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| Waking up with low back pain |
Question:
For 2 weeks now I have been waking up with low back pain. So bad that
I have to get up and out of bed. The first week I was awakened with
the pain after 6 hours of sleep. This past week after only 4 hours of
sleep. The pain subsides after about 15 minutes after I am up and
about and does not bother me hardly at all during the day.
What could be causing this? I did not notice it when I was on pain
medication. I think that was covering it up. Now that I am not taking
the pain meds. this has now popped up. A new one for me.
Tried
sleeping on different beds with no improvement. I have chronic
prostatitis but am not experiencing any flair ups with that at the
moment. No bladder pain or burning urine. Just this back pain that
wakes me up after only a few hours sleep now. This pain has not missed
a night . What's happening to me this time? I am scheduled to refil my
pain medication this week. But I do not want to cover up something
that could be serious.
Answer:
It could be any of a multitude of things. Personally I would go see a
Doc prior to masking the pain with medication.
Pain is the body's early warning system. Without it you would put your hand
on a hot stove top and never feel the pain to make you pull your hand off.
So not all pain is bad.
Your post sleep pain can be from a million things, so I'm afraid it's back
to the doctor for you. Since you have previous prostrate issues, it would
probably help if you can notice little details about your urinary habits. I
think most of us wake up needing to take a leak, so I wonder if that's
causing you pain. I'm actually trying to steer you in the direction of a
urinary tract infection or kidney issue since it hits you in the lower back,
but it could be damn near anything. And it's being a UTI is a blind guess
from me, so it's probably wrong. Thank God that it goes away after a little
while.
Were I you, I would lay off the pain meds, call the your doc and bump your
next appointment up so you can discuss it with him. Go back to the pain meds
later if you need them, but get the clearest picture in your mind about the
circumstances the pain is occurring under. Do your best to describe the
pain- sharp, dull, ache, etc.. Tracking down the source of pain can be every
bit a job for a detective, piecing together the smallest of clues. I hope a
solution is found quickly and that it's something easily resolved.
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