Osteochondrosis of the spine is chronic, slowly progressive lesion of the spine of the cervical spine (starting with the destruction of intervelebral discs and ends with its "substances", protruding in the form of vertebra (degenerative-dystrophic process).
After that, neurological (compression, inflammation and their consequences) and vascular complications (vertebrate compression and the consequences of blood circulation disorders) joins the clinical symptoms of osteochondrose. With cervical osteochondrose, these are headaches, dizziness, loss of orientation, nausea, sharp drops of pressure that are difficult to normalize. Osteochondrosis is the usual pathology, of which the Symptoms of 45 appear in 90% of people (regardless of sex), before others - for office workers who lead a sitting way of life. The lesion of the cervical region was diagnosed equally often as lumbar osteochondrose. This is due to excessive movement of doors and weaknesses of muscles surrounding the spine in this area.
The essence of a pathology that happens to her
The intervertebral disc (shortened MPD) is a water function in the center and elastic, the strongest fibrenast grenade that surrounds it. The bodies of neighboring vertebrae are in the neighboring and below. Receiving (and excretion) The substance and water in interverter discs occurs due to diffusion (direct and reverse filtration, penetration of molecules in the disk and back) from the bones of the vertebral tissue. The gradual aging fabric of the intervertebral disk leads to the fact that the receipt of the necessary substances is slowed and influenced by the provocated factors (pressure, load), completely stops. The thick fabric of fibrous membranes is covered with cracks, loses elasticity, the core of pulp in the central dry (lose water). This leads to the fact that cervical osteochondrosis is progressing:
- MPD loses height;
- The bodies of the vertebral are moved, the nervous roots are clenched and start growing with bone spikes, trying to evenly distribute the increasing pressure (spondylosis) evenly.
Over time, the ligaments involved in the environment process, calcium impregnated at the point of attachment to the vertebrae and become the cause of stiffness, door restrictions. Since people continue to load the spine - they are actively moving, sitting in an unpleasant position:
- The bodies of neighboring vertebrae are all compressed by MPD;
- This leads to the fact that the pulposis is the core (rather what remains remains) pushed forward or backwards (more often for the front ligament, because in the cervical region quite thin.
Such a protrusion is called the protrusion (the shell of the disk has not yet exploded, but only changed its shape), pressure on neighboring tissues, which leads to muscle tensile, pain and other, expressed symptoms with cervical osteochondrosis. Over time, the fibrous shell on the disk is still torn, and part of the core is shot in the fabric (this breakthrough is called a hernia). At this stage (these are 4 phases), all acute symptoms of the disease can be absorbed (a small part of the core absorbs or ceases to irritate the circumstantial tissue), or will be reversed to the development of ischemic brain impact (death of hunger) and disability.
Causes the provocation of factors
Given the causes of osteochondrose, it is worth noting that the basis of violation is natural aging of the fabric of the intervertebral disk. The process can accelerate different provocating factors:
- Hereditary predisposition.
- Congenital shortcomings in the development of the spine of the spine (deformation of the body of the first cervical vertebrae).
- Damage and surgical intervention.
- Excessive mobility of the cervical region (for example, in sports training).
- Lack of physical activity (sitting work).
- Breach of holding (Parliament).
- Age.
- Nervous stress.
- Hypothermia.
Four stages (degree) and symptoms
With osteochondrose in the Grlić's spine, all manifestations increase from the stage to the stage, which changes more on the intervertebral disk - stronger symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis. In the initial phase of a person, muscular tension in the neck and shoulders can be disrupted, which is why it is quickly tired. Then the main sign of pathology appears - pain that gives the back of the head, shoulders, weapons, chest, can be disguised in teeth pain. The person begins to dizzy, concentration of attention weak, vision and auditory falls, this aggravates the quality of life and does not affect his ability to function well. Gradually, the symptoms increase and intensify - a person wakes up with a sense of stiffness in the spine, during the worsening of any sharp movements (for example, sneezing or fifth in the floor) in the neck and to lift a hand or keep an object in your fingers. At night, heart rate can boost or the appearance of a sense of air shortness can be worried - the patient cannot take a deep breath, because of pain, the person cannot move, turn around or raise your hand. In symptoms, osteochondrosis in men almost no longer different from osteochondrose in women (more often worried about headaches.
