Patient's question:
I've been feeling a sense of soreness and tightness in my lower back recently. I previously had a period where I suffered from a hernia. However, it has completely recovered well now. I'm wondering if there's any connection between this lower back soreness and the hernia.Hello, could you please ask an expert about this: Does a hernia cause lower back soreness?
Doctor's answer:
Hernia is a clinical condition caused by a decrease in intra-abdominal pressure, resulting in an abdominal disease. When the pressure is high, it can push the intestinal tube from the abdominal cavity to the outside, which reflects in clinical diagnosis as a swollen mass appearing again on the abdomen. When the pressure increases, the mass can return to the abdominal cavity on its own and disappear. Therefore, the entire clinical presentation of hernia does not include a sense of soreness or tightness in the waist. Hernia will never cause soreness or tightness in the waist.