Symptoms and cervical osteochondorosis treatment.

Currently, there are almost all people aged 25-30 of the Symptoms of Cervical Osteochondroze over the medical statistics.The disease affects this spine more often than others.Pathology is a progressive degenerative process that affects interverters and vertebrates located in the neck.The disease is common among men and women the same.This is a dangerous and complex form of osteochondrose, because large blood vessels that supply the brain and a large number of nerve endings are in the neck.Violations of incrementation and flow of blood lead to deterioration in the brain to oxygen and nutrients.

Signs of the disease

The symptoms of osteochondrose cervical spine are more pronounced than in other parts of the spinal column, even with less damage.This is due to the fact that in the neck of the vertebrae are close to each other, and intervertal discs have a small height.Such anatomical feature contributes to the fact that with osteochondrose, nerve endings, spinal cord, blood vessels are more often compressed.

General symptoms:

• pain syndrome;
• weakness and reduction in sensitivity in the upper extremities;
• Door mobility restriction;
• Violations of the movement coordination;
• Frequent dizziness;
• General weakness;
• Deterioration of the functioning of perception bodies (hearing, vision, touch, taste).

The pain are more often localized in the neck, give them back the head of the head, shoulders, weapons.The upper limb is injured if the nerve spine strikes the damaged vertebra, which is responsible for their innovation.The pain in the back of the head arises due to spastic contractions of neck muscles attached to occipital bones and violating blood circulation in this area.

The weakness of the hand is observed in patients if the nerve spine is included in the pathological process that ensures innervation of the muscle structures of the upper limbs.Reconstruction of mobility and characteristic crumbs when the neck rotates or straps, if the growth of bones appear on cervical vertebrates, the amount of intervertebral discs is reduced, the compounds located between the vertebral are affected.

The vertebrae in the neck have transverse processes that make up a channel in which the artery feeds the brain.With osteochondrose of cervix, the vertebrae are displaced, they faith on them connective tissue.This leads to compressing the cervical artery, deterioration in blood supply to cerebellum and the back of the brain.As a result, the person has frequent dizziness, movement coordination, general weakness is disturbed.In advanced cases, if the artery is included in the pathological process or strongly pushed, then the supply of cerebellum blood, the occipital part and brain are significantly worse.In this case, the functionality of hearing or vision, the stiffness of language and fingers are reduced.

The signs of the disease depend on which of the eight vertebrae is affected by a dystrophic or inflammatory process.Disorders of sensitivity and movements lead to damage to cerebrospinal roots, which affect certain vertebrates.Depending on this, the following events of cervical osteochondrose were observed:

• The first vertebra - neck and the occipital part of the head are stunned, their sensitivity decreases;
• Another - the pain in the crown and nape feels;
• Third - pain is felt and the sensitivity is reduced in this part of the neck in which the Škiskana spine is located, the intensity of taste sensions is reduced, and speech damage is present;
• Fourth - Pain radiates in the shoulder, scapula, the patient is disturbed by heartache, breathing disorders, and the tone of neck muscles are reduced;
• Fifth - pain is observed in the neck, given to the outer surface of the shoulders;
• Sixth - neck pain radiate in a spatula, felt in the forearm and thumbs;
• Seventh - pain is given on shoulders, the back of the shoulders, forearms and fingers (from the second to fourth);
• The eighth - the pain spreads from the door to shoulders, forearms and a small finger.

Depending on the prevalence of the lesion, the four degrees of osteochondrose cervacial cervix throat differ.This is not a stage of the disease, but the weight of the symptoms, due to how the usual pathological process, which spines affects.

• In the first degree, the clinical symptoms are absent or manifested at least.Patients complain about mild pain, intensify during head movements.The treatment began at this stage of the disease will be effective.However, people often ignore disturbing symptoms or do not feel them, so they do not advise with a doctor.
• Deterioration of the pathological process increases symptoms.In the second phase, the pain becomes more pronounced, give the above limbs, shoulder blades.At this stage in the development of the degenerative process, the height of the intervertebral disk is reduced, as a result of which the nervous fibers are zaked.This becomes the cause of increasing pain.The second level of osteochondrose of the cervical region is characterized by the appearance of headaches, deterioration in welfare, reducing labor capabilities.
• The third degree of cervical osteochondrosis is characterized by the formation of a Hernini of the affected interverter disc.The mobility of the door is limited, with palpation the patient feels strong pain.In addition to the expansion of the pathological process, the pain becomes constant, radiating the upper limbs.Feels tension of muscles attached to occipital bones.Patients complain about frequent dizziness, general weakness, hand stiffness.
• The fourth degree of cervical osteochondrosis was diagnosed when the interverter disc completely destroys the dystrophical process.It is replaced by fibrous tissue, leading to a significant limit for mobility.On the spinal cord and blood vessels that flew into the neck.Such changes are characterized by a significant deterioration in the blood supply in cerebelum and the occipital brain.Hunting oxygen leads to a violation of the coordination of movement, hearing impairment, vision, language, speech disorders.

Methods of treatment

Timely seeking a doctor when the first alarming symptoms appear, unpleasant sensation in the neck, the reaction of the nervous system will prevent the progress of degenerative changes.Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis consists of a complex of therapeutic measures.Among them:

• taking medicine;
• massage;
• Physical education of physiotherapy;
• Physiotherapy procedures.

