Wrong attitude, longer work on the computer, not enough or too soft bed, the habit of getting your shoulder when your hands are busy - each of these factors can cause osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebra.
Usually this disease affects people over 40, but recently it has spread significantly in young people.
Signs of cervical osteochondrosis
- The chondrosis of the cervical vertebra is usually accompanied by painful pain in the neck and in the side parts of the neck (if this is not a neglected stage of the disease).In this regard, patients have problems moving the head: rotation, inclination and other movements produce an increase in pain.In this case, it already goes beyond the cervix region and spreads along the hand, creating the effect of the shock.
- In addition to pain, cervical osteochondrosis manifests itself in visual impairment, weakening of the hearing aid and an impaired work of small (rejection of flavor receptors) and large (numbness of the tongue and face) of body parts.
Symptoms of the initial stage of the disease
In the body, the process of separating water molecules from the pulpoose edge begins, ie the dehydration reaction.As a result, the cervical vertebrae are planted, and then the elasticity of the band and muscle tissue are lost and turn into a "hanging position".This is the result of a decrease in the level of the spine in the neck: the muscles come closer to the ligaments of the neighboring disc, which violate the integrity of the design of the cervical vertebrae.Such defects contain a malfunction of the engine apparatus of the cervical vertebrae: they lose their fixation, shift and become mobile.
Discomfort in the neck
The most obvious sign of the disease is painful or sharp periodic pain in the neck.From the occipital part, they are transferred to the idiot, shoulder and sometimes to the chest, which can cause a patient to suspect angina pectoris.Pain increases when you tilt and turn your head, as well as with a deep breath, usually at night.
Violation of sensitivity
Due to a violation of the vegetative-vascular system, the skin sensitivity decreases in certain areas of shoulder blades, shoulders and hands.This symptom is accompanied by tingling, weakness and croup.
It's a dull pain
The third in the list of signs of the initial stage of osteochondrosis is a persistent pain that only calms down occasionally.It usually tightens at night and when the body is inclined below 45 °.The place covered by this pain: the neck itself, the shoulder and the forearm.
Acute time of the disease
In the last, neglected level, cardinal changes are observed in the intermediate discount discs: their projections and prolapses are formed.The vertebral engine segment begins an incredible and unstable functioning: his functions stop being carried out.Unko-Wirebrale and intervertebral joints are subjected to defects such as osteoarthritis and subluxation.
All of these changes arouse the body's protective reaction: In order to normalize the increased mobility of the vertebrae and restore the supportive and protective functions of the spine, the defenders begin to "insert" the vertebral engine segment and to restrict their further movements.
Sharp, penetrating neck pain
Acute pain in the neck, more often in the occipital part, as a result of muscle overvoltage, hypothermia, great physical activity or unpleasant position during sleep.This means that all causes of the disease itself are directly related to defects in the cervix region.It can take every other day alone and linger longer if an osteochondrosis develops at an accelerated pace.
Headache
Headaches spread from the occipital part of the neck to the crown and force the patient to burst and squeeze.The pain is accompanied by many other symptoms: paraesthesia, disorders of the visual and auditory organs, constant symptoms in different parts of the body - all these signs, including painful pulsations of the head, are associated with the vertebral artery.In the event of a sharp turn of a sharp turn to the side or the inclination, these characters emit the patient with a new, more force under pressure on the patient.
dizziness
Dizziness can be constant, but weak and last for several hours and be so strong that the balance is completely lost and a person falls, while the likelihood of an additional injury that is not connected to the cervical vertebra is high.
When the head is damaged in autumn, the disease reaches the extreme degree of danger, and the chances of recovery quickly roll to zero.In order to prevent a fatal result, it is necessary to regularly massage the damaged area in the early stages of osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebrae, to improve blood circulation and get rid of stupid and/or acute pain.
Noise in the ears
Chronic "background", ringing and sometimes pulsating pain in the ears lead to a failure of the nervous system: the brain stops perceiving the surroundings and the circumstances appropriately.
The patient with cervical chondrosis becomes an irritated, aggressive, non -functional person, loses the ability to think sensibly and get rid of obsessive thoughts.This means that calmness becomes almost impossible, and this drives a person in depression.
Only after a while does consciousness be lost and at least offers the patient some calm.However, this does not affect the work of the body.
To prevent such deviations from the norm, you should massage the collar region, neck and head again.Exercises should be complex to cover all of the zones restored.The aim of the massage is to resume the correct operation of the cervical vertebra and to strengthen and stretch the neck and shoulder muscles.
Treatment of osteochondrosis
The first stage of the disease
In the early stages, the osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebra is not dangerous.It does not require medication or intensive treatment.Only prevention is necessary, namely:
- Active and healthy lifestyle;Useful products that contain the necessary muscle and bone mass elements and a moderate number of calories;
- Regular morning exercises and better - active or at least a realizable sport;
- Rejection of alcohol, tobacco and excess caffeine;
- Avoid the rise of heavy objects (many times more mass of the patient with osteochondrosis);
- Constant monitoring of the attitude (it should be directly standing and in a seated position);
- The right comfortable bed that repeats the bends of body;
- Special exercises for the neck.
The progressive stage of the disease
When osteochondrosis flows into serious forms, the therapeutic process is to wear special collar, training therapy, physiotherapy and massage.
If the disease has already managed to develop into a complicated form, it is time to use medicines.Effective means: anti -spasmodics, analgesics and NSAIDS.Physiotherapeutic methods with paraffin, drug electrophoresis and other drugs can also have a positive effect.
Chronic character
The last stage of osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebra is chronic.In this case, chondroprotectors and vitamins B6, B12 are used.As auxiliary medication -external drugs: ointments, gels, creams with the salary of non -steroidal anti -inflammatory components and medicines for regeneration of tissue.
Clinics with the treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebra offer various therapeutic methods:
- Vacuum therapy;
- Acupuncture;
- Laser therapy;
- manual therapy (postisometric relaxation);
- dry traction;
- Pharmaceutical function;
- Electrical stimulation;
- Magnetic function.
These methods are effective in every stage of the development of the disease, including the latter.The procedures themselves are carried out on an outpatient basis, they are based on comprehensive programs that aim to provide both the symptoms of the disease and their causes.
The course of complete treatment comprises 10 to 15 sessions, and the removal of only a certain syndrome that delivers symptoms takes 1-3 sessions.
As with most diseases, osteochondrosis requires a preventive approach.Already at the beginning of the disease, a person should "evaluate" fear and treat themselves.After all, there are no guarantees from the progression of the disease.