The neck pain is known most of the people from the school bench.The appearance of new technologies in our lives, such as a computer, smartphone, tablet, console game, etc.Forced us to change our anatomy in one way or another.We sit in front of the monitor for hours, and we play games on our appliances at night, descending your head on the screen.It all led to the fact that such a disease as cervical osteohondroža was significantly "younger".
What is the osteochondrose of the cervical region?
Cervical osteohondrose is a degenerative-dystrophic spinal disease that is manifested in a particular part - cervix.The disease is based on breach of metabolism and diet in spine cells.Since cartilage and bones do not ship with blood through vessels, they become useful substances in a different way - from nearby cells.This happens for some reason, cells stop feeding the spine properly.Then the degeneration process is initiated.
Intervertebral discs suffer primarily.According to nature, elastic and bending, they have a shock-absorbent properties, which enables them to the effective separation of vertebrae, distribute the burden, mitigate moves or tensions when raising the weights.If the power is not enough, the interverter disc starts to dry, lose moisture.As a result, a crack is surrounded on the fibrous ring, cracks, disk core and weakened.Finally, the disc stops fulfilling your function.Furthermore, the process throws it into vertebrae: without a natural "separator", they begin to put pressure on each other, as well as the interverter discs themselves.As a result, at some point, the pressure can become critical: the fibrous Raphal disc ring, the core drops and hernic forms.
Cervical osteochondrosis consists of complete unbalancing in the spine.To compensate the absence of discs, the brain can "give an order" to form a bone growth-osteophyte to make up somehow asymmetry.However, it does not help, but only brings great problems.
Osteochondrosis of cervix is the most dangerous variety of this disease.It is located in the area of the door located most nervous roots and blood vessels, at this place of the royal arteries are the closest vertebrae, and 30% supply the brain of blood.Due to hernier, displacement, protrusions and osteophytes caused by osteochondrose, nerves and blood vessels can be damaged, which includes serious systemic diseases in the body.
Reasons
The main cause of the impairment is a sitting lifestyle, which is why nourishing ingredients "stagnate" and do not reach the destination - the spine.However, there are others:
- Lack of physical activity and sports, as a result, a poorly developed muscle corset
- Excessive physical activity
- Smoking and alcohol abuse
- Abuse of too much fatty and salty groceries, "Fast" carbohydrates
- Excess weight
- heredity
- generic or other injuries
- Initially curved holding
- Ported infectious diseases with complications on spine
- Natural body aging
Symptoms
There are more than 20 symptoms in the disease, and only some of them.
- Neck pain, shoulders
- Paroxysmal headaches, weakly facilitated by side side side siderine pain
- Limited Movements, Inability to turn the head
- Break pressure
- Symptoms alleged heart disease: tingling in the heart, shortness of breath
- Dizziness
- Unconsciousness
- Nausea
- Reduction of vision and hearing sharpness, double in eyes effect and noise in the ears
- Difficulty swallowing, swelling of the tongue
- Stiffness, tingling or shivers in the limbs
- Stiffness or pain in the fork
- Lack of muscle tone or excessive tone
- The drying of one of the limbs
- Drowsiness, aggression, irritability
Complications
Complications of osteochondrosis cervix and their symptoms are usually the cause of the patient who seek doctors, but that means that the disease is already in later stages.The cervical osteochondrose itself can last for a very long asymptomatic or expressing mild pain in the neck.
Osteochondrosis Spine Cervical causes a change of geometry and spine anatomy: release of discs or even vertebrates outside the normal position or formation of osteophytes.Thus -caled "primary" complications:
- Intervertebral hernia (breaking fibrous disk ring, her shift)
- Disk protrusion ("exit" of the intervertebral disk outside its anatomical boundaries)
- Formation of osteophytes - spondylosis (with the help of such bone growth the body tries to compensate the imbalance to the spine)
In addition, degenerative spine processes, which have caused the displacement or forming bone growth, will most likely cause the nerve roots, vessels or vertebrate arteries.
This is left to "secondary" complications:
- Vegeto-Vascular-Distonia-VSD (violation of the work of cerebral circulation)
- Vertebral Arteral Cable, Vertebro-Bashinular Insufisijencija (Compression of vertebrate arteries)
- Radicolor syndrome - radiculite (breach of nerve roots)
- Cervicobrachialgia (permanent neck and head pain, weakly facilitated by side side lateral side)
Complications of cervical osteochondorosis are very dangerous, they can cause a violation of the circulation system, blood vessels, change cerebral functions, and even cause a stroke.
Diagnostics
The first diagnostic method is inspection, conversation, anamnesis.An experienced spine, according to your appeal will be able to determine whether you have cervical osteochondrose.It will be wondered - about the nature, duration and localization of pain, will perform palpation of painful areas, approximately localizes the area of lesion.In order to exclude other diseases, you prescribe your blood and urine test.Then it is necessary to confirm the diagnosis of the X -Ray test.
Basic diagnostic methods:
- Computer Tomograph (CT)
- Magnetic resonance tomography (MRI)
- X -ray
Say in which way is more desirable, your doctor should, depending on the characteristics of the body, the nature of the complaints, contraindications.The most expensive and informative image is MRI, soft tissues are visible in the picture, so in the event of damage to blood vessels, cartilage, nerves, the doctor may localize the sick area.However, the computer Tomograph provides a clear image of bone tissues, which will allow you to measure the distance between vertebral, determine the disease phase.The advantage of X -Ray is chest, speed (the procedure will last for a maximum of 20 minutes), as well as the possibility of conducting a study with functional tests (image is taken in maximum flexion and maximum door extension).
Treatment of osteochondrosis of cervix
The basic principle of efficient treatment is an integrated approach, a combination of many methods, extended therapies even after removing acute condition.
Medications
- Anesthetically and non-asteide anti -infalmator medications will help alleviate pain attacks, it will allow you to move on to further phases of treatment.Injections or oral use are possible.
- Chondroprotectors - medications that slow the degradation of cartilage tissues.
- Musorelaxans - Relax tense muscles.
- Vasodilative drugs.They are prescribed in case of circulation violation.
- Nootropne drugs.They are prescribed if the cerebral system is damaged and it is necessary to improve the brain depressed due to nerve roots that violate osteochondrose and the lack of blood flow.
- Vitamins and antioxidants generally improve brain functions.
- Diuretics - to control the level of potassium and sodium in the blood.
Physiotherapy
Effective electrophoresis, ultrasound, magnetotherapy, laser therapy, acupuncture, manual therapy are effective.The price of the session varies depending on the level of the clinic, experts and equipment.A total of 10-15 sessions will need.
Change in Lifestyle: Physical exercises, massage, swimming.
This phase of treatment must start after removing acute pain.It is necessary to increase the muscular corset of the spine to redeem the load on it.Massage exchange rate and session for exercise therapy are prescribed.More profitable is a subscription purchase that includes a visiting pool, maser and exercise instructor therapist.
Dream
Correct sleep on an orthopedic cushion and orthopedic mattress.
Proper nutrition
Compliance with nutrition and some rules: exclusion of alcohol, tobacco, fatty and salty products, reduction of rapid carbohydrates.