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Cervix osteochondrosis - causes, symptoms and treatment

The cervical region osteochondrosis

Cervical region osteochondrosis is a disease of the intervertebral disk, which is about the occurrence of pathological metabolism.When the pulp, which plays a shock-absorbing role, begins to harden due to the active processes of ossification, the inconvenience of tightening the nerve roots occurs.

Time treatment, the cervical region of osteochondrosis, serious consequences that hinder normal life.You need to know what symptoms are starting to sound the alarm.

Neck osteochondrosis - classification

The problem of the disease is an early detection.The patient has classic neurological manifestations - headache, dizziness, flies in the face, shortness of breath, pain in the neck, chest.The patient may numb the limbs that cause a cardiologist, neurologist, therapist or orthopedic to visit without notice the real causes of malaise.

The disease has a physiological nature because the human spine is forced to resist long static loads in an upright position.With age, bone tissue is weakened, which negatively affects the health of the spine.The devastating and depth processes develop, leading to the appearance of osteochondrosis.Cervical osteochondrosis is more common because the neck has good mobility, which is prone to traumatic damage to this class.

The disease is one of the most common among spinal diseases.Osteocondrosis also reduces age.If people aged 40-60 years ago, people aged 40-60 are dealing with complaints about the pain of their backs, people of 30-40 are now more likely to complain.Such an unfavorable change is related to the deterioration of health indicators due to the reduced quality of sedentary lifestyle, obesity and nutrition.

The pathology is associated not only with physiological harmful changes but also with the abnormal condition of the body.Physiological processes are the consequences of the occurrence of destructive processes in the background of body and cartilage aging.Over time, there are natural unfavorable changes that cannot be prevented -metabolic processes are disturbed and calcium reserves are exhausted.Pathological Factors - Destruction of cartilage and abrasion of vertebral discs in connection with the conduct of an unhealthy lifestyle.

In addition, the pathological course of the abrasion of intervertebral discs and the ossification of elastic content make the ligament device complicated, the pathological wear of the vertebrae (spondylosis), the urgent (type of hernia) and the formation of calcium salts.

Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine

In the early stages, it is difficult to identify the clear signs of the disease, as the symptoms are paroxysmal and sometimes completely pass.Diagnosis is more common in patients who regularly use analgesics.With a decrease in pain sensitivity, the disease is disguised and it is difficult to diagnose external signs.Usually the patient does not believe he has problems until the disease reaches the terminal stage.In addition to pain in the neck and head, dizzy and jumping blood pressure.

Dizziness of osteochondrosis occurs periodically, but does not always specifically indicate this disease.Usually, this condition is the formation of inflammatory processes in the ear, the brain vessels with cramps and the background of innuendo.Occasionally, such a condition is associated with cardiovascular disease, coordination of movements or anemia.If the patient has a time dizzy, feeling of sickness, lack of air and feeling of weakness, he or she should seek medical help.

The cause of the patient's emergency hospital care: What are the signs of dizziness:

  1. On one side is the numbness of the upper shoulder belt, accompanied by parallel paralysis of the facial muscles.
  2. Migraine attacks, very severe headaches in the background of general malaise.
  3. Problems of coordination of movements.
  4. Violation and loss of consciousness.

Headache is one of the most common and non -specific signs that occur in the background of the cervix osteochondrosis.Most often in women, the tension headache occurs.This condition is related to the hormonal background (the excess of estradiol in the body compared to men) and the vascular weakness, which is also associated with hormonal status (increased progesterone relaxes blood vessels and is less durable).

In osteochondrosis, headaches occur due to frequent cramps of brain vessels, background of nerve roots and increasing indicators of intracranial pressure.Atechondrous pain attacks are often similar to hypertension, IBS or stroke attack (it is important to consider that the older person, the greater the risk of pathologies).

If the patient has other diseases with the impaired myocardium, the pain in the heart can also be observed with attacks on osteochondrosis.Generally, in people with cardiovascular disease, angina pectoris attack occurs, blood pressure increases, extrasystole, arrhythmia and chest pain.If the patient does not become better when using first aid medicines and the attack lasts for a long time, an ambulance should be called urgently to take the patient to the cardiologist.

Pain syndrome for osteochondrosis

Otherwise, the properties of the disease's pain syndrome should be described.The discomfort does not always arise in the occlital area or in the head.There are attacks, the pain in which they are more often found in completely different places.Cervical pain often radiates into the hands or shoulders.Distinguishing signs of discomfort The inconvenience appears immediately after the awakening of sudden movements or performing sudden movements.An example of this is sneezing or laughter.Even with mild physiological reactions, pain syndrome attack may occur.

