Lumbar pain when getting up in the morning

Some people experience back pain after doing heavy work, but some people feel lumbar pain when they get up in the morning, especially when they suddenly move after lying down for a night. They feel that the lumbar spine cannot bear it and is particularly uncomfortable. In this case, you should consider the possibility of lumbar disease. You can take a look at the following related analysis.

The early clinical manifestations of lumbar spinal tumors and lumbar pain are similar. Many patients often delay early diagnosis due to misdiagnosis due to their own negligence or incomplete examination by the doctor.

Lumbar pain is often caused by lumbar diseases such as lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle strain, and spinal stenosis. Clinically, lumbar disc herniation is the most common. The early symptoms of lumbar spinal tumors are often not obvious, with low back and leg pain often being the first symptom. As the disease progresses, the spinal cord is gradually compressed, and corresponding sensory and motor disorders of the limbs appear and worsen, even causing paraplegia or partial paraplegia.

How to distinguish between lumbar spinal tumors and lumbar pain?

1. It is recommended to go to a specialist hospital as soon as possible after experiencing low back pain symptoms. The doctor will have a preliminary impression of the condition by carefully asking about the medical history and conducting a serious physical examination. Patients with intraspinal tumors develop the disease slowly and have a short course. They often have severe pain in the lower back, which is more severe at night than during the day. Lumbar spondylosis often has a development process with a long course. Under certain inducements, acute exacerbation, persistent severe pain in the lower back, which cannot be relieved in any body position, or limb numbness, worsening paralysis, and urinary and bowel dysfunction may occur. Severe cases may develop into paraplegia.

2. Depending on the different clinical manifestations and symptoms, the doctor will recommend some corresponding examinations, including X-ray, CT and MRI. MRI is a recognized and effective examination method for distinguishing intraspinal tumors and lumbar spondylosis. For some free intervertebral discs that protrude into the spinal canal, the images resemble intraspinal tumors, and further enhanced MRI is sometimes required for differentiation.

Detailed medical history collection, careful physical examination, and comprehensive analysis combined with CT and MRI examinations can achieve early diagnosis, reduce the occurrence of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis, and adopt the correct treatment plan in a timely manner. Thereby effectively improving the cure rate and the quality of life of patients.