depends on the existing equipment in the clinic. In some of the modern centers of a performance using powerful CT scanner, Siemens 1.5 TESLA. High resolution of the received images is sufficient for the detection of the first stages of the disease.