Cervical osteochondrosis - causes, signs and treatment

The osteochondrosis of the cervical region is an intervertebral disease disease, which consists of the appearance of pathological metabolic disorders.When the pulp, which performs the impact role, begins to strengthen due to active processes ° Ossiffic, there is discomfort associated with pierced nerve roots.

Without timely treatment, osteochondrose of the cervical region, serious consequences arise that interfere with the normal life.You need to know in which symptoms to start the alarm.

Osteochondrosis doors - Classification

The problem of disease is untimely detection.The patient has classic neurological events - headaches, dizziness, flies in her eyes, shortness of breath, neck pain, chest.The patient can go into everwhen limb, which is why he will visit a cardiologist, a neurologist, a therapist, or orthopedic, without the realization of the actual causes of non-flurry.

The disease has a physiological nature, because the human spine, in a vertical position, is forced to withstand long static loads.With age, bone tissue weakens, which negatively affects the health status of the spine.Destructive and deep processes are developed, which leads to the occurrence of osteochondrose.Cervical osteochondrosis occurs more often, because the neck has good mobility, which makes this department prone to traumatic impairment.

The disease is one of the most common among the diseases of the spine.Osteochondrosis also strives to reduce age.If 20 years ago, people from 40 to 60 met with bolts' complaints, now people age 30 to 40 are more likely to complain.Such unfavorable changes are related to the deterioration of health indicators, which is due to the sitting lifestyle, obesity and reduced dietary quality.

Pathology is connected not only with physiological disadvantages, but also with the pathological state of the body.Physiological processes are due to the occurrence of destructive processes against the background of the aging of the body and cartilage.Over time, natural disadvantaged changes that cannot be prevented - metabolic processes are disturbed, calcium reserves are fracent.Pathological factors - destruction of cartilage and wear intervertebral discs associated with the leadership of an unhealthy lifestyle.

Also, the pathological flow of intervelebrebral discs and environmental elastic content can be complicated in the ligamentous apparatus, the pathological department of the vertebrae (spondinosis), pressing (the development of Hernie type) and the creation of calcium deposits.

Symptoms of osteochondrose cervix

In the early stages, it is difficult to identify clear signs of the disease, because the symptoms are paroxysmal, sometimes entirely pass.The diagnosis is more common than those patients who use periodic hospitals.With a reduction in pain sensitivity, the disease is disguised and becomes more difficult to diagnose it to external signs.Usually the patient does not believe he has problems until the disease reaches the terminal phase.In addition to pain in the neck and head, dizziness and jumps in blood pressure appear.

Dizziness for osteochondrosis are beginning periodically, but does not always indicate especially for this disease.Usually this condition is observed by developing inflammatory processes in the ears, with bushes of brain vessels, as well as in the background of innervation.Sometimes such a state is associated with the diseases of the cardiovascular system, the weakened coordination of movement or anemia.If the patient has a dizziness periodically, accompanied by a sense of phility, lack of air and weakness, you need to seek medical attention.

What are the signs that appear on the background of dizziness are the reason for the patient's emergency hospitalization:

1. The arms of the upper belt on one side, accompanied by parallel paralysis of the muscles.
2. Migraine attacks, very strong headaches against the background of general weaknesses.
3. Problems with movement coordination.
4. Violation of consciousness, his loss.

Headache is one of the most common and non-specific characters that occur against the background of cervical osteochondrose.The most commonly occurs headache of tension in women.This condition is associated with the characteristics of the hormonal background (excess body of the body compared to men) and vascular weakness, which is also associated with hormonal status (increased progesterone relaxes the vessels, making them less durable).

With osteochondrose, the headache is happening due to frequent brain vessel cramps, on the background of pushing nerve roots and increasing indicators of intracranial pressure.Athachondrous hurts often resemble hypertension, IBS or impact attack (it is important to consider that the older person is, the higher the risk of pathology).

If the patient also has other diseases associated with the impaired function of the heart muscle, then the attacks of osteochondrose, heart pain will be observed.Normally in people with cardiovascular diseases, the attack of angina pectoris appears, blood pressure, extrasiol, arrhythmia and pain in the chest.If you use first aid drugs, the patient doesn't get better, and the attack lasts a long time, it's urgent to call urgent help so that the patient was taken to the hospital to the hospital to the cardiologist.

Osteochondrose's pain syndrome

Should describe the characteristics of pain syndrome disease.An unpleasant sensation does not always occur in the occipital area or in the head.There are attacks, pain in which they are more often localized in completely different places.The pain in cerdical often radiates into arms or shoulders.The distinctive signs of unpleasant sensations appeared uneasiness immediately after waking up or performing sudden movements.An example is sneezing or laughing.Even with such mild physiological reactions, there may be attack from pain syndrome.