If the pathology is not neglected, the discomfort will soon disappear, and the discomfort is often accompanied by increased crunch of cervical germs.The disease often occurs in people with cervical lordosis - a pathophysiological condition that is associated with increased elasticity in the cervical.If someone raises their head often, this condition can occur.The more advanced the pathological condition, the worse the patient, because the pain returns over time, increasing, resulting in increasing torture.

What feelings and signs in pain are most often described by patients:

  1. The pain comes from the "depth" of the neck.
  2. When turning the head to the side, we observe crunch or a strong crunch.
  3. If discomfort is observed, the patient has stiffness in the cervix region with muscle weakness.

According to statistics, the disease most often affects the vertebrae of 6 and 7 cervix.The disease also occurs in any spine of the cervix localization.

Arterial hypertension development with cervical osteochondrosis

There is a clear relationship between a particular disease and increasing pressure.Nerve endings and vascular channels also penetrate the cervical vertebrae.When calcined on the surface of the vertebrae, the nerve endings and blood vessels are applied.As a result, a microspase occurs and the patient has characteristic deterioration in the well.

The high blood pressure against the background has specific differences:

  1. Persistent, acute headaches are the most characteristic of Shokh.
  2. Pain in the chest at inhalation, discomfort of the limbs.
  3. Reducing sensitivity in the collar zone.
  4. The sharp pressure jump after the nervous tension, muscle overvoltage, or long stays in the antalgic pose.

Causes of osteochondrosis of the neck

This disease is largely associated with natural aging processes and the occurrence of muscle bone pathologies.It is worth noting that not all elderly people suffer from osteochondrosis.Usually, this disease exceeds obesity to a sedentary lifestyle.

Provocative factors that cause pathology are as follows:

  1. A sedentary lifestyle, including hypodynamia.
  2. Occupation of long, static stress -related posture.An example of this is a long seat on the table without maintaining the right posture.
  3. Obesity or excess weight.High weight is not always associated with fat deposits.Bodybuilders or huge athletes often observe the increased body weight index.Exceeding the recommended weight is full not only for early wear of the spine but also overloading the cardiovascular system.
  4. Chronic stress associated with nervous surge.
  5. Previously suffered from head injuries or neck displacement.
  6. Local hypothermia - neck blowing.
  7. The presence of a pathological autoimmune process in the body, which negatively affects the condition of the cartilage, the bone tissue.An example of this is rheumatoid arthritis, which leads to the development of such diseases such as Shokh.
  8. The presence of congenital disorders in the structure of the cartilage.

Posted physical effort, proper nutrition and rejection of bad habits are the best way to minimize the risks of aggravation with osteochondrosis.

Stages of the development of the disease

There are many stages of the development of the symptoms of the symptoms of osteochondrosis:

  1. The preclinical stage is the first.In the initial stages, it is difficult to notice signs of the disease as there are still no specific symptoms.The only thing an experienced professional can notice is the smoothness of the cervix.As a result of such a mild change, the appearance of minimal discomfort with sharp turns of the neck is possible.Over time, tension, pain in the lumbar region and back muscles, as the cervical zone often pulls the groin.If the patient was lucky and found in the early stages of osteochondrosis, he can do dietary and improve the lifestyle so that the pathology does not progress.Patients often ignore this stage because discomfort rarely causes significant changes in the body.
  2. The second stage occurs when the preclinical degree has been successfully ignored.Generally at this stage, there are signs of instability of the cervical region.At this stage, the patient is already worried about the pain syndrome.The discomfort is often given to the hands of the upper shoulder belt.Pain with sharp inclination and head turns can be felt more severe.Since the pathological sinking of the intervertebral discs is already occurring, nerve endings are pinched, leading to the development of a neurological syndrome in the patient.As a result, the patient has simultaneous symptoms, including increased fatigue, reduced performance, attention and headache.
  3. The third degree.At this stage, the pain syndrome becomes even more pronounced than before.It is impossible to ignore such pains, so even the most durable patients are forced to seek medical attention to a proper diagnosis.Pain often radiates in the limbs and shoulders, and in the morning there is a weakness in the muscles of the hands.At this stage, simultaneous disease may occur - the intervertebral disk hernia.In the morning, the patient feels severe stiffness, which also indicates that the cervical region is deteriorating.Patients have dizziness and severe weakness.
  4. Terminal osteochondrosis, fourth stage.At this stage, the destruction of intervertebral discs can be observed.The plates themselves are replaced by the time of connective tissue.The increased pathological process can already affect other segments of the spine, including the chest and lumbar regions.In such patients, the quality of life has a great deal of life - coordination of movements is worsening, headaches and dizziness become unbearable, noise in the ear, other serious disorders - vascular disorders and respiratory problems.

