Dan21
17-02-19, 18:58
Hello
I have been suffering with a very sore lower back since Christmas and I bit the bullet on Friday and made an appointment with the GP, although I was referred to see an advanced nurse practitioner.
I explained my symptoms and also took time to respectfully explain to the nurse I suffer with terrible health anxiety, which is part of the reason I had made the appointment.
I advised that as well as the lower back pain (which I am sure is down to straining from lifting things at work as well as a fair amount of digging over the last few weeks) I have a noticeable tightness around my perineum which comes and goes with varying severity. The nurse was extremely dismissive about everything I said to her, gave me the briefest of examinations, handed me a self referral to the local physiotherapy unit and ended the discussion. I asked her if the perineum ache (which is the thing that is still on my mind) could be connected to my lower back strain. She said she didn’t think that would be the case and that she had no immediate idea what it was, other than “we all get unexplained aches now and again”. Now, as a long term HA sufferer, I found this quite difficult to accept but I genuinely feel such a response was pretty lax.
Anyway, I am interested to hear if anyone out there has experienced lower back pain that has caused discomfort/tightness/aches in the perineum area. I have seen that there is a nerve that if irritated can cause lower back pain and pain in the perineum (pudenal nerve??). I’d be very interested to hear if anyone has suffered with anything similar.
I have also heard that prostatitis can cause perineum discomfort.
Thanks in advance for thoughts/replies.
D
I have been suffering with a very sore lower back since Christmas and I bit the bullet on Friday and made an appointment with the GP, although I was referred to see an advanced nurse practitioner.
I explained my symptoms and also took time to respectfully explain to the nurse I suffer with terrible health anxiety, which is part of the reason I had made the appointment.
I advised that as well as the lower back pain (which I am sure is down to straining from lifting things at work as well as a fair amount of digging over the last few weeks) I have a noticeable tightness around my perineum which comes and goes with varying severity. The nurse was extremely dismissive about everything I said to her, gave me the briefest of examinations, handed me a self referral to the local physiotherapy unit and ended the discussion. I asked her if the perineum ache (which is the thing that is still on my mind) could be connected to my lower back strain. She said she didn’t think that would be the case and that she had no immediate idea what it was, other than “we all get unexplained aches now and again”. Now, as a long term HA sufferer, I found this quite difficult to accept but I genuinely feel such a response was pretty lax.
Anyway, I am interested to hear if anyone out there has experienced lower back pain that has caused discomfort/tightness/aches in the perineum area. I have seen that there is a nerve that if irritated can cause lower back pain and pain in the perineum (pudenal nerve??). I’d be very interested to hear if anyone has suffered with anything similar.
I have also heard that prostatitis can cause perineum discomfort.
Thanks in advance for thoughts/replies.
D