If the pathology is not too neglected, an unpleasant sensation will soon disappear, and discomfort is often accompanied by improved blood in the thunderstore.Often the disease occurs in people with cervix - a pathophysiological condition related to increased flexibility in the neck.If a person often raises his head back, this condition may occur.The more advanced pathological condition, above, the patient feels, because the pain returns over time, intensifying, delivering more powerful torments.

What sensations and signs of pain do patients describe the most common:

1. The pain continues from the "depth" door.
2. When they rotate their heads, a crumbly or a strong feeling of cracks are respected.
3. When an unpleasant sensation is observed, the patient has stiffness in the cervical region, accompanied by muscle weakness.

According to statistics, the disease usually affects 6 and 7 cervical vertebrae.The disease occurs in any of the vertebral parts of the materialization.

Development of arterial hypertension with cervical osteochondrosis

There is a clear relationship between a particular disease and growing pressure.Cerrvical spines penetrate with nervous ends and vascular channel.If calcinated on the surface of the spine increases, a pathological grip of nerve endings and blood vessels appear.As a result, Microspasus occurs and the patient has characteristic aggravations in well-being.

Hypertension, which occurs against the background, has special differences:

1. Persistent, acute headache is the most characteristic feature of Shokh.
2. Chest pain about inhalation, discomfort in the limbs.
3. Reducing the sensitivity in the collar zone.
4. The appearance of a sharp pressure jumps after nervous tension, muscle surge, or after a long stay in anti-angular pose.

Causes of osteochondrose doors

Mostly this disease is associated with natural aging processes and the occurrence of a musculos-bone system pathology.It is worth noting that not all people in old age suffer from osteochondrose.Usually this disease is overwhelmed from the obesity that leads a sitting lifestyle.

Provocated factors causing pathology include:

1. Sedentary lifestyle, including hypodynamia.
2. An interest in unpleasant posture associated with long, static stress.An example is long sitting on the desktop, without maintaining the appropriate position.
3. Obesity or excess body weight.High weight is not always associated with fat deposits.In bodybuilders or massive athletes, increased weight index is often observed.Overrunning of the recommended weight is full of not only by early wearing spine, but also for overloading the cardiovascular system.
4. Chronic stress associated with nervous processing.
5. Previously suffered head injuries or door dislocation.
6. Local hypothermia - blow your neck.
7. The presence of a pathological autoimmune process in the body, which negatively affects the state of cartilage, bone tissue.Examples are rheumatoid arthritis, leading to the development of such diseases, such as Shokh.
8. The presence of congenital anomalies in the structure of the cartilage spine.

The presence of dosed physical effort, the correct nutrition and the refusal of bad habits is the best way to minimize the risks of deterioration associated with osteochondrose.

Stages of disease development

There are several phases of the development of the pathological condition associated with the force of the event of the symptom of osteochondrose:

1. The preclical phase is the first.At the initial phases, it is difficult to notice the signs of the disease, because there are still no specific symptoms.The only thing an experienced specialist can notice the smoothness of the cervix.As a result of such a small change, minimal discomfort is possible with sharp door crossings to the side.Tense, the tension, pain in the lumbar area and the muscles can occur, because the cervical zone often retreats the lumbar.If the patient was lucky, and osteochondrose found at an early stage, then you can do with a change in diet and correction of lifestyle so that pathology does not continue to progress.Patients often ignore this phase, because discomfort rarely causes significant changes in the body.
2. The second phase occurs if the prayer degree has been successfully ignored.Usually at this stage there are signs of the instability of the cervical region.At this stage, the patient is already worried about pain syndrome.Neuxement sensation often give themselves to the hands of the upper belt.Pain with sharp slopes and head turns are harshly stronger.Since the pathological breakthrough between interverters is already taken place, nervous endings are heated, which leads to the development of neurological syndrome in the patient.As a result, the patient has simultaneous symptoms, including increased fatigue, reduced performance, distraction and headaches.
3. Third degree.At this stage, the pain syndrome becomes even more pronounced than before.It becomes impossible to ignore such pain, so even the most honest patients are already forced to consult a doctor at a suitable diagnosis.The pain often radiate in the limbs and shoulders, and in the morning there is a weakness in the muscles of the hand.At this stage, there may be a simultaneous disease - an interverter disc hernia.In the morning, the patient feels strong stiffness, which also indicates the deterioration of the mobility of the cervical region.Dizziness and strong weakness are observed in patients.
4. Terminal osteochondrose, fourth phase.The destruction of intervertebral disks is noticed at this stage.The discs themselves have been replaced by the over time of connective tissue.The reinforced pathological process can already affect other spine segments, including the thoracic and lumbar region.In such patients, the quality of life suffered strongly, the coordination of the movement worsen headache and dizziness becomes unbearable, emerges in ears, other serious disorders - vascular disorders, problems with the respiratory system.

