Cervical osteochondrosis is a disease of the cervical spine in which joints and intervertebral discs are destroyed. This disease affects ¾ of the world's population over the age of 35.
Cervical osteochondrosis causes much more suffering than its peers in the lumbar, sacral, or chest region because it contains more nerve fiber.
Classification of functions
The symptoms of this disease are related to the three main systems of the human body.
- The spinal cord violates its integrity and compaction.
- Damage to the fibers of the peripheral nervous system.
- The vertebral artery is a violation of the blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain.
Violation of these systems has an impact on human health. The first symptoms are severe headaches.
Pain syndrome
A common headache radiating to the neck is the first sign of the disease. Sometimes the pain migrates to the back of the head or shoulders. Unlike ordinary migraines, osteochondrosis of the cervical spine cannot be eliminated with painkillers alone. This problem requires complex treatment.
Lack of air
Symptoms of shortness of breath are very often accompanied by osteochondrosis of the neck. This is due to irritation of the phrenic nerve. A person suffering from cervical spine migraine has difficulty breathing deeply, especially breathing. At night, patients may experience short pauses in breathing accompanied by snoring. If the room the patient is in is not ventilated, hypoxia develops, leading to impaired memory and concentration.
Nausea
Symptoms of nausea occur in diseases such as osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, which occur in the brain due to damage to blood circulation. Sometimes the symptoms of nausea are accompanied by vomiting, which occurs when walking, turning, and tilting the head. This is due to a lack of oxygen in the inner ear - where the center of balance is.
Change in blood pressure
A person with osteochondrosis of the neck must constantly tolerate fluctuations in blood pressure. Similar symptoms may occur in both hypertension and hypotension. This is due to a poor oxygen supply to the vasomotor center in the medulla oblongata.
Ringing and tinnitus
These symptoms are related to damage to the inner ear as they direct the vestibular apparatus from there. Sometimes general hearing loss occurs. Such symptoms are referred to by doctors as cochlear syndrome.
faint
Unconsciousness or fainting is a common symptom in patients with osteochondrosis of the cervical spine. The reason for this phenomenon is the pronounced spasm of the arteries, which results from the irritation of the curved bone processes in the vertebrae and nerve endings.
Pharyngeal symptoms
Similar symptoms appear as itching, dryness, or a feeling of foreign body in the throat. This phenomenon is associated with a lesion from the spinal cord of nerve strains.
Impaired vision
The eyes also suffer from the appearance of a disease such as osteochondrosis of the cervical spine. Similar symptoms, such as visual impairment, occur due to damage to the spinal cord of neurovascular strains.
Methods of treatment
To this day, you can cure cervical migraines in the following ways:
- drug therapy;
- physiotherapy treatment;
- treatment with folk remedies.
Medical therapy
Such treatment of cervical migraine involves the use of tablets and analgesic injections. This is necessary to relieve pain in the neck, head and shoulders. The advantage of painkiller injections is that they are fast.
In addition, injections and antispasmodic tablets are needed These drugs are most effective in relieving spasms in the arteries of the spine.
Thus, anticonvulsant drugs protect the patient from fainting. In addition, antispasmodic injections are used to treat pregnant women. Because these injections are safe for the mother and the unborn child.
Treatment based on vascular drugs is also effective.
They help restore blood circulation to the affected areas of the neck. These injections relieve pain and partially help to get rid of other symptoms.
Medicinal treatment based on the use of chondroprotectors is no less effective. These drugs stop the progressive osteochondrosis of the neck, restore cartilage in the joints. The most effective formulations contain collagen hydrolyzate. Because this substance helps to regenerate the cells destroyed by the disease.
Physiotherapy
The treatment of cervical osteochondrosis using physiotherapy procedures is currently widely used. Most used:
- ultraviolet irradiation (UVI);
- vibration effect;
- electrotherapy.
Ultraviolet treatment helps stop cervical migraines due to the analgesic, bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects of the rays. Ultraviolet radiation is used for cervical spine migraine in the back of the neck, the subclavia region, or the upper shoulder blades.
Exposure to vibration as well as UVI completely eliminates osteochondrosis of the cervical spine. Best of all, the vibration relieves the pain.
Electrotherapy allows the relief of pain, the improvement of blood circulation, and the supply of oxygen to brain cells. The most effective method is transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation.
Folk remedies
Since ancient times, a compress made from grated potatoes and honey has been used to treat cervical migraines. A mixture of radish, aloe and liquid honey was also an effective treatment for osteochondrosis of the neck.
He made many healing ointments based on hop cones and lard. However, the most effective folk remedies for diseases such as cervical osteochondrosis, oregano, chamomile, parsley, nettle and burdock decoction.
These herbs are poured over boiling water and infused in the dark for 3 days. Drink this decoction with a spoon twice a day.
Such alternative treatments help cope with pain, improve blood circulation, and saturate the brain with what is so needed.