Cervical spinal osteochondrosis - symptoms and treatment.

The spinal cervical area is subject to increased load, in which the cervical muscles try to lead to balance during the above source influence. This causes the appearance of muscle cramps, where there is a violation of blood transport throughout the body. As a result, the formation of anatomical damage is observed.

1. An inactive lifestyle.
2. Work related to long monotonous movements.
3. Sports as heavy physical tension.

Osteochondrosis, a century disease and this is the cause, and the rest is more likely to lead to the development of the disease. The manifestation of the disease is diverse, and on the first visit to neuropathologists, it is not always possible to make the right diagnosis. In any case, after feeling anxiety and the first symptoms, we visited the doctor's radiculitis. Diagnostics and start treatment based on examination results. In the early stages, to cure, perhaps, any pathology. Cervical area osteochondrosis is a chronic spinal disease, slowly progressive, where vertebrae, intervertebral joints and disks are affected and destroyed. The vertebrae from the first to the seventh, which belongs to the cervical region, suffer. As the disease progresses, the intervertebral disc loses their elasticity and strength, leveling, resting, their amortization has worsened. Such deformation is caused by changes caused by power disorders and tissue reduction. These violations are one of the natural processes of body aging, but various loads, posture disorders, injuries, congenital abnormalities of the spine and a number of other causes of early clothing and disc. More and more young people choose jobs that are inactive. The absence of regular loads leads to muscle weakness -The muscle improves spinal column, decreased metabolism and blood circulation in the intervertebral chamber. As a result, as a result of a one -time physical activity, pinching the spinal cord may occur or the form of intervertebral hernia. Spinal deformation (lordosis, kyphosis, scoliosis) is one of the causes of osteochondrosis

• Excessive physical activity in heavy sports or physical labor;
• descent tendency;
• neck hypothermia (walking in winter without a scarf);
• pressure;
• Work on a computer;
• obesity.

Part of the above cause causes osteochondrosis and other spine. Cervical osteochondrosis develops with excessive load on this part of the spine. The neck muscles try to reduce it, leading to cramps, blood circulation disorders, and as a result, to the degenerative process of the spine. The disease is dangerous because the vertebral artery goes beyond the lesion area, which feeds the brain. With disc displacement, fibrous tissue growth, blood vessel surgery occurs. For successful osteochondrosis treatment in the cervical region, it is first necessary to establish the cause of the incident, the prerequisites that cause its development and eliminate it. As of recently, the disease is only found in people aged 45. Young people are now subject to 18-25 years. The main causes and prerequisites for the occurrence of cervical vertebral osteochondrosis are:

• A violation of posture at a young or teenager.
• Excessive weight, different degrees of obesity. Extra pounds increase the load on the vertebra and disc, leading to the degenerative process.
• Spinal cord, scoliosis.
• Back injuries, which may occur in children or adolescents.
• Violation of metabolic processes.
• Work related to physical labor, which can cause spinal disease in different departments.
• Cheap lifestyle, sitting work, improper performance from any training.

• Pressure, nerve pressure negatively affects the general condition of the body, can cause cervical osteochondrosis.
• Moving infectious diseases is often the main cause.
• Wrong position, uncomfortable body during sleep (for example, uncomfortable pillows).
• Problems born or presence of hereditary diseases.

The main cause of this disease is an inactive lifestyle, as the nutrients appear to be "stagnant" and do not reach the back and forth. However, there are others:

• Lack of physical activity and sports, as a result, less advanced muscle corset
• Excessive physical activity
• Smoking and alcohol abuse
• Abuse of foods that are too oily and salty, "fast" carbohydrates
• Overweight
• descendant
• generic or other injuries -
• The initial position of curved
• Transferred infectious diseases with complications in the spine
• The natural aging of the body

The main cause of cervical osteochondrosis is an inactive lifestyle. Pathology is most vulnerable to drivers, office workers, lovers to sit near the monitor screen. Due to ongoing inactive images and with a lack of physical energy, they can:

• There is a violation of metabolic processes;
• salt deposits in the liver, kidneys, neck;
• The level of salt in lymph fluid, as well as blood flow, increases.

Vertebra violations are provoked due to lack of nutrients between (alternating discs. Also, the possibility of cervical area osteochondrosis is an unbalanced nutrition.

• Overweight, hormone imbalance;
• strong physical activity, heavy for the human body;
• genetic tendency;
• constant pressure, nervous tension;
• damage to posture (rheumatism, scoliosis, etc. -other);
• trauma in the neck, spine;
• abnormalities in the development of the neck department, flat feet;
• body hypothermia;
• Age -related changes;
• Sports activities.

Many of the above factors form a load on the neck vertebra, which is why muscle spasms appear. As a result, blood circulation disorders are indicated, the metabolic process decreases, and this leads to degenerative deviations. Sometimes, with cervical osteochondrosis, the cause of formation can be a developed disc, which is transmitted to bone tissue and close vertebra. Often it comes with prolonged physical work.

A method of preventing a disease

Osteochondrosis is a recurrent degenerative-dystrophic pathology that continues the background of the gradual destruction of the intervertebral disc and bone deformation. It is necessary to exclude the usual way of life factors that cause trophic deterioration of cartilage. These are low motor activity, excess weight, excessive physical activity, deficiency in the diet of product with high trace elements, vitamins.

