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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Buttock pain. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
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Why: to establish if acute or chronic.
Why: may suggest dysfunction of the sacroiliac joints (especially if woman and has had many children).
Why: e.g. sciatica is usually piercing.
Why: patients often present complaining of hip pain but are actually referring to pain in the buttock or lower back and vise versa.
Why: e.g. sciatica is worse with coughing, sneezing, straining with bowel movements; osteoarthritis worse with activity; trochanteric bursitis is worse at night when laying on the painful side.
Why: may suggest gluteal claudication due to peripheral vascular disease.
Why: e.g. fall - may suggest risk of fracture of hip or pelvis or Coccygodynia (ache in lower sacrum and coccyx sometimes following a fall, pain can radiate to buttocks).
Why: trauma and over-use injuries from sporting activities are common causes of muscular and ligament strains around the buttock.
Why: e.g. peripheral vascular disease can cause gluteal claudication.
Why: e.g. cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, atrial fibrillation.
Why: most pain in the buttock originates from the lumbosacral spine (most common) or sacroiliac joints.
Why: disorders of the hip may refer pain to thigh, knee and also buttock.
Why: may suggest sciatica, referred pain from lumbosacral spine or claudication pain (due to blockage of the arterial blood supply).
Why: may suggest sciatica as cause of buttock pain.
Why: e.g. first thing in the morning - may suggest arthritis as cause.
Why: may suggest polymyalgia rheumatica.
Why: may suggest possible tumor e.g. myeloma or lymphosarcoma arising in the upper leg or pelvis.
Why: often accompanies gluteal claudication due to peripheral arterial disease.
Why: may suggest genital herpes or shingles as cause of buttock pain.
Why: e.g. anal lump, anal pain, anal swelling - anal conditions may cause pain referred to buttocks.
The following list of conditions have 'Buttock pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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