In daily life, many women have frequent symptoms of tailbone pain, which can seriously affect work, life and study. So, in the end, is tailbone pain a disease? What are the causes of tailbone pain? How to treat it? In fact, tailbone pain is mostly caused by tail pain. Here, I will take you to unveil the mystery of tailbone pain.
I. What is caudalgia?
Caudalgia is mostly seen in women, especially in middle-aged women. It mainly manifests as pain in the tailbone and its surrounding muscles, ligaments and other soft tissues.
What is the cause of caudalgia?
The cause is still unclear and may be related to the following factors.
1, trauma is the most common, including tailbone fracture, dislocation or general trauma.
2, congenital tailbone deformity, mostly hook-shaped, this state is bound to cause a state of high tension in the surrounding muscles and ligaments, so that these tissues cause pain due to premature degenerative lesions.
3, other: including central type lumbar disc herniation, sacral tumor or cyst, collapse of the vertebral arch with slippage and many other factors.
3.What are the manifestations of caudalgia?
It varies greatly depending on the cause. If it is caused by dislocation of the tailbone fracture, the pain is mild in the standing or supine position. The pain increases when sitting or straining in stool, and there is obvious local pressure pain. On anal examination, there is caudal bone pressure and abnormal activity, and sometimes the fracture end and displacement can be palpated. Most of the symptoms are milder when caused by other reasons, especially in congenital and long-standing cases.
What tests are needed for caudalgia?
X-ray examination: X-ray orthopantomographs mainly observe whether there are fracture lines and lateral displacement, while lateral films can find tail bone fracture or sacrococcygeal joint or tail bone itself is bent at an acute angle or dislocated. If necessary, CT and MRI examination is needed.
V. How is caudalgia diagnosed?
Diagnosis can be made according to clinical manifestations and X-ray examination.
VI. How to treat caudalgia?
It is necessary to choose the appropriate treatment according to the different causes of your disease.
1.In cases caused by trauma, in cases accompanied by fracture and dislocation, treatment should be carried out according to tail bone fracture and dislocation.
2, chronic strain caused by the supine or lateral position, rest 2 to 3 weeks, sitting position can be padded air washers, hot water bath 2 to 3 times a day, can reduce the muscle spasm around the anus, you can also consider trying physiotherapy, massage, acupuncture, paste the effect of the ointment to relax the tendons and blood, most of the 1-3 months to heal, there are a few cases delayed longer, need to go through 3 If the tailbone is weighted too early, the symptoms are likely to recur.
3.Severe pain, pain point is clear, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to choose local closed treatment.
4.If the tailbone pain is persistent, osteotomy is feasible. It is necessary to improve the relevant examination before surgery to exclude the possibility of caudal pain caused by lumbosacral disorders compressing the nerve root.
VII. What is the prognosis of caudalgia?
The prognosis is generally good.