Cervical Osteochondrose syndromes

The danger of untreated symptoms lies in further advancement.If the patient continues to ignore pathology, various types of syndrome appear - symptom complexes.There are such species:

1. Vertebrae or vertebrae.
2. Vertebral artery.
3. Cardilli or cordial.
4. Rook syndrome.

The combination of these signs often develops into the overall image of osteochondrose manifestation.

Vertebral syndrome is often developing.The patient is over time, the mobility of the cervical spine is disturbed.First, stiffness happens after waking up.In the future, the pathology will be present constantly.Also, when you try to turn your neck aside, the pain appears.In X -Ray, some worsening are also fixed.Characteristic characteristic of vertebrae syndrome The presence of all the above characters.If there is no sign then this is an exception or axiom.The complexity of the diagnosis is that the vertebral syndrome is often confused with other inflammatory diseases of the thrumpline - myositis, injuries and stretching.

The artery vertebrae syndrome is connected to the pathological arterial process that occurs when compression.If there is a lack of blood flow due to partial overlapping spine arteries in the cervical region, the following characteristics occur:

1. The blood flow insufficiency is manifested by such signs - the appearance of noise in the ears, dizziness, pressure, vomiting or nausea.
2. The appearance of irritation of nervous endings, which is manifested by migraine or strong headache.Often in the patient can record a sense of oholbness or temporary vision of sight by one eye.
3. Starving of oxygen because of the artery squeezed.The patient has signs of hypoxia - shortness of breath, heart pain, unconsciousness, dizziness and weakness in the smallest physical stress.

Similarity is also characteristic of atherosclerosis and oncology.

Also, the symptoms of osteochondrose of the cervical spine is characterized by the development of syndrome by the heart type.The patient has signs that resemble heart muscle disorders.Many signs can look like a heart attack or coronary heart disease.During the deterioration period, the patient feels the ignition and squeezing into heart muscle, weakness, shortness of breath, as well as the increase in tachycardia attacks.To turn off the heart syndrome on the background of osteochondrose, you must exercise your heart rescue, ECG.If there are no signs of disorder from the heart, this is a heart syndrome that arose due to the fact that osteochondrosis of the cervical spine continues.

Rooser syndrome is associated with the main weights - bastards in the area of the spinal column and limbs.The reason is the transmission of nerve endings.During the deterioration period, the patient must observe the rest bed and use painkillers.Pathology is treated with neurotropic drugs.The prevention of seizures is focused on improving blood circulation, conducting physiotherapy and physiotherapy.The rotor syndrome is dangerous to complications.If even a small nerve is fully tight, it is crowded with immobilization of limbs and damaged innervation in the fingers, hands.

Diagnosis of osteochondrose doors

To determine pathology, you must contact the therapist.The doctor implements the initial examination, fills in the patient's hospital card and sends a patient into a narrow expert - a traumatologist or neurologist.Then the doctor examines the patient, makes the primary diagnosis when testing, which must be confirmed using laboratory tests.

What diagnosis methods are recommended for suspicion of cervical osteochondroise:

1. X -Ray.This is a fast and general option for an initial view needed to assess the condition of the patient's bone in the remote spine.If the patient has osteochondrose, then the distance in the bothering part of the spine will be reduced.
2. To learn a certain diagnosis, you can spend a magnetic resonance of tomography.MRI is the most accurate diagnostic method.The device will also consider bone structures and cartilage, soft tissues.You can notice any disruptions - attached nerves, the stage of intervertebral hernia and the degree of development of osteochondrose.
3. Computer Tomography.The research method is suitable if there is no doubt about the presence of intervertebral hernia.
4. Ultrasonic duplex scan.If the patient is suspected that the reduced vein of the blood, then is carried out by this type of study.If there are physical obstacles, this type of diagnosis will help identify them.

Cervical osteochondrose treatment

Treatment of cervical osteochondrose spine is directed to remove symptoms.There is no radical way that will initiate the development of pathology.It must be understood that the nature of the disease is not located not only in pathological development, but also in natural physiological degenerative destruction.

