Cervical osteochondrosis- This is a disease, which is a process of violation of nutrition or the gradual destruction of the fabric of the cartilage of the intervertebral joints and the neck discs.
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If it is difficult for you to turn your head when your name is on the street, if your neck does not literally keep the word and it only causes you pain, then it's time to control the osteochondosis.
It is the cervical part that is more prone to injury, since it is the most mobile and at the same time has a weak muscle corset. On small mobile vertebrae, the body creates a large load. And the spinal canal itself is quite narrow. It is easily squeezed at any pressure on it.
Thousands of people feel gravity in the back of the head or tingling in their hands. And, they do not suspect the danger, they call these physiological manifestations with fatigue and a common cold nearby. Many blood vessels and nerve endings are concentrated in the neck. With osteochondrosis, the vertebral artery is crushed, which provides cerebellum nutrition, an oblong brain and the back of the brain. Consequently, the coordination of the movements of a person fails, a loss of a sense of balance is possible, the vision falls, the hearing worsens and sometimes this phenomenon leads to a stroke.
Done. According to WHO statistics, people aged between 30 and 40 suffer from cervical osteochondosis. Doctors explain this trend with a decrease in mass of physical activity. And the prevalence of this disorder in industrialized countries is equipped with 60-80%.
Syndromes and symptoms of osteocondrosis
- Stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal syndrome): By tightening the spinal cord vases of the intervertebral discs, osteophytes (growth of bone tissue) or the inspected vertebral ligament. Consequently, blood circulation in the affected area is disturbed. A person begins to feel limited, feels evident pain in the cervical column. In the upper and lower limbs, there are numbness and tingling
- Rook syndrome: squeezing the roots of the inter -brain nerve. This leads to headaches expressed in painful, burning or buttons, sometimes sensations are similar to the symptoms of hypertension. In this syndrome, vocal defects and compromised smell, hypertrophy of the facial muscles, damage to the sensitivity of the linguistic muscles, a sense of "clogging" of the throat with lumps can occur. Breathing becomes interruption, a person suffers from snoring, often it would seem unreasonably, "posed" the nose.
- Vail artery syndrome: It is formed during the compression (compression) of the vertebral artery. His main satellite is pulsating pain. The attacks can capture the parietal share, the area above the eyebrows, the temporal and occipital actions.
- CARDIC SYNDROME:It resembles the attacks of Angina Pectoris, but their duration is much bigger. The pain is reflected in the diaphragm. In some individuals, this phenomenon is accompanied by an increase in blood pressure, arrhythmia.
The main causes of the development of the disease
- Malfunctions in the metabolism;
- Lifestyle with low motor activity;
- Hereditary predisposition;
- Opest -related ossification;
- Blocks in the muscles, due to which the posture changes;
- Lack of liquids and vitamins in the daily diet;
- A long stay in an uncomfortable position that increases the pressure on the discs and on the spine;
- Overweight or overload on the spine to wear heels;
- All types of spinal lesions transmitted;
- Regular weight lifting;
- Autoimmune diseases (the self -destruction process of the immune system), which lead to the degeneration of the cartilage tissue;
- Stress, which leads to muscle spasms and a violation of the blood flow towards intervertebral discs;
- Hypothermia.
Diagnosis of cervical osteochondosis
The initial diagnosis of "osteochondosis of the Cervical-Theracic Department" or only the cervical department can make a doctor already during the patient's initial examination. The expert will determine:
- Type of physique of a person;
- Posture;
- Line of thorny processes;
- Lateral cervical contours and position corner of the shoulder blades;
- Location of weak points and level of pain;
- The amplitude of the flexibility of the spine
- Muscle relief.
All this whole will tell you exactly how the disease flows. In addition, the doctor will send to a series of exams:
- Digital radiography;
- CT (computerized tomography);
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging);
- Ultrasonic dopplerography of the main brain arteries: a special ultrasound sensor determines the condition of the blood flow and the walls of the blood vessels.
