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What causes pain on the right side of lower back in men

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Asked on：Mar 26, 2026 02:52 PM

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Babette
Mar 26, 2026

In daily life, many people may experience dull pain in the lower back. There are many causes of low back pain, which may be caused by lumbar disc herniation, muscle strain, spinal stenosis, kidney deficiency, waist injury, etc. So what are the causes of men’s right side waist pain?

Men's right-sided low back pain is a relatively common condition. It is not only a problem of excessive fatigue and sitting posture, but also many diseases that can cause low back pain, including genitourinary infection, kidney deficiency, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar muscle strain, etc. Let's take a practical look at it below.

1. The most common disease of low back pain is kidney deficiency. In addition to low back pain, kidney deficiency also has reduced male sexual function, reduced sexual interest in men, reduced sexual desire, impotence or short penis erection, frequent nocturnal emissions, nocturnal emissions, premature ejaculation. Microscopic examination can show reduced male sperm or reduced sperm motility, and infertility. Aging, memory loss, insomnia, poor appetite, bone and joint pain, backache and leg weakness, fatigue and sleepiness. The symptoms of kidney deficiency mainly manifest at the urinary level as follows:

Symptoms include frequent urination, urgency, waiting to urinate, and difficulty in urination.

2. Low back pain in men may also be caused by infection of the genitourinary system. Low back pain is mostly caused by acute and chronic pyelonephritis, which is mainly manifested as waist pain and in severe cases, radiation along the urethra to the vulva. In addition to genitourinary system infections, diseases such as urinary tract stones and tuberculosis can also cause low back pain.

3. Intervertebral disc disease can also cause low back pain. As age increases, the compression of the intervertebral disc nerves will also increase. Occult spinal column dislocation caused by degenerative changes is a common disease. It is very easy to cause lumbar stenosis, compress the spinal nerves and nerve roots, causing low back pain and radiating pain to the lower limbs. It is usually a pyramidal collapse fracture caused by osteoporosis. Osteophytes in the elderly can cause spinal muscle stiffness and persistent low back pain.
4. Men's low back pain may also be caused by long-term lumbar muscle strain. Women who work in standing operations such as textiles, printing and dyeing factories, hair cutting, sales, etc., because they continue to stand, their lumbar tendons and tendon flexion and extension abilities weaken, and excessive lactobacilli may accumulate locally, inhibiting the normal metabolism of the lumbar disc, and may also cause low back pain caused by lumbar muscle strain. Frequent carrying of hanging objects puts a heavy burden on the waist, which can easily cause scoliosis, leading to lumbar muscle strain and low back pain. In addition to the causes mentioned above, other causes of low back pain include lumbar bone hyperplasia, bone spurs, lumbar disc herniation, intervertebral disc hypertrophy, spinal stenosis, lumbar fractures, spinal canal tumors, chronic lumbar trauma or muscle strain, lumbar muscle strain, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.