Who says spinal fractures are rare? We will not even turn to statistics for an answer. After all, we must perfectly understand that if a person, for example, has a fracture of the tailbone, the symptoms will be completely different than when the neck is damaged. But in both cases we are talking about the spine, right?
In the winter season, such a pathology is quite common. Honestly, I myself once suffered from this pathology and did not even understand that it was a tailbone fracture . The symptoms of course were unpleasant, and very painful. At the same time, he could move around independently, therefore he was cured due to his youth and optimism inherent to her. I learned that it was a fracture, or rather a crack, only after quite a long time. They did an x-ray in connection with a suspicion of osteomyelitis, at the same time they saw a fused tailbone fracture. The consequences, in my case, were almost absent, but it hurt for almost six months, albeit tolerably.
So, the pathology in question is a type of spinal injury.
Causes
Damage to the tailbone occurs as a result of a direct injury, for example, as in my case, due to a fall on the buttocks. There are times when this pathology arises from a kick. Why do I find such damage common? It’s just that with such an injury, many people may not go to the doctor, but transfer the disease “on their feet”. For example, in my family there were at least two cases. At first, my mother, the doctor herself, fell in the winter and injured the tailbone, and later I. In addition to this, after all, I myself am a physician, worked for some time in the emergency hospital, so I have the right to draw such conclusions.
Symptoms
For example, a 45-year-old man was taken to an emergency hospital. Almost came on his own feet, only friends supported by the arms. According to the victim, he fell on his buttocks and suspects that he has a tailbone fracture. Symptoms are as follows:
- swelling in the coccyx,
- severe pain when walking, cannot sit,
- the pain intensifies when trying to rise, when coughing,
- movements are somewhat limited, difficult
- defecation is difficult (it’s painful to go to the toilet “for the most part”),
- general condition worsened.
Indeed, it turned out that the victim of a tailbone fracture, symptoms and preliminary diagnosis were confirmed after an x-ray.
Diagnostics
The main role, of course, is played by x-ray examination.
How to treat a tailbone fracture
To treat, of course, is highly desirable in a medical institution. When a tailbone fracture happened to me , the symptoms were somewhat eased. That is why I managed to do without contacting the appropriate specialists. I just drank Ortofen for a while, but if you are interested in my opinion, then please do not follow my example. You know, as they say: “Once in a while it is not necessary!” One heals everything, as if by magic, and the other suffers from the slightest cut.
Once, my father and I were at a fair and watched a show. Inside a huge barrel, a motorcyclist rode, writing out various figures. It was great, and when we left I did not hide the enthusiasm. And my father, my military surgeon, said then that it is strange when one without any insurance drives around the walls on a motorcycle, and the other falls out of the blue and becomes disabled. We will not penetrate into the realm of mysticism, but we will just take it for granted: “Doctors exist to provide us with medical care. They should not be afraid or shy. This is our health, on which the quality of our life directly depends.
Treatment
- Bed rest during a period of acute pain.
- Immobilization (rest).
- Local anesthesia. Anesthesia.
- Drug treatment.
- With improper splicing, surgical intervention.
Conclusion: if you or your family and friends have an injury and you suspect a tailbone fracture - the symptoms are listed above, be sure to contact the nearest traumatology department. I wish you health!