The attacks of pain without specific localization still afraid. Especially if it spreads on the left side of the body, covers the hand and the foot. In most cases, do not do it without the help of a doctor.
Difficult to explain to your family or co-workers of the evil of the left, and not to be a malingerer. Even doctors must sometimes perform an investigation to determine the causes. But these symptoms can't be ignored. In the simultaneous effect of the pain in the left upper quadrant, the hand and the foot may be a precursor to stroke, heart attack, and a number of other reviews for the life of pathologies.
Problems with the spine
The left side of the body may be damaged during the accident. Such a source of discomfort obvious. In other cases, the first investigations in two directions: analyze the state of the heart and the spine. It is because of the pathologies of the musculoskeletal system in addition to other manifests itself by a pain of the left with the vagueness of location.
Osteochondrosis
The violation of blood circulation in the tissues of the spine the intervertebral discs are less elastic, fibrous ring is gradually destroyed, to injure the nerve roots. This led many factors:
- a sedentary lifestyle;
- the physical work;
- the age changes of the body;
- as an endocrine disease.
Following the right or the left the back, the neck, the kidneys start to hurt. Changes the sensitivity of other parts of the body. The localization of unpleasant sensations communicates with the location so that it is destructive of the degenerative process. Thus, when the cervical spine osteochondrosis often a pain in the left shoulder, arm, numbness of the fingers and to the outside of the ribs of the palm. When lumbar occur back pain, pulling pain, paresthesia in the corresponding part of the back, the thigh, the leg.
Sciatica
Due to the narrowing of the distance between the vertebrae tight and inflamed and the nerve fibers originate from the spinal cord. This complication of the disease, degenerative disk called radiculitis. As an independent pathology, it occurs in response to the failure of a sudden movement, a sub-cooling of the back, the trauma of the erector spinae.
Cervico-brachial form transmits the sensation of pain all over the upper quarter of the body: the shoulder blades, the neck, on the arms. Neuralgia lumbo-sacral – sciatica – affects the sciatic nerve. There is a pain in the left thigh, buttock, spreading the bottom of the leg to the heel. In the initial phase of possible complaints on the "tracking" of the leg, stinging sensation.
You can not run these diseases. In effect, destroys the disks are not recoverable. After the removal of a syndrome of pain and / or inflammation acute the only reliable way to delay the disease remains prevention. It includes mandatory curative physical education, the control of posture, a healthy lifestyle. Help periodic physiotherapy, body massage to improve circulation in the region of the vertebrae affected.
Intercostal neuralgia
Throbbing, burning, or pain in the left side – and not necessarily of heart problems. It can be intercostal neuralgia. But the symptoms are quite similar:
- the crisis of pain rolled suddenly, after a slight movement housing;
- the whole left side of the chest may turn pale or blush;
- the sensation radiating to the shoulder blades and the lower back;
- increases perspiration;
- there is a burning sensation, loss of sensitivity on certain parts of the body;
- a deep breath, sneezing, coughing, strengthen the severity of symptoms.
All of this is happening because of the damage of the nerve fibers in intercostal area. The reasons for their irritation associated with hypothermia, to the stasis of blood, injury, poisoning, complications from infectious diseases, the degenerative disease of the disc. It usually affects the whole complex of factors, including fatigue and decreased immunity.
The main signs capable of distinguishing the neuralgia pains in the heart.
- In case of irritation of the intercostal receptors the sensation is not the case of taking nitroglycerin, but weaken under the effect of sedative drugs (validol, Corvalol).
- The crisis of angina pectoris is usually short, and the pain in the left side and under the shoulder blade – compressive, an increase of the physical load. Neuralgia of the upper body can be sick one day, the response to any movement.
- During palpation of the chest, or the back stand out a sore point between the ribs, near the spine.
The main method of treatment of neuralgia – eliminate the cause that has provoked the irritation of the nerves. Identify their doctor may not neurologist after a number of studies. In fact, the disease should be differentiated from colic, angina pectoris, sciatica.
Cardiac pathology
Complaints of heart pain in the left upper quadrant, which gives to the shoulder, the arm, the neck, the jaw is not always related to coronary heart disease and the attacks of angina pectoris. Similar symptoms were observed in cardialgiae due to inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) or heart injury shell (pericarditis). These pathologies appear as complications of colds, influenza, pneumonia, other infectious diseases.
If the disease does not manifest at the initial stage, then it may be time to develop and almost asymptomatic. Myocarditis, observed:
- fatigue;
- palpitations;
- shortness of breath and weakness of the pain after a small load;
- later joined the vertigo;
- edema of the lower limbs.
Pericarditis rarely occurs as a disease. On him, warned:
- the pain when the tilt of the body forward, while lying on the left side;
- different from the strength of the feeling in the chest, passed out in the back, to hand, to back;
- increase, arrhythmic pulse;
- cough without sputum;
- notice blanching of the skin;
- a cyanosis of the body (especially hands and feet).
The early detection and early treatment of heart disease reduces the risk of heart attacks. Recurring pain in the left upper quadrant, and the heart must lead to a doctor's office. The diagnosis pass the ECG and Echocardiogram. With their help, to diagnose heart rhythm disorders, reveal the dimensions of the cardiac chambers, the presence of liquid in the bag. The x-ray will show potential of the tumor, disease of the ribs, the lungs.
A stroke
Before stroke of pain in the body and extremities occur rarely. In front, a part of the body may lose its sensitivity. But with the defeat of the regions of the brain in the field of optical knoll develops post-stroke pain to the left or to the right along the torso thalamic syndrome. Its additional features:
- the pain increases to light, movement, emotions;
- disrupted the perception of temperature;
- simple tactile stimuli seem to be multiple;
- often accompanied by ants, and a decrease in the sensitivity of the skin.
Thalamus – center of the top of the sensitivity to pain. The causes of the onset of symptoms explains the lack of oxygen in its tissues because of the violation of the circulation of the blood. The pain in the left side and the ends occurs when the fireplace at the other end of the brain. But after a stroke, can hurt a body part, even if affected natallichka of the structure. In addition to the central neuropathic pain can manifest itself with pain and muscle spasms.
To combat the painful consequences of stroke called concomitant antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Muscle pain remove muscle relaxants, massage, gymnastics, spciale, of physiotherapy.
That is due to unique sense of the pain in the upper-left quadrant, hip, hand and other, the diagnosis cannot identify the exact cause. In the 3 hours prior to the visit to the clinic is recommended to refrain from receiving the pain medication, sedatives. And in the case of a serious deterioration in the state of need of the ambulance.