Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine

Cervical osteochondrosis is some dystrophic changes in the intervertebral discs in the neck.

Not only the discs themselves, but also the beads, the soft and cartilage fabrics are exposed to the negative effects.The main feature of the cervical region is the fact that its beads do not have the most reliable structure compared to other departments, which makes this area very tangible.The vertebrae here are located near each other, as well as for those arteries that are powered by the human brain.

If the relocation of the vertebrae occurs, then the probability of squeezing nerve beams and arteries is high, which will inevitably go to the appearance of a hernia between the vertebrae and the extension, ie.Changes in the structure of the spinal disc.

What is it?

The cervical spine osteochondrosis (osteohondrosis) is a degenerative-degenerative lesion of the intervertebral discs, which damage the wheels, vertebrae and joints of the cervical region, a decrease in the height of the intervertebral discs is observed.The disease progresses if left untreated, and can lead to headaches, circulatory disorders and even hernia.Like osteoporosis, the disease occurs due to violation of mineral metabolism, as a result of which bones and joints become less stable.

Osteochondrosis can cause cervical spine instability (symptoms and treatment are similar to chondrosis but have a number of features), which is often associated with a shift of vertebrae.On the other hand, this accelerates the development of osteochondrosis, destroying the vertebrate.

PHASE

The attending doctor should determine the degree of development of cervical osteochondrosis, based on an anamnesis as well as examination of the patient.There are only four degrees:

1. First degree.The disease is in the rudiment itself, the patient has a slight neck pain, which can be more intense if a person begins to turn his head.
2. Second degree.The patient may complain of very severe pain in the cervical region, which can be located in the upper limbs.Clinical photography shows that at this stage of development of the disease there is a tip of nerve beams, which causes great pain.Headache, weakness and general mistreatment are also observed.
3. Third degree.The pain becomes almost uninterrupted, giving even the shoulder or arm.In some patients, an intervertebral disc herniation is diagnosed, which leads to a loss of sensitivity of the upper extremities.When you examine a doctor, there is a noticeable decrease in cervical spine mobility as well as pain in palpation.
4. Fourth degree.At this stage of the disease, the intervertebral disc is almost completely destroyed.Instead, the connective tissue appears, which leads to a deterioration in the patient's condition.He begins to feel pain, noise in the head, and poor orientation in space.This suggests that the artery is suppressed, which interferes with natural brain nutrition.

Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervical back

Important symptoms of cervical spine osteochondrosis are dizziness, headaches and blood pressure.

Diagnosis of the disease is difficult, pain sometimes does not manifest, and symptoms are hidden in nature, in addition, uncontrolled use of severe masks signs of disease.A patient who does not feel pain considers himself healthy, and thus continues until the development of irreversible processes in the tissues of the neck joints.

Headache for cervical osteochondrosis

This is one of the most common non -specific signs of many human diseases.Headaches are especially widespread in the female population.It can be difficult to determine the cause of headaches, and, in particular, to connect it to the spinal lesions.About 14 different causes of headache in humans were discovered.

The most common causes of headaches in the pathology we described:

1. Cerebral spasm;
2. Pinching of nerve roots;
3. Increased reflex in intracranial pressure.

Headache for cervical osteochondrosis may resemble sensations with arterial hypertension, angina pectoris or stroke.Moreover, in middle and elderly people, as a rule, there are risks of developing strokes or heart attacks.

It feels like the pain can be paroxysmal, persistent, pulsating and dumb.

With heart pathology, patients complain of unpleasant sensations in the chest area, accompanied by impaired heart activity.Only a qualified doctor can determine the cause.In case of headaches, combined with nausea, dizziness and loading pain, an ECG is necessarily done.

Dizziness for cervical osteochondrosis

This condition does not always clearly indicate osteochondrosis of the cervical spine.

Dizziness can be a consequence:

1. Inflammation in the middle or inner ear;
2. Cerebral spasm;
3. Violations of nerve impulses transmission;
4. Problems with the vestibular apparatus;
5. Diseases of the cardiovascular system.

There are no clear criteria for dizziness for osteochondrosis.However, there are systemic and non -systemic dizziness, they have clear differences.

It is recommended to know the changes of systemic and non -systemic dizziness, this will help determine the causes of an unusual state:

1. Systematic intake is a feeling of circular movement of the surrounding objects or body, which is a consequence of a violation of the vestibular apparatus, visual analyzers and receptors in joints, muscles and epidermis (osteochondrosis of various etiologies);
2. Dizziness not -to play is a feeling of censorship, a feeling of deafness, a state of uncertain in a straight position.With non -systematic dizziness, there is no sensation of circular rotation, and this is a significant difference between compared signs.

A person who feels the dizziness of one of the species specified should be examined by an experienced physician, first of all, a neuropathologist or (if there are suspicions of ear disease and nasopharynx otolaryngologist).

The reason for hospitalization that is not associated with osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is to detect such features in the patient (except dizziness) as:

1. Facial muscle paralysis and numbness of part of the shoulder band;
2. Severe headache against the backdrop of a worsening in good faith;
3. Violations of coordination of movements;
4. Loss or disappearance of consciousness.

Blood pressure with cervical osteochondrosis

The bonding of cervical osteochondrosis with jumps in blood pressure has long been created.Cervical vertebrae have important nerve endings and blood vessels.

Pressure increases are characteristic during the day.Hypertension for a long time is not characteristic of this disease.Reflex irritation of nerve endings and short -term cramps of blood vessels cause sudden daily dynamics of arterial hypertension.