Treatment of osteochondrose cervical spine with medicines

Therapy medications is the best way to reduce pain during pain attacks.Usually medications are prescribed for the treatment of osteochondrose on the basis of symptoms:

1. Nsaids or analgesics.Not -steroidal anti -infalm cell medications are suitable for stopping stress headaches, which is more often watched in women.The appointment of a particular drug depends on the causes of pain.Example - If a woman has a headache due to vascular spasm, then an analgesics or antispasmodics are written off.If the pain appears in the neck, followed by inflammation, NSAIDs with the pronounced anti-inflammatory effect are needed.It is better to clarify a specific trade name for a doctor who attend.
2. Musorelaxans.These drugs are effective in treating similar diseases associated with destruction or damage to bone-cherry tissues.Such diseases include Hernie, protrusion and rheumatoid pathology.Recent studies indicate that muscles relay do not show not only a relaxing effect, but also effectively anesthetize.The drug group prescribes for excessive spasticity of muscles associated with their overload, which appeared against the background of osteochondrose.These drugs are practically not affected by the activity of the central nervous system, so they can be taken in the day.The flow of therapy lasts about 4 weeks.
3. B Vitamins B Combined injection agents Vitamin B1, B6 and B12 in large doses show analgesic effect if the pain syndrome caused by the prion nerve roots.The long exchange rate is required in combination with analgesics.In the event of deterioration, it is recommended to observe the rest of the bed so that it is unloaded the zone ache as much as possible.Within 2-3 weeks, the instructions are used for injection, and then 1-2 months drink pills. 
4. Chondroprotectors.Such medications are needed in the presence of degenerative processes in the cartilage.If improved destructive effects have already begun, hondroprotectors will not eliminate them.The long-term use of the injecting the forms of medicines can slow down the regression of the destruction of cartilage, more.The minimum period of use is 3-4 months.
5. Hypotents.If the patient occasionally has an increase, use medications that reduce systolic and diastolic pressure.Medications are also carefully used and just as prescribed by the doctor.TYTA blockers or calcium channel blockers are usually prescribed.
6. Sedatives.Funds for seddies are needed if, against the background of autonomous disorders, neurological disorders occur.Examples are anxiety, insomnia or sleep interference.On the initial phases, herbal sedatives are suitable.With more serious disorders, prescription drugs are prescribed.
7. Antihysants.It is necessary if the patient suffers from a slight heart disorder associated with the lack of air.
8. Calcium and vitamin D3 preparations.To support the bone fortress in the presence of active degenerative processes, it is necessary to take mineral complexes.Calcium is a necessary building material, without it, the bones become porous and break.D3 is a vitamin without which normal calcium assimilation is impossible.In combination of this substance, they strengthen bones of tissue well.It is useful to occasionally drink other minerals to support the health of muscle-bone system-silicone, sulfur, zinc, magnesium and boron.
9. Vitamin mineral complexes.In addition to specialized additives, it is necessary to take polyvitamens seasonal to maintain the patient's general health.Take complexes 2-3 times a year 1-2 months with breaks.
10. Exterior funds.To set the state of the door to feel stiffness, you can use warm or therapeutic fat, gels that contribute to improving blood supply.It is in some fats to cure a sense of constant stiffness, but applying a small amount of external drug before going to bed, it will alleviate the situation in the morning.

Conservative methods of therapy

In the recovery period, when acute pain drops, a person with osteochondrose should support the body using conservative treatment methods:

1. Therapeutic gymnastics.Special exercises with regular execution improve joint mobility, temporarily speed up blood circulation.The patient feels improved over time.The main exercise rule is the regularity and order of actions.If you perform physical education every day, the neck muscles come in a ton, which significantly relieves the load from your spine.
2. Massage.The procedure is performed after an acute period to improve blood flow and muscle relaxation.The contact effect is well in combination with silent muscle relaxants, the effective effect of medications.With physical exposure to the fingers, the local temperature in the heating muscles on the rise, which improves blood flow.Massage leads to relaxing clamping parts of the back.
3. Physiotherapy methods.Hardware processing is focused on improving blood flow in the damaged area.Using the device and exposure to the current or magnetic field of low frequency, medications are applied through the skin.These funds are absorbed well without creating a system effect.Examples of procedures-magnetotherapy, electrophoresis, laser effect, shock therapy.

In a negligible case, when conservative therapy is inefficient, the patient is offered to be treated surgical intervention.In particular, radical way of therapy is effective in the presence of Hernie or protest, when there are simultaneous spine diseases that worsen the situation.Indications for surgery are the loss of sensitivity in comfort, unbearable pain.