Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine - symptoms and treatment

Many people today deal with a lack of physical activity.Monotonous work in the office, a long stay on the television at home and improper food - these are the main causes for many diseases.One of them can be referred to as the osteochondrosis of the cervix region, one of the most mobile segments of the human spine.There is a large amount of loads on it every day because its main function is to keep his head.

This disease brings considerable symptoms into the life of patients and is equally common in both women and men.The disease is considered progressive, combined with degenerative-dystrophic disorders of the intervertebral discs and therefore requires timely treatment for qualified medical care.

The reasons for the development of pathology

Osteochondrosis can affect all departments, but given the increased activity of the cervix region, it develops very often.

The disease is divided into 4 main stages:

• The first is connected to the initial diseases of the vertebrae, which are accompanied by unstable characteristics, and the symptoms are not very pronounced.
• The second - in which the gaps between the vertebrae and the destruction of the fiber ring begins, the violation of the nerve roots and consequently pain is possible.
• The third - if the destruction of the ring is already in the last stage, can form intermediate hernia, and there is often signs of vertebral sowing formation.
• The fourth is the most difficult stage when bone growth occurs and all movements become very painful and almost impossible, which can lead to disability in the absence of treatment.

Currently there is a significant detection of osteochondrosis among young people, including the cervix region.When this disease was previously regarded as age -related and was found in patients aged 40, today young people between the ages of 18 and 30 often occur this problem.

The causes of the disease are the following:

• overweight problems;
• Violation of attitude and curvature of the spine;
• Delayed metabolic processes in the body;
• Various trauma of the spine;
• Strong physical work and systematic lifting of considerable weights;
• Classes of some sports, violation of the training process;
• Weak general physical training, especially the weakness of the sore muscles of the back;
• Systematic hypothermia;
• Translated infectious diseases;
• Sit lifestyle, lack of physical exertion.

The reasons for restricting the mobility of the cervix region are also typical.These are muscle cramps, a deterioration in blood supply, pressing the nerve end, the narrowing of the holes between the vertebrae and the development of dystrophic processes in the vertebrae and the intervertebral discs.

Symptoms of the disease

The symptoms and characteristic signs of cervical osteochondrosis are mainly the result of a violation of blood supply to head and brain.This is due to the fact that the cervix region is saturated with blood vessels and that the human brain is driven.

The characteristic symptoms of the pathology of the cervix department are as follows:

• Headache that can be sufficiently serious and systematic depending on the degree of disease;
• Dizziness for cervical osteochondrosis is often accompanied by loss of consciousness;
• the presence of a characteristic ring in the ears, often a decrease in hearing;
• Violation of the coordination of movements, gait;
• Vision of seeing;
• Increased temperature of the skin and sometimes an increased body temperature;
• Language changes, for example hoarseness of the voice or the presence of hoarseness;
• unsatisfactory condition of the teeth;
• A feeling of deafness of the fingers, cooling and a feeling of the weakness of the hands;
• Pain in the neck, neck, pain in contact with the skin of the head, sometimes even toothache;
• Pain that spread on the hand, in the shoulders and their strengthening with different curves or movements of the neck and head;
• Nausea or even vomiting that can accompany with severe pain.

Headaches, restrictions on mobility and other symptoms can be available both in the complex and separate, as well as another intensity.As a rule, this depends directly on which specific object is influenced by the disease.On this basis, the disease is classified into the so -called radicular syndromes, the syndrome of the vertebral artery, the compression of the spinal cord, the radical syndrome, the reflex syndromes and others.

Treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine

If the treatment of osteochondose of the cervical spine is not available, patients can have typical symptoms of an untreated disease (headache, memory deterioration, temperature, dizziness, etc.) and then encounter rather uncomfortable consequences.For example, this can be a violation of the brain circulation that occurs due to the deteriorating blood flow through the vessels.

To avoid this, a patient who noticed the first signs of a pathology is necessary to seek qualified help.

To provide the patient first aid, you can use pain relievers and anti -inflammatory medication (tablets, ointments, injections).You can also use distracting medication, for example the warming of ointments with snake poison in or based on bee engine before visiting a doctor before visiting a doctor.If the edema is formed, the diuretics should be used or swell with folk remedies, such as herbal shots.As far as a doctor's visit is concerned, it must be mandatory regardless of the relief of the patient during the self -brokerage.

We do not heal lengthy cervical osteochondrosis.

Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine is usually diagnosed on the basis of patient complaints.To confirm the diagnosis, methods such as radiological examination, CT or MRI are used.

After confirming the diagnosis, the specialist prescribes treatment depending on the stage of the disease, the individual characteristics of the patient's health as a whole.It is worth noting that you can only get rid of the problem with the help of medicine in the initial phases.When treating pathology at the beginning of its development, treatment with folk remedies can be very effective.

With regard to the more advanced stages of cervix osteochondrosis, your treatment is reduced to a decrease in symptoms, pain and physical suffering from patients.With a competent and integrated approach, it is possible to eliminate the main symptoms of the disease and prevent possible exacerbations and to suspend the development of pathological processes in the spine.

The comprehensive treatment of the disease includes the use of traditional medicine and non -traditional methods.Additional treatment with folk remedies is also permitted in the remission stage.

Under the most common methods of treating the disease, the following can be referred to:

• Vacuum therapy;
• Treatment with medication;
• Acupuncture;
• Laser therapy;
• Electrical stimulation;
• dry traction;
• Magnet treatment;
• Classes of therapeutic gymnastics;
• The course of the therapeutic massage etc.

In order to remove pain syndrome, it is sufficient for the patient to complete 1-3 treatment sessions.To consolidate a positive therapeutic success, around 10 to 15 therapeutic meetings may be required.After removing the acute stage, use therapeutic gymnastics and massage.This will help restore the blood circulation and strengthen the muscles.