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Cervical osteocondrosis

Cervical osteocondrosis in a person

Cervical osteochondrosis is a chronic dystrophic disease that follows bone tissues, which is thinning the thinning of the discs.Environmental structures are involved as the degenerative process progresses.This is the reason for the development of the whole symptom complex that completely subjugates the life of the patient.

General information

Intervertebral discs consist of a gel-thefed core and a gel-theaped core and a tight fibrous ring covered with the cartilage layer of the surrounding.They perform a shock-lorbing function that prevents the vertebral damage during walking and jumping, jumping from each ortress and the mobility and comfort of all the spinal column.

In the process of natural aging, there is a gradual decrease in the height of the intervertebral disk, in increasing cargo conditions.Metabolism is concerned in the sign, the cracks appear in the surrounding fibrous rim.Prebches of discs - protrusion and hernia appear.As the disease progresses, cartilage tissue and bones are involved in this, osteoophytees form - bone growth that brings the mobility and pain syndrome.

Pathological changes take place immediately near the spinal cord and roots, which leads to their compression and inflammation, as well as the development of a reflex of muscle spasm.As a result, a human disease is experiencing symptoms of characteristic symptoms.

Reasons

The osteocondrosis of cervical spine applies to multifaceted diseases.Each is a factor that further aggravates the flow of pathological flowes against the background of the complex.The list of reasons includes:

  • Body weight anymore;
  • Seated lifestyle;
  • Sedentary work;
  • wrong posture;
  • Chronic diseases of the musaloshelet system (scoliosis, straight legs) contributing to uneven distribution of spinal load;
  • congenital pathologies of the spinal column, as well as injuries;
  • Excessive, recurring loads in the spine;
  • Hereditary tendency.

Symptoms and syndromes

The symptoms of cervical osteocondrosis are not immediately visible and often disguised as other diseases.

The most common signs include:

  • Dizziness: As a rule, it seems to be systemic, systemic, that is, a person whose surrounding objects are rotated;
  • Pain in Nape, neck, collar zone: its intensity depends on the degree of development of the disease;In the early stage, light and episodic, spread per all, and get a constant character;Periodically attacks make it intolerable, as a result, the man's head can not move;
  • Noise or sound in the ears: When a position is changed long after a position, often accompanied by dizziness;
  • feeling of air shortages, inability to breathe deep;In severe cases, the shortness of breath is developing;
  • Nausea and Vomiting: In certain zones of the brain, it is associated with blood circulation disorders, strengthens when trying to turn the head;
  • Reduce the meeting, fly or fly in front of the eyes or fog: shows the insufficient supply of the blood of the brain;arises with advanced stages of the disease;
  • Wailing in blood pressure, weak responses to be corrected with drugs;
  • The blood vessels lost suddenly caused by spasm;
  • One piece in the throat, pain, dryness, absorption problems: is often one of the first signs of pathology;
  • pain in the shoulder combination;
  • The numbness of fingers.

In addition to the general signs of cervical osteocondrosis, several syndromes of this disease are different.

Vertebrate syndrome

Symptoms complex is associated with the damage to the cartilage of the bones and spinal column.It includes:

  • Violation of mobility in the cervical region;
  • pain when turning the head;
  • X -Rebebbebree and damage the space between them.

Vail Artyy syndrome

Symptoms cause a contraction or spas of vertebral arteries, which is partially responsible for the blood supply to the brain.Shows itself with the following marks:

  • noise in the ears;
  • dizziness;
  • jumps in blood pressure;
  • nausea and vomiting;
  • headache;
  • Visual impairment;
  • reduction of performance;
  • drowsiness;
  • Don't lose.

Karik syndrome

It looks like a situation that damages the heart muscle and includes:

  • the feeling of pain or burns behind the sternum;
  • weakness and fatigue;
  • fast pulse.

Rook syndrome

The situation is associated with damage (compression or compression or compression) of nerve roots from the vertebral column in the cervical region.Depending on the level of defeat, a person may feel:

  • numbness or pain behind the head;
  • the numbness of language;
  • Pain, swallowing in the bridge bone, difficulties of hiccups;
  • Anxiety in the area of shoulder growing with hand movements;
  • pain in the area of knives and forearms;
  • index and numbness of middle fingers;
  • The numbness of the ring finger and a small finger.

Often, several nervous roots are involved in a pathological process at one time, resulting in several characteristic symptoms.

Stage

In the development process, cervical osteochondrosis passes the severity of symptoms and four consecutive stages (degrees), which determine the general condition of the patient.

