What’s going on with the right side lumbar pain?



Right lateral lumbar pain is considered to be related to excessive lumbar exercise, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, and internal organ diseases.

1. Excessive lumbar exercise: Excessive lumbar exercise leads to the accumulation of lactic acid in the lumbar muscles, causing lumbar side pain, which is usually relieved after rest.

2. Lumbar muscle strain: lumbar muscle strain is caused by prolonged heavy labor in the lumbar region, poor recovery from trauma, etc. These factors can cause chronic inflammation of the lumbar muscles and ligaments and other soft tissues, which can lead to lumbar pain in the right flank.

3. Lumbar disc herniation: with age, the lumbar disc will appear degenerative disease, the annulus fibrosus is partially or completely ruptured, so the nucleus pulposus will protrude and compress or stimulate the nerve root, which will also cause the right flank lumbar pain.

4. Internal diseases: such as kidney stones, ureteral stones, nephritis, female adnexitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc., internal diseases can cause right flank pain.

There are many other causes of right flank pain, such as trauma, herpes zoster, etc., you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to further improve the examination to identify the cause of the disease, and then comply with the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment, so as not to delay the condition.