What’s with the catheter back pain?

Lower back pain after indwelling urinary catheter may be caused by urinary system inflammation, lumbar muscle injury, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation and other reasons.
1. Inflammation of the urinary system: due to the placement of the catheter is easy to complicate bacterial infections, causing inflammation of the urinary system, such as cystitis, nephritis, etc. will be due to inflammation stimulation of lumbar discomfort.
2. Lumbar muscle injury: patients with catheterization may suffer from lumbar muscle injury and spasm due to improper posture, which may cause lumbar pain.
3. Lumbar disc herniation: When a patient with a catheter is combined with a herniated lumbar disc, the herniated lumbar disc compresses the nerves and causes low back pain.
The causes of back pain after placing a catheter also include lumbar trauma, lumbar myofasciitis, etc. Patients should go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination, to clarify the cause of the disease and then give targeted treatment.