Drug therapy

Doctors prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce pain intensity, reduce the inflammatory process and swelling of the nerve spine.Chondroprotectors renew damaged cartilage on the intervertebral disk.Musorelaxants relax their neck muscles, relieve spasm.Medicines for improving blood flow help to continue the impaired blood supply to the brain.B vitamins activate metabolism in nerve tissues.With intense pain, the doctor can prescribe analgesic drugs.If the patient has a pronounced pain syndrome, then analgesics are inserted parenterally, after the pain is crossed, they switch to pills.

Physiotherapy methods

Physiotherapy is an effective way to fight the osteochondrose of the cervical region.It is necessary to treat this disease using such techniques, after the following results are achieved:

• Pain intensity decreases;
• The renovation of affected bones, cartilage and muscle tissues is activated;
• Spasm and muscle tension has been removed;
• The inflammatory process was stopped;
• Delivery of oxygen and nutrients on the affected area and the brain improves.

The most effective in the treatment of osteochondrose are the following types of procedures:

• Electrophoresis for drugs (affected area operates with electric shock, which, in addition to activating the flow and tissue flow, improves the delivery of acting of the dryness of the drug affected by degenerative process);
• Ultrasound therapy (metabolic processes in the sick area are activated, pain decreases, inflammation was stopped);
• magnetotherapy (relieves swelling from the affected area, which helps reduce pain intensity);
• Laser therapy (improves blood circulation in the pathological process has an anti -infalmal effect).

Medical physical education

Exercises are prescribed during the period when acute manifestations of the disease are stopped.During the gymnastics, he should not feel discomfort and pain.The complex should be performed on the achieved permanent remission to prevent relapse.

• Remove the position as it lies on your stomach, raise your head and body, leaning against your hands.The return is straight, the breath is deep, and even.Keep in position for a minute or two, then take the starting position slowly.The number of repetitions is 3.
• The position lies on the stomach, hands along the body.Slowly turn your head, trying to touch your ear to the floor.Repeat 6 times on each side.
• Sitting or standing, tilt your head to inhalation, trying to get to the chin to the chest.On the breath, you smoothly separate your head back, raising your eyes to the ceiling.The number of repetitions is 10-15.
• A good exercise to strengthen the uterine muscles is to press the forehead with your hands pressed on it.To achieve the effect, you need to press your palms on the forehead and forehead on your palm on your hand for 30 seconds.Repeat three times.
• Rotate your head in a circle.Do the exercise slowly, smoothly.In each direction - 10 revolutions each.The appearance of dizziness during the movement is unacceptable.If that happens, you should stop immediately.

Massage

The course prescribes the doctor during the absence of acute pain, can only be carried out by an expert with medical education.With such an illness, it is not recommended to contact non -Professional.

Therapeutic effects of massage around necklaces:

• Blood flow and lymph in the affected area improves;
• Muscles relax, spasm is removed;
• Intensity of pain is declining.

Surgical intervention

The operation is shown if the conservative therapy does not bring results within six months, the patient tortures strong pain, signs of nerve fiberal damage and myelopathy are observed.If the osteochondrosis of the cervical region continues with complications, there is a threat to stroke, there is a strong squeeze of spinal cord, and then the operation is needed.

According to the indications, they resort to the following types of surgical interventions:

• Endoscopic discoctomy - removal of part or entire intervertebral disk;
• LAMINOTOMY - Bone ligament excerpts and overbeat particles of tissues (often in combination with laminated plastic - establishment of artificial plates for expanding the spinal channel);
• Laser evaporation of the disk core - the core failure of the intervertebral disk with a laser beam simultaneously with the destruction of their destroyed fragments;
• Cold -Plasman nucleoplasty - instead of endoscopes is used a long and thin hollow needle that is entered into an intervertebral disk, the electrode that has a cold-baton delivered through the destruction site.

The neck is a complex body in which large blood vessels, spinal cords.They are easily damaged, so they resort to surgery in no more than 5% of cases.Surgical treatment often monitors the development of complications.Among them:

• inflammatory process in tissues or membranes of spinal cord;
• osteomyelitis;
• The formation of scars leading to the narrowing of the arterial and spinal channel.

Operations on the neck spine are complex and require a long period of rehabilitation.The patient's recovery after surgery takes a mandate of six months or more.

Prevention

To prevent the development of cervical osteochondrose, it is necessary to:

• Supervise the position of your spine and door;
• Lead the active lifestyle, move more;
• When performing physical exercise, it is necessary to be careful, respect the correctness of execution, as even small injuries may affect the state of the muscle system;
• Take care of the proper body position during sleep, buy an orthopedic or anatomical mattress;
• Correct equip the workplace in which a person spends a lot of time;
• dealing with a physical culture regularly;
• Follow your diet, ensure receiving all useful minerals needed for the bone fortress, especially magnesium and calcium;
• It constantly undergoes dispensary tests for timely detection of osteochondrose.

Prevention will help prevent degenerative changes in the cervical spine, protects against pain, dizziness, stiffness of limbs and other unpleasant symptoms.