Progress, cervical vertebral osteochondrosis approves several stages classified by various symptoms. Differentiate 4 stages of pathological development:

1. Basically, in the first stage of the disease, the discharge of the cervical bend (lordosis) is not emphasized. Clinical manifestations are not important, not severe neck pain can be observed, exacerbated by head turn, as well as muscle tension. This level is treated without medication, the main thing is to change nutrition, practice, etc.
2. There are instability between vertebrae, their displacement, Thuria can occur. Patients have more pain that is increased to the shoulders, hands. The height of the disc is less, as this is a nerve violation. Patients feel fatigue, headache, work capacity level, absurd drops.
3. There is a decrease in the height of the intervertebral disc, narrowing the holes, the hernia begins to form. Neck and shoulder pain increases, weak hand muscles, numbness, malaise, dizziness. Diagnosis determines weak mobility of the neck.
4. In 4 stages, disc destruction is observed, they are replaced by connective tissue. During such it hurts some parts of the ridge that are at different stages of violations. In people, change of coordination, pain, dizziness increases, noise in the ear and so on may occur.

Signs of the disease in the neck are very different from the symptoms of osteochondrosis in other areas of the vertebral column. Because the cervical vertebra is located near, the nerve root and spinal cord are pinched. This leads to the appearance of these signs:

1. The pain syndrome is located in the neck, nape, shoulders, arms and legs. At the time of the nerve receptor, the appearance of uncomfortable sensations in the shoulder zone, back of the head, hands began to rebuild. Due to cramps in the cervical muscles, blood circulation is disrupted.
2. The incidence of weakness in the upper part is recorded, which is associated with damage to the root function, which contributes to the entry of the motor nerve that rebuild the muscle tissue in the hands.
3. The upper limbs are rebuilt due to a decrease in sensitivity in it, a violation of the root in which the sensitive nerve endings are located.
4. When turning on the head, a painful sensation appears, you can also hear the problem. This is explained by damage to the small joints of the cervical region, a decrease in the level of the intervertebral disc.
5. Patients complain of insufficient strength, appearance of fatigue, dizziness, coordination disorders. Due to the displacement of the spinal cord, the vertebral artery is squeezed. As a result, blood circulation is worsening, leading to weakness of blood supply to the occipital and cerebellum.
6. The appearance of problems with vision, loss of sensitivity in language is observed.

Symptoms for cervical osteochondrosis in women are no different from signs in men. Women who have reached the age of 45 and above, diagnosed with such a disease, numbness and tingling in the upper limbs in a dream.

Methods for treatment of cervical osteochondrosis

The main signs of cervical area osteochondrosis include:

• pain in the back of the head, neck, arms and shoulders, which increases during sneezing, cough and minimum load on the arm;
• burning between shoulder blades, tingling in the legs or arms, numbness;
• pain and crisis in the neck that occur while tilted and turned heads;
• fatigue, weakness;
• fainting and dizziness arising from the sharp turn of the head;
• Headache, which usually starts behind the head, spreads to the temples and crowns.

Other signs of cervical osteochondrosis include noise in the ear, hearing loss, and a decrease in visual acuity. Sometimes the disease is felt by pain in the heart area. At the first signs of cervical osteochondrosis, consult a doctor who will conduct a comprehensive examination will make a diagnosis. In this case, diagnostic methods such as MRI, laboratory studies, ultrasound, ECG can be used. As well as shantsa collar - elastic with plastic or metal inserts, signals, bloating. Devices vary -different according to height, fixing level, and fastening design.  It all depends on the neglect, the symptoms of radicular nerve pinching, and other factors. How to cure cervical osteochondrosis or reduce its manifestation with medicines:

• Anti -Type -Non -Systeroid drugs. The drug relieves swelling, pain, reduces the patient's condition.
• Vitamin B with osteochondrosis of the cervical area. Contributes to the acceleration of metabolic processes in soft tissue.
• Stimulating recovery. They help restore cartilage tissue even in damaged discs.
• A group of drugs that help relieve muscle cramps.
• Anesthesia.

Cervical osteochondrosis is treated with conservative methods, and treatment is always comprehensive. Drug therapy is the same for any osteochondrosis of the department: using drugs from certain pharmacological groups, but the choice of certain drugs from this group, the dose, the duration of the intake is individually selected for each patient. Picture X -Ray cervical spine after vertebral c5 - C7 surgical treatment is supplemented by temporarily wearing Changtz collar or varieties. Due to the cervical vertebraeing, the cervical area osteochondrosis is treated faster. These additional orthopedic devices help overcome pain, normalize blood flow through the neck vessels, and improve the general condition of the patient.

The severity of the symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis depends on the degree of destruction of the vertebral structure. These symptoms are aggravated by the growth of bone tissue with the formation of osteophytes, radicular syndrome (root pain when pinching), intervertebral hernia (disc highlights in the spinal cord). The first signs of the disease are periodic headaches in the nape, pain in the neck, crisis and click on the vertebra while turning on the head, sometimes a little shoulder. Over time, symptoms grow, and the intensity of pain increases.  It is difficult to raise your hands from the side of the defeat - immediately there is a shot on the shoulder or neck. Headache restrictions due to pain often occur in the morning after sleeping in an uncomfortable position. The disease leads to squeezing the peripheral nerve root (casting syndrome) and causes pain along this nerve. It is possible to wet your hands or fingers, a violation of the sensitivity of a particular skin area separated by the pinching nerve.