Cervical spine osteochondria

Cervical osteochondria are some dystrophic changes in the intervertebral discs on the throat.

Not only the discs themselves, but also the vertebrae, soft and cartilage fabrics are exposed to negative effects.The main feature of the cervical area is the fact that its vertebrae do not have the most reliable structure compared to other sections, which makes this area very vulnerable.The vertebrae here are in immediate proximity to each other, as well as in those arteries powered by the human brain.

If the vertebrae displacement occurs, then the likelihood of squeezing nerve beams and arteries is high, which will inevitably go to the appearance of a hernia between the vertebrae and the protrusion, that is, the changes in the structure of the vertebral disc.

What is it?

The cervical spine osteochondria (osteochonosoz) is a degenerative dystrophic lesions of the intervertebral discs, which damage the wheels, vertebrae and cervical joints, there is a decrease in the height of the medium -term discs.The disease progresses if it is not treated and can lead to headaches, traffic disorders and even hernias.Like osteoporosis, the disease occurs due to a violation of mineral metabolism, as a result of which bones and joints become less durable.

Osteochondria can cause cervical spine instability (symptoms and treatment are similar to coarse, but have a number of features), which is often accompanied by vertebral displacement.In turn, this accelerates the development of osteochondicism, destroying the vertebrate.

Steps

The healing doctor must determine the degree of development of cervical osteochondicism, based on a finish, as well as the examination of the patient.There are only four points:

1. The first grade.The disease is in the rudiment itself, the patient has slight neck pain, which can be more intense if a person starts to turn his head.
2. The second degree.The patient may complain about very severe pain in the cervical area, which can be detected in the upper extremities.The clinical picture shows that at this stage of the development of the disease there is a pinch of nerve beams, which causes severe pain.Headache, weakness and general malaise are also marked.
3. The third degree.The pain becomes almost uninterrupted, also giving the shoulder or hand.Some patients are diagnosed with a hernia of intervertebral discs, which leads to loss of upper extremity sensitivity.When examining a doctor, there is a remarkable decrease in cervical spine mobility, as well as pain in palpation.
4. The fourth grade.At this stage of the disease, the intervertebral disc is almost completely destroyed.The connective tissue is in place, which leads to a deterioration in the patient's condition.He begins to feel pain, noise on his head, as well as bad orientation in space.This suggests that the artery is pinched, which interferes with the natural diet of the brain.

Symptoms of cervical spine osteochondry

Significant symptoms of cervical spine osteochondal are dizziness, headaches and blood pressure.

Diagnosis of the disease is difficult, the pain sometimes does not manifest and the symptoms are erased in nature, in addition, the uncontrolled use of powerful analgesics covers the signs of the disease.A patient who does not feel that the pain considers himself healthy and thus continues until the development of irreversible processes in the tissues of the throat joints.

Headache for cervical osteochondria

This is one of the most common non -specific signs of many human diseases.Headaches are particularly widespread in the female population.It can be difficult to determine the cause of the headaches and, in particular, attach it to spine lesions.About 14 different causes of headache in humans were detected.

The most common causes of headaches in the pathology we have described:

1. Brain convulsions.
2. Nerve roots sting.
3. DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT of intracranial pressure.

The headache for cervical osteochondria may resemble arterial hypertension, angina or stroke.In addition, in the middle and elderly, there are, as a rule, there are risks of stroke or heart attacks.

It feels that the pain can be paroxysmal, stable, pulsating and stupid.

With heart pathologies, patients complain about unpleasant sensations in the chest area, accompanied by a reduced heart rate.Only a specialized doctor can determine the cause.In the case of headaches, in combination with nausea, dizziness and loading aches, an ECG is necessarily.

Dizziness for cervical osteochondria

This condition does not always clearly show the cervical spine osteochondria.

Dizziness can be a consequence:

1. Inflammation in the middle or inner ear.
2. Brain convulsions.
3. Violations of transmitting nerve impulses;
4. Problems with the vestibular device.
5. Diseases of the cardiovascular system.

There are no clear criteria for dizziness for osteochondria.However, there are systemic and non -syntactic dizziness, they have clear differences.

It is advisable to know the differences of systematic and non -deceitful dizziness, this will help to identify the causes of an unusual situation:

1. Systematic dizziness is a sense of circular movement of the surrounding objects or the body, which is a consequence of violation of the vestibular device, optical analysts and receptors in joints, muscles and skin (osteochondria of various etiologies).
2. Not playing dizziness is a sense of censorship, a sense of deafening, an uncertain situation upright.With non -systematic dizziness, there is no circular rotation sense, and this is a significant difference between the points compared.

A person who feels that the dizziness of one of the specified types must be examined by an experienced doctor, first of all, a neuropathologist or (if there are suspicions of ear disease and nasopharynx) otorhinolaryngologist.

The reason for emergency hospitalization that is not related to cervical spine osteochondria is to detect such characteristics in the patient (except dizziness) as:

1. Facial muscle paralysis and numbness of the part of the shoulder belt.
2. Strong headache in the context of a deterioration in prosperity.
3. Violations of coordination of movements;
4. Loss or disappearance of consciousness.

Blood pressure with cervical osteochondria

The connection of the cervical osteochondicity with jumps to blood pressure has long been established.Cervical vertebrae have significant nerve endings and blood vessels.

The main pressure are typical during the day.Hypertension for a long time is not typical of this disease.Nerve irritation and short -term cramps of blood vessels cause a sudden daily dynamics of arterial hypertension.