A distinctive feature of increased pressure in cervical osteochondrosis is a combination with the following symptoms:

• Headache;
• Pain in the limbs and chest;
• Decreased sensitivity in the collar area;
• The appearance of pressure is thrown after stress, muscle tension, long -term stay in an unpleasant position and other similar situations.

These signs should be taken into account with the independent differentiation of different genesis hypertension.

Sharp blood pressure jumps and rapid deterioration in well -being are the basis for seeking urgent medical help.

Osteochondrosis syndromes

The clinical photograph of cervical osteochondrosis is laid on several syndromes.The syndrome is some symptoms that occur together.

Osteochondrosis consists of the following syndromes:

1. Vertebral.It is also called vertebra, which indicates that bones and cartilage tissue are included in the pathological process.This leads to the formation of such symptoms: restriction of neck motor activity, pain in its curves, radiological changes in the cervical backpack.It is the simultaneous appearance of these signs which is a vertebral syndrome.A similar set of clinical signs is observed with myositis (muscle tissue pathology), and the painful movements of many other pathologies.
2. Vertebral artery syndrome.It appears when vascular beams are involved in the process, which are responsible for the blood supply to the central nervous system tissue.Symptoms suggest that brain tissue has ceased to get a proper amount of nutrients.How to know this syndrome?The first signs are dizziness, a feeling of noise in the ear, changes in blood pressure, the appearance of a "veil" in front of the eyes.This suggests that one of the vertebrates is in a suffocated state.Eachdo ship has its own nerve endings.If you squeeze those that intrigue vertebral arteries, migraines, numbness, short -term vision reduction on one side.As a result, changes in ships lead to the fact that the brain needs oxygen.At this time, a person feels drowsiness, short -term violations of consciousness, loses attention and control, works worse and remembers information.With such a clinical appearance, it is necessary to distinguish cervical osteochondrosis with the atherosclerosis of the vertebral arteries, and the squeezing of the tumor or inflammation.
3. Cardial syndrome.It manifests by burning in the chest area, the appearance of shortness of breath.A person feels his frequent heartbeat, becomes tired and frustrated.This appearance is also characteristic of cardiological pathology, for example, for angina pectoris, coronary syndrome, heart attack.Accurate conclusion about the causes of such symptoms can be done after the patient passes ECG.
4. Rook syndrome.The cervical department inovrates 8 pairs of nerves, each of which has the root of the nerve outlet from the beads.When they are involved in osteochondrosis, the patient feels a decrease in sensitivity or vice versa severe pain.There may be numbness if her pain, a decrease in tongue sensitivity, freezing area, pain in the supraclycing region may be observed.Sometimes there are swallowing disorders, movement in the upper limb strap, numbness of the fingers.

First aid at home with osteochondrosis irritation

With severe pain syndrome, sedative sedatives can be used, such as analgin, tempalgin or Baralgin.If the above drugs do not bring relief, you can get NSAID (Nisise or Diclofenac).

Often, the "distraction" of the tools is used, for example, a piece of pepper that does not heal, but only listens to an inflamed area and distracts from the pain.In the case of edema in the inflammation area, the patient may drink infusion of plants or a diuretic for 3-4 days.Is it possible to cure osteochondrosis by such methods?These measures are only temporary;To treat the causes, you should consult a doctor.

It should be noted which doctor treats osteochondrosis.If the suspicion arises that the causes of cervical back pain are the appearance of osteochondrosis, you should turn to a neuropathologist.It is this specialist who is engaged in diseases of this kind.In some medical institutions there are close close specialists involved in the diseases of the spine.If your clinic has a vertebologist, you should address the question of how to cure this disease, immediately.

How to treat cervical back osteochondrosis?

In the initial stage of development, osteochondrosis can be cured without medication, it is enough to review diet, daily regimen and regularly perform a complex of special exercises.With advanced forms of the disease, effective treatment is only possible if the use of various medicines that help suspend degenerative changes in the beads.

The therapeutic masses complex necessarily involves physiotherapy - electrophoresis with medicines, ultrasound, magnetotherapy, laser therapy.These methods help to cope with pain, inflammation, swelling of the tissue, improvement of metabolic processes and blood circulation.

Treatment

The main methods of treating cervical back osteochondrosis are medication treatment, physiotherapy, cervical area massage, therapeutic gymnastics for cervical osteochondrosis is particularly effective.The main groups of medicines used for this disease include:

NAME	The principle of action
Non -inflammatory non -inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).This is Voltaren, Nisise, Movalis, Ketonal, Ketanov, Diclofenac, Nimesulide and others	Reduce pain syndrome, help relieve aseptic inflammation and edema of the damaged nerve root.
Drugs that improve the rheological properties of blood and blood flow.This is Eufliin, Trental.	Improve the nutrition of damaged nerve roots and improve blood flow to the brain.
Group V. Vitamins are Kombilipen, Unigma, Milgamma, Neurobion.	Improve metabolic processes in nerve tissue.
Musorelaxants.This is Midokalm, Sirdalud, Tizalud, Tizanidine, etc.	These are medicines that relieve muscle spasm.
Chondroprotectors.This (glucosamine and chondroitinin) is Arthra, Theflex, Doppelgerz, Zhabius Stone, Condronov, Structure, Alflutop.	These are medicines that restore cartilage tissue, including in damaged intervertebral disc.

When accepting osteochondrosis tablets, it should be remembered that the important effect of treating medicines with tablets will only be if it is combined with other methods, including exercises.It should also be noted that the attending physician should prescribe rather than treat the disease based on her phase and other signs.