Symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis may occur at any age, but the risk increases after 25 years.The sooner the treatment begins, the more likely you have to stop bud's illness and avoid unpleasant complications.
Symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine
Signs of the cervical spine can be lubricated at the initial stage of the disease, can be manifested episodically, and not immediately warned to the patient.
Osteochondrosis-The deformation of the vertebrae of the spine is not only related to degenerative (devastating) processes that are delighted.
The reasons may be different:
- Constant physical overload, uneven stretching of muscles, long stay in a static position (sitting on a computer, car driving);
- Cervical injuries;
- Inadequate nutrition with the predominance of fatty, salty, acute foods;
- Alcohol consumption and cigarettes;
- Metabolic and endocrine disorders.
In danger, people who have burdened the heritage, overweight and patients with rheumatism.It can trigger the exacerbation of osteochondrosis of the cervix, and the cervix.
As a result of the external or internal factors of the spine, the abnormal processes associate with the changes in the shape and position of the vertebrae, the refinement of the cartilage and the development of bone growth.
This leads to the lace of the blood vessels and the nerve endings.The nutrition of the brain is disturbed, pain and discomfort appears.
Symptoms of the cervix osteochondrosis are as follows:
- Headache and dizziness;
- Weakness, prefabricated condition, fainting;
- A sense of general malaise, weakness, constant fatigue;
- Pain in your neck, sunshine, shoulder belt, crunch when rotating the head.
At the same time, visual acuity may decrease, hearing that patients can complain about the noise before their eyes.The symptoms described are the results of innervation disorders.
Long-term violations of brain blood supply cause migraine, vegetative-vascular disorders, respiratory pathologies and cardiovascular systems.
The vertebrae of the cervix is highly mobility and the cervical muscles are relatively weak.The cervical spine is negatively affected by static and high physical activity.
Illness
There are 4 degrees Cervical osteochondrosis.Each of them meets their own symptoms, but in some cases the specialist can not only make an accurate diagnosis.
- The deformation of the spine is still in infancy, the changes in cartilage and bone tissue are almost noticed, and the symptoms that occur are episodic.Patients associate pain and discomfort with overtime, stress, and physical effort;
- The shape and height of the intervertebral disc change and its integrity can be violated.At this stage, the cervical pain and the shoulder frame become constant.It may be numb, your head hurts.
- By tightening intervertebral hernia, nerves and blood vessels, severe headaches, weakness, dizziness, preliminary and fainting causes severe headaches.The patient feels fatigue and pain in the back of the head, noise in the ear.
- The vertebrae are deformed and the bone growth appears on them - the osteophytes squeezed the nerves.The vertebrae of the adjacent classes suffer, the usual movements are disturbed, their amplitude decreases, and every movement is accompanied by severe pain in the neck, shoulder and collar.
Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis
In men, cervical osteochondrosis is less common than women, it begins later, but the symptoms are more prominent and the disease develops faster.The first signs of home illness should start affordable treatment:
- Cervical daily gymnastics contains simple exercises that develop the spinal and muscle device that improve blood circulation (circular rotation of the neck, tilt on the shoulders, decided);
- Alcohol and oil serious, salt heating pads (not used in the acute phase) help to relieve neck pain;
- In order to alleviate the symptoms of osteochondrosis of the cervix promotes the use of drugs - cramps, analgesics, and anti -inflammatory drugs.
For the first signs of deformation degenerative processes, you should seek medical attention in the cervix region.As a general rule, conservative treatment is prescribed:
- physiotherapy;
- massage (necessarily - professional!);
- Taking drugs that not only alleviate the symptoms of the disease but also contribute to cartilage tissue repair - chondropotectors in tablets or injections.
Cervical osteochondrosis is more easily warned than healing.
Preventive measures include rejection of harmful salt and acute food, compliance with work and relaxation, and balanced physical activity.