Syndromes that occur with cervical osteochondrosis

The risk of untreated symptoms lies in further progression.If the patient continues to ignore the pathology, various types of syndromes occur - symptomatic complexes.There are such types:

  1. Spine or spine.
  2. Spine artery.
  3. Cardial or cordial.
  4. ROK syndrome.

A combination of these signs is often transformed into a general image of manifestation of osteochondrosis.

Spinal syndrome often develops.In the patient over time, the mobility of the cervical spine is interrupted.First of all, stiffness occurs after awakening.In the future, pathology will be constantly present.However, when you try to turn your neck to the side, pain appears.In X -Gray, some deteriorations are also recorded.The characteristic feature of vertebrate syndrome is the presence of the above signals.If there is no sign, this is an exception or axiom.The complexity of the diagnosis is that vertebrate syndrome is often confused with other inflammatory diseases of the cervix - myositis, injury and stretching.

The spinal arterial syndrome is related to the pathological arterial process, which occurs when compressed.If the blood flow is missing due to the partial overlap of the spine arteries in the cervix, the following signals occur:

  1. Such signs show the failure of venous blood flow - the appearance of ears in the ear, dizziness, pressure jumps, vomiting or nausea.
  2. The occurrence of irritation of nerve endings showing migraine or severe headache.The patient can often record the feeling of numbness or vision.
  3. Oxygen starvation due to pressed arteries.The patient has signs of hypoxia - shortness of breath, heartache, fainting, dizziness and weakness at the slightest physical stress.

A similar condition is characterized by atherosclerosis and oncology.

In addition, the symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervix are characterized by the development of the syndrome with the heart type.The patient has signs that resemble a heart muscle disorder.Many signs may be similar to heart attack or heart attack or coronary heart disease.During the aggravation period, the patient feels burning and distressing in the heart muscle, weakness, shortness of breath, and increasing tachicardy attacks.To exclude heart syndrome, you must perform the echo of the heart in the background of osteochondrosis.If there are no signs of disorders from the heart, it is a heart syndrome due to the fact that the cervical spine osteochondrosis continues to progress.

The rooster syndrome is related to the main diseases - seizures in the spinal column and the limbs.The reason for this is the transfer of nerve endings.During the aggravation period, the patient should observe the bed rest and use painkillers.The pathology is treated with neurotropic drugs.The purpose of preventing seizures is to improve blood circulation, to treat physiotherapy and physiotherapy.Rotor syndrome is dangerous due to complications.Even if a small nerve is fully secured, it is full of immobilization of the limbs and impaired fingers.

Diagnosis of osteochondrosis of the neck

To determine the pathology, contact the therapist.The doctor performs an initial examination, fills the patient's hospital card and sends the patient to a narrow specialist - a traumatologist or neurologist.The doctor then examines the patient, examining a primary diagnosis, which should be confirmed by laboratory tests.

What diagnosis methods we recommend on the suspicion of osteochondrosis of the cervix:

  1. X -Ray.This is a quick and general option for the initial examination needed to assess the condition of the patient's bone system in the remote spine.If the patient has osteochondrosis, the distance in the disturbing area of the spine is reduced.
  2. If you can find a certain diagnosis, you can make magnetic resonance tomography.MRI is the most accurate diagnostic method.The device takes into account both bone structures, cartilage and soft tissues.Disorders - nerves, intervertebral hernia stage and degree of development of osteochondrosis may be noticed.
  3. Computer tomography.The research method is appropriate if there is no suspicion of the presence of intervertebral hernia.
  4. Ultrasound duplex scanning.If the patient is suspected of damaged venous blood, this type of test is performed.If there are physical obstacles, this type of diagnosis will help identify them.

Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis

Treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervix is aimed at eliminating symptoms.There is no radical method that reverses the development of pathology.It should be understood that the nature of the disease lies not only in pathological development but also in natural physiological degenerative destruction.

Treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervix with drugs

Medication is the best way to reduce pain during pain attack.Generally, drugs are prescribed for the treatment of osteochondrosis:

  1. NSAIDS or painkillers.Non -sertoid anti -inflammatory drugs are suitable for attacking stress headaches, which are more often observed in women.The appointment of a particular drug depends on the causes of the pain.An example-if a woman has a headache due to vascular cramps, the painkillers or the cramps.If the pain occurs in the neck and causes inflammation, pronounced anti -inflammatory NSAIDs are required.It is better to clarify the specific trade name of the attending physician.
  2. Musorelaxants.These drugs effectively treat the treatment of similar diseases involving bone-cherry tissues.Such diseases include hernia, protrusion and rheumatoid pathologies.Recent studies show that muscle lakes not only have a relaxing effect, but also effectively anesthetize it.A group of drugs prescribes excessive muscle curve related to their overload, which is due to osteochondrosis.These drugs virtually do not affect the activity of the central nervous system, so it is daytime.Therapy is approx.It takes 4 weeks.
  3. B Vitamins B Vitamins B1, B12 Injections B12 shows a painkillers in high doses if the pain syndrome is caused by lace of nerve roots.A long course is needed in combination with painkillers.In the case of aggravation attacks, it is advisable to observe the bed rest in order to unload the pain zone as much as possible.Within 2-3 weeks, injection drugs are used as instructions and then drinks for 1-2 months. 
  4. Chondroprotectors.Such drugs are needed in the presence of degenerative processes in the cartilage.Once the increased devastating effects have already begun, the Chondroprotectors will not eliminate them.Long -term use of medication can no longer slow down the regression of cartilage destruction.The minimum use period is 3-4 months.
  5. Hypotentine agents.If the patient has a regular pressure towards growth, use drugs that reduce systolic and diastolic pressure.Medicines are used carefully and only as prescribed by the doctor.Tyta blockers or calcium channel blockers are usually written.
  6. Restants.Agents are needed if neurological disorders are due to autonomic disorders.Examples of anxiety, insomnia or sleep disorders.In the initial stages, plant sedatives are adequate.Medicines for prescription are prescribed with more severe disorders.
  7. Annixants.It is necessary if the patient suffers from a mild heart disease in the absence of air.
  8. Calcium and vitamin D3 preparations.Mineral complexes need to be taken in the presence of active degenerative processes to support the bone fortress.Calcium is the necessary building material without the bones becoming porous and breaking.D3 is a vitamin without which normal assimilation of calcium is impossible.In combination, these substances strengthen the bone tissue well.It is also useful to regularly drink other minerals to support the health of muscle-bone system silicone, sulfur, zinc, magnesium and boron health.
  9. Vitamin-mineral complexes.In addition to special additives, poly vitamins should be taken seasonally to maintain the patient's general health.Take complexes 2-3 times a year for 1-2 months with breaks.
  10. External funds.In order to arrange the condition of the neck, when you feel stiff, you can use warm or therapeutic ointments that contribute to the improvement of your blood supply.Exactly a few ointments are to cure a sense of constant stiffness, but the use of small external medicine before going to bed relieves the condition in the morning.

The therapeutic conservative methods

During the healing period, when the acute pain has passed, a person with osteochondrosis should support the body using conservative treatment methods:

  1. Therapeutic gymnastics.Special exercises with regular implementation improve joint mobility and temporarily accelerate blood circulation.The patient improved over time.The main rule of exercise therapy is the regularity and order of actions.If you do physical education every day, the cervical muscles sound, which significantly relieves the load on the spine.
  2. Massage.The procedure is carried out after an acute period to improve blood flow and muscle relaxation.The contact effect is well combined with muscle relaxant products and enhances the effects of drugs.Physical exposure to the fingers increases the local temperature of the warm muscles, which improves the bloodstream.The massage leads to relaxation of the clamped sections of the back.
  3. Physiotherapy methods.The purpose of hardware treatment is to improve the bloodstream of the damaged area.Using the tools and exposure to the low -frequency current or magnetic field, the drugs are administered through the skin.These bases are well absorbed without creating a systematic effect.Examples of procedures are magnetic therapy, electrophoresis, laser effect, and shock therapy.

In case of neglected, when conservative treatment is ineffective, the patient is used to perform surgical intervention.In particular, the radical method of therapy is effective in the presence of effective injuries or protrusions when there are simultaneous spine diseases that aggravate the situation.Signs of the operation are the loss of the sensitivity of the limbs, the unbearable pain.