The method of treatment for osteochondosis of the cervical column
The doctor will help to choose the most optimal solution to the problem. And it will offer a variety of treatment methods: drugs in combination with physiotherapy or prescribes an operation that saves for your body.
Conservative treatment- This is, first of all, drug therapy. It relieves pain, relieves muscle tension and extinguishes inflammation. For these purposes, non -pounded anti -inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and analgesics are prescribed. The chondroproprotectors also fall into the list of recipes to activate the recovery processes in the cartilage fabric of the joint, as well as group B vitamins and external drugs: gel and ointments containing fans.
Physiotherapy, in turn, saturates the nourishing half of the tissue of the cartilage of the intervertebral disc and contributes to the regeneration of the cartilage. The doctor will also write exercises for therapeutic gymnastics - to strengthen muscle corset and develop the flexibility of the ligament system. You can conduct an introductory lesson with you in order to correctly perform the exercises correctly.
Surgical treatmentIt is appropriate if the pharmacological and physical effects cannot be disbursed. He is aimed at him if the patient has a catastrophic spinal channel narrow. Operational intervention is called front cervical discourage. The surgeon immobilizes the spinal segment concerned and removes the intervertebral hernia, which presses on the spinal nerve. Over time, the vertebrae, among which the disc has been removed, are powered. This is called Spondilodesi. Moreover, a specialist can conduct an operation with the stabilization of the cage, or the intervertebral space is full of an artificial insert.
After 3-5 days, the one managed is prescribed by the hospital for outpatient treatment. Rehabilitation requires an average of about 3 months and depends on the established plant and the professional activity of the patient.
What is the best way to build a human life style with a diagnosis of osteochondosis of the neck?
The daily routine should include mandatory walks, while jumps and running are better to avoid. It is contraindicated for a long time to spend time in a sitting position, swimming is useful - not only strengthens muscle tone, but also relieves spasms to win the body. In the evening it will not be superfluous to take a hot shower (with the exception of the treatment period of the cervical region during the exacerbation of the disease). It is important to follow the diet. Use saturated products of magnesium and calcium: walnuts, dairy products and seafood, legumes. We will have to abandon alcohol.
Is it possible to visit the sauna during the exacerbation of the osteochondrosis?
Usually the heating is beneficial for the patient, but after an increase in praise, you will have to refuse to immerse yourself in cold water. You can't stay without frost. Otherwise, an exacerbation of the disease will occur. Cervical osteochondrosis is sensitive to temperature differences, including the climate. For example, autumn refrigeration can negatively affect a person's well -being.
What complications can arise after the osteochondosis of the cervical region?
If over time, when the first signs of the disease appear, not to start a treatment course, then the neck can stop obeying the literal sense of the word. And the complications of this disease are quite serious. There is a risk of protrusion: the "protrusion" so called of the intervertebral disc outside the spine, which is subsequently able to acquire the shape of an hernia. The nerve roots in the neck can be injured. Or the osteophytes will appear (bone growths on the vertebrae). Words often weaken muscles or paresis: a state when the head begins to hang on the side or forward. In this department, in the processes of the cervical vertebrae, there are the vertebral arteries that feed the brain with the blood. The violation of this bloodstream is one of the most serious phenomena. The reluctance to be treated can lead to neuralgia, deafness and even loss of vision. But if you face the solution of the problem even in the initial phase of its development, then the disease can be prevented.
Why do you need a Bante collar?
This is an orthopedic butter -made chart made of flexible material, which is used to immobilize the neck in the treatment of cervical osteocondrosis. But it is impossible to wear such a device to fix the neck for a long time, since the muscles can weaken over time and you will involve the head on the sides without further support. Chansa's reset does not allow the vertebrae to move and maintains the corrective effect after the massage session. It takes the weight of the head and also distributes it to the clavicle and at the base of the neck. At the same time, the head remains in the right position.