Symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis may appear at any age, but the risk increases after 25 years.The sooner treatment begins, the more likely to stop the disease in the crowd and avoid unpleasant complications.
Symptoms of cervical spine osteochondrosis
Signs of the cervical spine at the early stage of the disease can be lubricated, manifested episodically and not immediately alert the patient.
Osteochondrosis-Nothing more than deformation of vertebrae of a spine associated with degenerative (destructive) processes that rejoice in it.
The reasons can be different:
- Constant physical overload, unequal stretching of the muscles, long permanence in a static position (sitting on the computer, driving a car);
- Neck lesions;
- Inadequate nutrition with a predominance of fatty, salty and acute foods;
- Alcohol and cigarette abuse;
- Metabolic and endocrine disorders.
At risk, people who overloaded heredity, overweight and rheumatism patients.Sineration, severe stress, can cause exacerbation of cervical osteochondrosis.
Under the influence of external or internal factors on the spine, pathological processes associated with a change in the shape and position of the vertebrae, cartilage refinement and bone growth formation begin.
All of this leads to pinches of blood vessels and nerve endings.Brain nutrition is disturbed, pain and discomfort appear.
The symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis include:
- Headache and dizziness;
- Weakness, prefabricated condition, fainting;
- A feeling of evil -general to be, weakness, constant fatigue;
- Pain in the neck, nape, shoulder waist, crispy when turning your head.
At the same time, visual acuity may decrease, hearing worsening, patients complain of noise in the ears and "flies" before their eyes.The symptoms described are the result of innervation disorders.
A long-term violation of blood supply to the brain causes migraine, vegetative-tamarous disorders, respiratory pathologies and cardiovascular system.
The vertebrae of the cervical region are highly mobility with a small size, and the neck muscles are relatively weak.The cervical spine is negatively affected by static and high physical activity.
Degree of disease
There are 4 degrees of cervical osteochondrosis.Each corresponds to their own symptoms, but in some cases an expert cannot only make a precise diagnosis.
- The deformation of the spine is in its childhood, in cartilaginous tissue and bone the changes are almost not noticeable, emerging symptoms are episodic.Patients associate pain and discomfort with excess work, stress, physical exertion;
- The shape and height of the changes in the intervertebral disc, its integrity can be violated.At this stage, the pain in the neck, the shoulder waist becomes constant.He can get numb, his head hurts.
- Intervertebral hernias, squeezing the nerves and blood vessels, cause severe headache, weakness, dizziness, prefabricated conditions and faint.The patient feels fatigue, pain in the back of the head, noise in the ears.
- The vertebrae are deformed, bone growths appear in them - nerve tight osteophytes.The vertebrae of neighboring departments suffer, the usual movements are disturbed, their amplitude is reduced, each movement is accompanied by intense neck, shoulder and clavicle pain.
Treatment of cervical osteochondrosis
In men, cervical osteochondrosis is less common than in women, it begins later, but symptoms are more pronounced and the disease develops faster.In the first signs of the disease at home, it is necessary to start an affordable treatment:
- Daily neck gymnastics includes simple exercises that develop the spine and muscle that improve blood circulation (circular neck rotation, leaning on the shoulders, leaning back and forth);
- Alcohol and oil compresses, salt heating pillows (cannot be used in the acute phase) will help relieve neck pain;
- Relieving the symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis will help the use of medicines - spasmies, analgesics, anti -inflammatory drugs.
In the first signs of degenerative deformation processes in the cervical region, you need to seek medical help.As a rule, conservative treatment is prescribed:
- physiotherapy;
- Massage (necessarily - professional!);
- Taking medications that not only relieves the symptoms of the disease, but also contributing to the restoration of cartilage tissue - chondroprotectors in tablets or injections.
Cervical osteochondrosis is easier to warn than heal.
Preventive measures include the rejection of harmful and acute foods, compliance with the work and rest regime, balanced physical activity.