Osteochondria refers to degenerative diseases of the spine, which include
Dystrophy, distortion and gradual deletion of vertebrates.This can lead to pain, some unpleasant consequences and in advanced cases - even in disability.It is important to pay attention to your health and consult a doctor in time when suspicious symptoms appear.
The cervical and thoracic spine are less common than lumbar, but the appearance of osteochondry in these zones may be full of serious consequences.Due to the proximity of the cervical area, the breach of blood supply to the brain sometimes develops on the head, which results in many complications.In addition, changes can lead to damage to nerve roots - as a result, the patient feels severe pain and numbness.
The reasons for the appearance
Osteochondria occurs in a very large number of people, especially today, when citizens do not have massive physical activity, proper nutrition and attitude.The reasons that can cause the development of cervical and thoracic osteochondrality include:
- Age -related changes.
- Genetic predisposition.
- Lifestyle, subordination.
- Attitude disorders;
- Severe overweight;
- injuries;
- overload;
- flat legs and other imperfections of the musculoskeletal system.
- anxiety and bad habits.
- Showing back and prolonged stay in the cold.
Recently, osteochondria has increasingly began to be observed in young people, which is mainly associated with the wrong way of life.
Symptoms of cervical osteochondryosis
Like most chronic diseases, cervical and thoracic osteochondria is quite insidious and does not appear immediately.In the early stages, the patient may notice nothing but periodic discomfort in the spine, but the progression of the disease leads to deterioration of symptoms:
- Head or throat pain, which sometimes falls into the shoulder belt and upper extremities and, depending on the course of the disease, can be acute and painful or cunning, stupid, manifested by periods.
- Dizziness, visual and hearing and hearing, engine coordination.
- numbness, burning or tingling in the upper extremities.
- Disease, fatigue, loss of normal work ability.
- The mediation of neuralgia, the pain in the area of the heart, the pressure changes.
Most negative symptoms are caused by the fact that the deformed areas of the spine compress the blood vessels and nerve roots, as a result of which their normal function is disturbed.Subsequently, such complications can lead to severe body disorders and even disabilities if no timely treatment has begun.
Diagnosis and treatment
The doctor begins to suspect that the patient has osteochondria based on his complaints and the collected medical history.To confirm or refute the diagnosis, the specialist defines diagnostic measures, the main of which is the x -ray of the spine in the frontal and lateral projection.To obtain more detailed information, CT and MRI are executed: they help monitor complications in time.
For the cervical and thoracic spine, complex treatment is foreseen.As a rule, it includes several main areas:
- Pharmaceutical treatment is mainly painkillers and anti -inflammatory drugs that help reduce pain.In addition, muscle relaxants are often prescribed to relieve muscle spasms, chondroproteters to strengthen cartilage tissue and B vitamins, which improve the condition of the nerve tissue.
- Physiotherapy includes massage and other processes (ultrasound, magnetic therapy, etc.) with the aim of improving spine status and removing mobility restrictions.
- Physiotherapy allows you to activate blood flow, strengthen the muscles, thus remove excessive pressure on the spine, stimulate the body and correct posture.It also helps to relieve pressure on the nerve roots.
A spine stretching is used periodically to return it to its original shape.