  • Stage 1.The thickness of intervertebral disks is slightly reduced.Symptoms do not practically, sometimes there is a little concern in the neck, for example, stay in trouble for a long time.
  • Stage 2. The height of the disk is even smaller, the pathological growth of cartilage tissue begins, protrusion (protrusion).The pain becomes stronger, and the stiffness in the cervical region is connected to it.
  • Stage 3. The fibrous ring covering the core of the disk was torn, the intervertible hernia occurs.The spinal column is noticeably deformed, the depreciation risk and the sublimization of the spines increases.Pain becomes stable in nature, other symptoms of other osteocondrosis are connected to it.
  • Stage 4.In the spine column, irreversible changes: Bone growths appear, the intervertebral disk is replaced by a wound texture and loses the ability to depreciate the load.Symptoms are pronounced and the patient has a significant effect on his lifestyle and his well-being.The quality of life is declining.

Diagnosis

While searching for pain or dizziness, the patient can contact doctors of various specialties: therapist, cardiologist, stomach-black and greenhouses.A comprehensive examination for the diagnosis of osteocondrosis is required, which consists of:

  • X -Ray and calculated tomography are effective in the stages of development of the disease when the changes are clearly visible;
  • Magnetic Resonance Tomography: Allows you to see even preliminary changes due to a high level of appraisal;Currently, the main method of diagnosis;
  • Vascular scanning scanner of the head and neck vessels: Assess the quality of blood flow and narrow ships;Used to determine the causes of headaches and dizziness.

The patient's compulsory survey and examination, determination of pain zones and the level of mobility of the spinal column, the quality of reflexes are being implemented.This can be set for differential diagnosis with other diseases with similar symptoms:

  • Ekg, the ultraction of the heart;
  • Daily monitoring of ECG and blood pressure;
  • X-chest bodies -
  • Narrow experts consultations: Cardiologist, Laura.

Treatment

Cervical osteocondrosis treatment requires a single approach and include:

  • Medical effects;
  • Physiotherapy;
  • Physiotherapy physical education;
  • massage;
  • Surgical treatment.

Drug treatment

The main purpose of drug treatment: to eliminate pain and dizziness, restore normal operation of nervous roots, to stop or slow the destruction of cartilage tissue if possible.Depending on the situation, they are assigned:

  • Non-intervening anti-inflammatory drugs: aims to reduce pain and inflammation;Used in the form of tablets, needles, ointments, ointment, plaster;
  • Steroid drugs: NSAID is also used to eliminate inflammation;
  • Musorelaxhants: Reflex medications that eliminate muscle cramps, which improve the pain and improves blood circulation;
  • B vitamins in the form of injection or tablet medicine: to help improve nerve impulses;
  • Sedators with severe pain syndrome to improve sleep and reduce the emotional component of the pain;
  • "ANTIRUPING" items when squeezing nervous roots;
  • Chondroprotants: Drugs contributing to the restoration of cartilage tissue.

Depending on the symptoms, the drugs are microcirculency in the veins of the brain, nausea and dizziness, etc.

Non-sliding

Unrolled treatment methods are used outside of sharpening.They are used depending on the clinical situation:

  • Physiotherapy:
    • Laser therapy;
    • magnetotherapy;
    • UHF-therapy;
    • phonophorez and electrophorez;
  • massage;
  • Physiotherapy physical education;
  • Acupuncture;
  • Hand therapy;
  • Underwater traction.

Ungifted treatment helps reduce the severity of symptoms and reduce frequency and complicity.This is indirectly moving:

  • Improves blood supply, metabolism and recovery processes to the affected area;
  • increases the effects of drugs;
  • Encourages strengthening the muscle frame and stabilize the spine;
  • Reduces the load in the vertebrate;
  • Eliminates muscle cramps and blocks.

Surgery

Physiotherapy method of cervical osteocondrosis treatment

When drug methods are already ineffective, the surgeon's assistance is necessary in the advanced cases of the disease.Several operations are currently being used:

  • Surgical removal of a disk bearing (microwuctactomy, endoscopic or transfused surgery);
  • Laminectomy: to reduce the loads of the spinal cord, the extraction of spinous processes or Vertebra's arches;
  • Nucleoplasty: Elimination of hernia by eliminating part of the nucleus of the intervertebral disk.

It is important to remember how a doctor will treat the osteocondrosis of a cervical waist.The scheme is made individually, taking into account the stage of the disease, accompanying pathologies and the individual's body of the patient.

Complications

Osteochondrosis causes violation of the most important structures: blood vessels and nerves.Without treatment, the disease can lead to the following complications:

  • Ischemic stroke;
  • loss of hand sensitivity or motor function;
  • Difficulty absorption;
  • violation of thyroid gland;
  • The loss of visual acute or significant reduction.

In addition, the defeat defeat of intervertebral disks and joints leads to an important restriction of the mobility of its neck.

Prevention

If you pay attention to the prevention of cervical osteochondrosis, even their progress will be significantly slow down with existing changes.Doctors recommend:

  • Take an active lifestyle, prevent hypodynamia;
  • to minimize or rule out the severity;
  • sleep on an orthopedic mattress and pillow;
  • Warming regularly if necessary for a long time work on the computer.

Perfect sports swimming for osteocondrosis.The water emptys the spinal column and the active action helps to form a muscle frame.