The main symptoms of hemorrhoids are pulsating or aching pain in the anus and in the anal area. However, jamming the knot and strong muscle tension creates an unpleasant sensation not only in the zone affected by the inflammatory process, but also in the coccyx. Can the pain in the coccyx be a sign of hemorrhoids?
Unpleasant sensations, which occur with hemorrhoids in the acute stage, contribute to the appearance of certain psychological problems in the patient. A person who has experienced severe pulling or pulling pain with hemorrhoids involuntarily feels fear of recurrence of an attack, exacerbation of the disease at the most inopportune moment, for example, at an important work meeting, on vacation with a close person or just on the street. Against the backdrop of psychosomatic problems, even with minor manifestations of the disease, patients begin to complain of severe pain, both hemorrhoids themselves and in the coccyx. They may have a feeling that when the knot is jammed, the leg pulls while walking, some patients have informed the doctor of pain in the buttocks. As a rule, discomfort and unpleasant sensations are caused not by the inflammation itself, but by the psychological perception of the ailment, although sometimes, when pinching cones people feel a twitching pain that gives to the coccyx and the leg.
What to treat, hemorrhoids or coccyx?
Many patients are interested, may be ill with a hemorrhoids coccyx or not. There is no direct connection between the lower spine and the rectum where inflammation occurs. Therefore, manifestations in the coccyx may be caused by completely different diseases: osteochondrosis, radiculitis and other pathologies associated with the human musculoskeletal system. By the way, the ailments of the skeleton, accompanied by excessive tension of individual muscles, can provoke an attack of hemorrhoids, but not the other way around.
Why does the coccyx have pain in hemorrhoids and give in the leg? After all, patients clearly feel it! If the symptomatology is not related to psychosomatic problems, unpleasant sensations can be caused by the following factors:
- Feeling that the hemorrhoids are giving to the coccyx may appear with muscle spasm caused by the patient constantly being in an uncomfortable body posture, by accepting which he can feelquite comfortable with this disease. And although the unpleasant sensations in the anus are almost not felt, because of the arisen overload of muscles and ligaments, pain from hemorrhoids gives to the buttock and coccyx.
- Patients may complain that the coccyx hurts during hemorrhoids, due to the reflex influence of nerve endings located in the anal sphincter region, concentrated in this area in large numbers.
- Often, women after childbirth, whose complication was inflammation of the nodes, complain that the pain gives to the butt and coccyx. This is directly related to the physiology of the body, as there was a stretching of the pelvic muscles.
How to reduce pain in the coccyx with hemorrhoids?
If the pain in the coccyx is associated with psychological problems, get rid of these unpleasant sensations will help treatment of the disease itself. As soon as the inflammation subsides, the pain in the coccyx will also pass. If the discomfort is provoked by the reflex influence of the nerve endings of a jammed knot or the uncomfortable position of the body in which the patient has been for a long time, a change in the posture will help to get rid of the unpleasant sensations. Try to sit down slowly and deeply. In this case, the legs should be widely spaced. Such an exercise will somewhat relax the pelvic muscles and anal sphincter, the pressure on the hemorrhoidal nodes will decrease, the unpleasant manifestations will become weaker. You can try to ease the symptoms by relaxing the muscles of the sacrum and lumbar region, and massage will also help.
Can feet hurt with hemorrhoids?
Another popular complaint of patients with acute disease is leg pain. Pulls a leg from hemorrhoids for the same reasons that cause discomfort in the coccyx:
- psychosomatic factors;
- reflex influence of nerve endings of the anal sphincter;
- stretching of the pelvic muscles as a result of physical activity or labor that provoked inflammatory processes in the rectum;
- strain muscles and ligaments as a result of the uncomfortable posture that the patient takes to ease the condition.
The pain in the lower extremities caused by these factors can be so intolerable that the patient simply can not sit or walk.
In addition, during the inflammation of the nodes, which can last several days or even weeks, patients try to avoid any physical activity. As a result, fluid stagnation occurs in the body. Therefore, the swelling of the legs with hemorrhoids can be considered as a concomitant symptom.
To reduce pain, the treatment of hemorrhoids and the moderate physical activity necessary for muscles and ligaments for normal functioning will help.