A feature of increased pressure on cervical osteochondria is a combination with the following symptoms:

• Headache;
• Pain in the extremities and chest.
• Reduce sensitivity to the collar area.
• The appearance of pressure after stress, muscle intensity, long -term stay in an uncomfortable position and other similar situations.

These signs should be taken into account with an independent differentiation of the hypertension of various births.

The sharp jumps of blood pressure and the rapid degradation of prosperity are the basis for the search for emergency medical aid.

Osteochondry syndromes

The clinical picture of cervical osteochondrication is placed in various syndromes.The syndrome are various symptoms that occur together.

The osteochondria consists of the following syndromes:

1. Spinal.It is also called vertebrae, indicating that the bones and tissue of the cartilage are involved in the pathological process.This leads to the formation of such symptoms: limiting the kinetic activity of the throat, pain in its turns, radiological changes in the image of the cervical spine.It is the simultaneous appearance of these points which are a spine syndrome.A similar set of clinical symptoms are observed with myositis (muscle tissue pathology) and painful movements of many other pathologies.
2. Spine syndrome.It occurs when vascular beams are involved in the process, which are responsible for supplying blood to the tissues of the central nervous system.Symptoms suggest that the brain tissue has ceased to receive an appropriate amount of nutrients.How to recognize this syndrome?The first signs are the dizziness, the sense of noise in the ears, the differences in blood pressure, the appearance of a "veil" in front of the eyes.This suggests that one of the vertebrates is in a strangled state.Each boat has its own nerve endings.If you press those that encourage the spine, migraine, numbness, short -term decline in vision, on the one hand.As a result, changes in the boat lead to the fact that the brain needs oxygen.At the moment, a person feels drowsiness, short -term violations of consciousness, loses attention and control, works worse and remembers information.With such a clinical picture, it is necessary to differentiate the cervical osteochondria with atherosclerosis of the spine and to compress tumor or inflammation.
3. Heart syndrome.It is manifested by burning in the chest area, the appearance of dyspnoea.A person feels the frequent bearing of his heart, he becomes tired and irritable.This image is also characteristic of Cardiological Pathology, for example, for angina pectoris, coronary syndrome, heart attack.The exact conclusion about the causes of such symptoms can be made after the patient passes the ECG.
4. Rook syndrome.The part of the cervix incorporates 8 pairs of nerve, each of which has the roots of the nerve output from the vertebra.When involved in osteochondria, the patient feels a decrease in sensitivity or vice versa with severe pain.There may be numbness as to whether its pain, reduction of language sensitivity, freezing area, pain in the area of hyperculutation can be observed.Sometimes there are ingestion disorders, upper extremity movements, finger numbness.

First Aid at home with a deterioration of osteochondry

With severe pain syndrome, painkillers such as analogy, radioscope or baralgin can be used.If the above medicines do not have relief, you can get the NSAID (Nise or Diclofenac).

Often, "excerpts" are used, for example, a pepper patch that is not healed, but only listens to an inflammatory area and distracts from pain.In the case of edema in the inflammation zone, the patient may drink herbs or diuretic infusion for 3-4 days.Is it possible to cure osteochondria with such methods?These measures are only temporary.To treat the causes, you should consult a doctor.

It should be noted which doctor treats osteochondria.If suspicions arise that the causes of cervical spine pain is the appearance of osteochondry, you should turn to a neuropathologist.He is this expert who deals with diseases of this kind.In some medical institutions there are close specialists involved in exactly diseases of the spine.If your clinic has a spinalologist, you should address the question of how to cure this disease immediately.

How to cure cervical spine osteochondria?

At the initial stage of development, osteochondria can be cured without medication, as long as we review the diet, the daily shape and regularly perform a complex of special exercises.In advanced forms of the disease, effective treatment is only possible if the use of various drugs that help inhibit degenerative changes in the vertebrae.

The cluster of therapeutic measures involves necessarily physiotherapy - drug electrophoresis, ultrasound, magnetotherapy, laser treatment.These methods help to treat pain, inflammation, tissue swelling, improve metabolic processes and blood circulation.

Medication

The main methods of treatment of cervical spine osteochondroxis are medication treatment, physiotherapy, cervical zone massage, cervical cervical treatment gymnastics are particularly effective.The main groups of drugs used for this disease include:

Name	The principle of action
Non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).This is Voltaren, Nise, Movalis, Ketonal, Ketanov, Diclofenac, Nimesulide and others	Reduce pain syndrome, help relieve the aseptic inflammation and edema of the damaged nerve root.
Medicines that improve the renewal properties of blood and blood flow.This is Euphiline, the third.	Improve the diet of damaged nerve and improve blood flow to the brain.
Group V. vitamins are Kombilipen, Unigma, Milgamma, Neurobion.	Improve metabolic processes in nervous tissue.
Musorelaxants.This is midokalm, sirdalud, tizalud, tizanidine, etc.	These are medicines that relieve muscle spasm.
Coarse Protectors.This (glucosamine and chondroitin) are Arthra, Feflex, Doppelgerz, Zhabius Stone, Condronov, structure, Alflutop.	These are medicines that restore cartilage tissue, including the damaged intervertebral disc.

When accepting tablets by osteochondria, we should remember that the significant effect of the treatment of drugs with tablets will be only if combined with other methods, including exercises.It should also be noted that the treating physician must prescribe rather than cure the disease based on his scene and other signs.