Breast cancer patients with back pain, considering the existence of bone metastasis, there may also be other systemic lesions, it is recommended to return to the hospital as soon as possible to confirm the cause of the disease.
1. Bone metastasis: breast cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the breast area. Clinical symptoms of the patients are mostly seen as lumps inside the breast. As the lesion continues to develop, the cancer cells may metastasize to the surrounding and distant organs through blood transport pathway and lymphatic pathway, etc. If the patient develops bone metastasis in the thoracic spine, the bone metastasis may occur. If the patient develops thoracic spine bone metastasis, it may lead to back pain symptoms.
2. Diseases in other systems: if patients have cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, gastritis, esophagitis, pneumonia, pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, angina and other systemic diseases, the symptoms of back pain may also appear. It may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and coughing up sputum.
After the patient returns to the hospital for review and diagnosis of the cause of the disease, the patient’s physical condition and the severity of the disease will be taken into account to take medication and conservative treatment or surgical treatment measures to try to stabilize the condition and improve the patient’s quality of life.