InOsteochondrosis of the symptoms and treatment of the cervical columnThey will be different depending on the type of deformation in the cervical vertebrae obtained in relation to a long physical, inflammatory or mental effect in them.
The disease is often chronic, manifested by many clinical symptoms caused by tightening nerve roots and blood vessels that come out of the vertebrae. Its compression is due to wear or deformation of intervertebral discs (reducing their height, loss of elasticity, deformation of the fibrous ring or their breakup). Cervical osteochondrosis is a common ailment that occurs at any age after 20 years.
The reason for the pathology is in destructive changes in the spine. In the first place, changes in intervertebral discs are produced: their elasticity, resistance and height decrease, their fibrous ring is deforms, bumps appear (the initial stage of intervertebral hernia) and hernias. All these changes cause bone growths in the vertebrae (osteophyte), lead to displacement and later, to the loss of mobility of the cervical vertebrae. Since the spine is a "case" flexible protector for the spinal cord, destructive changes in intervertebral discs and the loss of flexibility of the vertebral vertebrae are harmful to the nerve and vascular structures of the spinal cord. They are subject to squeeze, displacement, which interrupts brain circulation and ineravation not only of the cervical and shoulder zone, but also of the internal organs, the lower extremities.
The older the patient, the more intervertebral discs were changed under the influence of age -related muscle weakening, long charges in the column, injuries, decelerating physical activity, the formation of an inadequate posture, stressful situations and greater voltage in the neck, the top of the shoulder, inflammatory diseases of the column, etc. , etc.
Due to its anatomical structure, the cervical column is more prone to the pathology, since its vertebrae are more mobile and very tight in relation to each other. In addition, cervical vertebrae have weak muscle protection. Most of the time, degenerative changes are developed on the intervertebral discs of the most mobile cervical vertebrae 5. 6, 7.
What are the symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis?
Diversity and inconsistency of symptoms
Osteochondrosis of the symptoms and treatment of the cervical columnIt should be considered thoroughly and together with the type and severity of the degeneration of the intervertebral discs. The signs of cervical osteochondrosis are diverse and contradictory, since they depend on the location and strength of the manifestation of the process of deformation of intervertebral discs, the peculiarities of compression or compression of nerve roots and blood vessels, as well as the location of the muscles and organs, with them innern.
Therefore, often the complaints of the patients are not aimed at a neurologist, but to other specialists: a cardiologist, therapist, otolaryngologist, an optometrist, a rheumatologist, etc. For example, dizziness complaints, shoulder joint pain or noise in their ears, darkening in the eyes, patients do not do associated pathology in the vertebrae of the neck. At the same time, a neuropathologist can make a diagnosis of cervical osteochondrosis based on the results of a magnetic resonance of the brain and spine, ultrasound of the brain of the brain, ECG, etc.
Three sets of deteriorated function signs of the nervous system
Experienced specialists know about thirty different options, a combination of cervical osteochondrosis symptoms. It will not be possible to describe all the signs of manifestations of this common disease, so we stop inthree complexesThe main symptoms that characterize certain deteriorated functions of the central nervous system.
The first complex of basic symptoms applies to the deteriorated functions of the peripheral section of the nervous system. This department is represented by the nerves and other elements that are leaving the brain and spinal cord, and is divided into somatic and autonomous systems.
In summary, the first symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis occurs in the form of diverse pain location. This does not mean that the signs are only painful, often the pains are combined with other deteriorated bodily functions. But mainly, these are constant pain or periodically in the neck, whose appearance the patient connects with hypothermia, prolonged stress or in an uncomfortable pose, weight lifting, an acute turn of the head.
The pains are hurt, firing or similar to a shock. Its location depends on the tension of certain muscles associated with specific nerve roots, which are squeezed by the vertebrae. Therefore, pain can spread on the neck, neck, shoulder, one or both hands, irradiate the chest, the heart area, the liver. In addition, there are crunch or crackle complaints in the vertebrae of the cervical region when the head moves, as well as the rigidity of the rotational movements of the head.
In the acute beginning of the disease, the pain and spasm of the neck muscles force the patient to be in a bowed and removed head. Burning pains between the shoulder blades may appear if the cervical vegetative formations are compressed and their blood supply is disturbed. Such pains generally increase with physical and emotional stress.
Often, there is swelling, paleness and cooling of the hands, its numbness, rapid heartbeat, heart pain, narrowing or expansion of pupils, etc. Due to the innervation of the deteriorated shoulders and the spatial region, symptoms of a distribution change in the shoulder joint can occur. Patients complain of pain, the inability to raise and take their hand aside, the stiffness of the shoulder joint.
The second symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis occurs due to the deteriorated function of the spinal cord, and is manifested by motor disorders.
Spinal cord functions disorders are produced due to their compression as a result of loss of an octopus nucleus of the disk or injury with solid discs and growths (osteophytes). Depending on the mechanism of exposure to the spinal cord, the following complex of motor disorders is observed: the rigidity of the occipital and cervical muscles, the weakness of the arms and legs, with an increased tone of the leg muscles and the loss of tone and reduced weight; loss of temperature and sensitivity to pain; Strong leg fatigue, deteriorated coordination.
The third set of symptoms characterizes blood supply disorders in brain vessels and the pathology of cranial nerves that occur due to deformations in cervical vertebrae. The symptoms of vascular pathology manifest.
Characteristic symptoms of vascular disorders:
- Neurotic conditions (irritability, yearning, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disorders);
- fainting; headache and dizziness; nausea and vomiting;
- noise and sound in the ears, hearing loss;
- Visual disorders (darkening in the eyes, fog, flashing points, visual disability);
- Glorious mining syndrome (sore throat, a sense of a foreign object, dryness, difficulty swallowing).
The symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis are not unequivocal and should be considered in the complex and depending on the pathological processes in the spine.
Only a qualified specialist can deal with the clinical manifestations of this disease, make the correct diagnosis and prescribe the correct treatment of the causes of the detected disorders.
How to treat this ailment
The osteochondrosis of the symptoms of the cervical column and the treatment depends on the condition of the patient, the severity of the disease, the nature of the damage to the cervical vertebrae.
In the acute period, hospitalization and pharmacological treatment may be required. Usually, use analgesics, novocaine muscular block, muscle relaxants that relieve muscle spasm; Condroprotectors for cartilage fabric nutrition; Sedative medications that relieve the nervous system, vitamins B, improving neuromuscular conductivity. The treatment of the osteochondrosis of the cervical column is always long and must be complex.
During the remission periods, when acute symptoms are absent, physiotherapy methods (electrophoresis, ultrasound, etc. ) are widely used, therapeutic physical education, massage, as well as non -traditional procedures, for example, acupuncture, are necessarily prescribed.
Many conservative methods of osteochondrosis treatment are known, which can stop the progression of the disease. However, each patient needs an individual treatment course taking into account the stage of the disease, the characteristics of the body, gender and age. The purpose of the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis is:
- Elimination of pain and edema at the site of inflammation.
- Relaxation of tense muscles of the neck.
- The release of subject nerve roots.
- Increased blood circulation.
- Metabolism activation.
- Improvement of the power of the intervertebral discs.
The complex directed treatment can prevent the appearance of Protube and intervertebral hernias.
For symptoms and treatment, osteochondrosis and treatment is not launched, and the serious complications of the disease should begin to begin timely treatment.