What tests should be done for a woman’s back pain

A woman’s low back pain can be examined by physical examination, CT, X-ray, ultrasound, MRI and other tests depending on the cause, and the appropriate test should be chosen by the doctor in conjunction with the medical history and symptoms. Causes of low back pain in women include lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle strain, pelvic inflammatory disease and urinary stones. Different causes of the disease, the choice of examination is not exactly the same, and it is recommended that the examination be conducted under the guidance of the doctor. 1. Lumbar disc herniation: Doctors usually ask patients whether they have poor sitting posture and conduct physical examination, such as straight leg raising test, and then lumbar spine X-ray film, which can observe the changes in the lumbar vertebrae and intervertebral discs, and if necessary, can also be carried out CT examination, to clarify whether the discs are compressed on the surrounding soft tissues. 2. Lumbar muscle strain: the doctor will clarify the scope of the pressure point through physical examination, and usually conduct line examination to exclude lumbar spine lesions, and the doctor will also combine with the patient’s medical history to make judgment. 3. Pelvic inflammatory disease: the doctor will firstly carry out physical examination on the patient, and also carry out routine blood test, which can clarify the type of infectious agent, and may also carry out pelvic or transvaginal ultrasound, which can exclude abdominal pain and clarify whether to produce pelvic abscess. 4. urinary stones: usually preferred ultrasound, clear stone size and the degree of urethral dilatation, but also urethrogram examination, can be clear stone size, location, morphology, CT examination of higher sensitivity, but also by the doctor’s judgment. After a woman’s back pain, she should go to the hospital in time for examination and standardized examination and treatment under the guidance of the doctor.