What To Do When There Is A Pain In Pregnancy
Back pain radiating to the abdomen early in pregnancy may happen when there is intercostal neuralgia due to nerve stretching because of belly growth. However, other common causes are uterine contractions.
What You Feel: The pain caused by intercostal neuralgia can be in the form of a stitch and is usually close to the ribs, but the back pain radiating to the bottom of the belly may be a sign of uterine contractions, as in labor.
What to do: Putting a warm compress on the pain site and doing a stretching, tilting the body to the opposite side of the pain can be a good help to relieve the pain. The obstetrician can also indicate the taking of the vitamin B complex, since this vitamin helps in the recovery of the peripheral nerves. If labor is suspected you should go to the hospital.
When to go to the Doctor
It is important to go to the doctor when the back pain radiates to the abdominal region and has the following characteristics:
It is very intense and makes it impossible to perform normal activities of daily living, such as eating, sleeping or walking.
It arises after a fall, injury or blow.
It aggravates after a week.
It persists for more than 1 month.
Other symptoms appear like urinary or fecal incontinence, shortness of breath, fever, tingling in the legs or diarrhea.
In these cases, the pain can be caused by more serious conditions such as inflammation of an organ or cancer and therefore should go to hospital for tests, such as X-ray or ultrasound and start the appropriate treatment as soon as possible.
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