1. Phase (degree)
The intervertebral disk has lost elasticity and hated.
At this stage, a tension, fatigue, muscular fatigue and neck in the neck appears with the osteochondrosis of the cervical region.
First symptoms:
- Muscle tension, leading to their rapid fatigue, fatigue;
- pain, neck discomfort;
- The headache appears periodically.
2. Phase
MPD cracks, chicks, watch even more, the protrusion (protrusion of the fibrous membrane), bone growth occurs along the edges of vertebrae.
- The person has a crumb, headache, sensitivity disorders, neck pain, which intensifies with basic loads, gives other parts of the body.
- The sensations of neck pain are improved by loads, given shoulders, chests and the occipital part of the head.
- A person takes care of heavy headaches regularly.
- Cryst when you turn your neck.
- Difficulty in swallowing.
- Blood pressure bastards.
- Dizziness.
- Skin and fingers and fingers, weakening the muscles of the limbs.
3. Phase
At this stage, he erupts (hernia), bone spikes increase the size, spine ligaments are lined in the places of fastening to gardens. Symptoms for cervical osteochondrose in 3 stages:
- Symptoms of the first two phases of the disease are included in the brain blood supply (due to the compression of vertebral arteries) in the form of visual imperfections, hearing, orientation, orientation, orientation, orientation, orientation, orientation and others.
- Pain can be intensified with the most obitiated movements (tilt head), hits in the ear, in a villa, in the shoulder and forearm.
- The patient requires a favorable pose, trying to find the slope of his head that will alleviate symptoms.
- His attention is scattered, memory, hearing, the coordination of the movement is deteriorating, nausea disorders, nausea formed, stable hypertension.
- The pronounced stiffness of the spine, pareea, paralysis of limbs (immobility, weakened sensitivity), muscles lose strength and volume (atrophy).
- The smooth bend of spine is observed.
Fourth phase
Fourth phase feature - Symptoms of osteochondrose of weak spine of cervix, stiffness remains.
- Acute disease manifestations have disappeared due to the fact that soft tissues are exposed to the Ossification (Ossify).
- In 5% of cases, 4 stages of osteochondrose can be complicated by necrosis of adjacent tissues, ischemic brain impact.
- Events cause ischemic gait (starvation of oxygen and the spinning part of cells) and disability.
Possible complication of cervical osteochondrosis of the fourth degree:
- Ischemic brain impact, which can lead to patient disability;
- Due to the circulatory disorders of neighboring tissues, the patient may have trophic ulcers (death of cell due to lack of nutrients and oxygen).
Diagnostic methods
The osteochondrosis of the cervical region was diagnosed with various instrumental studies:
- X -Ray (characteristic diagnostic characteristics in the form of spikes with the edge of the spine or reduction in the height of the MPD appear in 2 stages).
- CT, MRI spine (allows you to diagnose changes in MPD in the initial phases).
- Discography (study with the introduction of a contrasting medium allows you to establish the deepest damage to the interverter disc).
- Electronography (with the help determines the obstacle, inflammation during the nervous end).
- Dopplerography from the brain bowl (allows you to determine the condition of blood vessels and blood flow in them).
In the event of damage to nerve endings, numerous neurological events of cervical osteochondrose, reveals symptoms and monitor the treatment of neurologists (helps to establish diagnosis, advice, prescribed medications).
Methods of treatment
Osteochondrosis The door is an incurable disease (such as osteochondrose of any other localization), changes that occur in the tissues of the intervertebral disk, irretrievable. In the early stages (1 and 2), conservative therapy can be suspended, in 3 floors of the conservative treatment shall be prescribed to relieve acute symptoms. Sometimes with stable cervical radiculitis (with the inflammation of the spinal core of the spinal nerve) the surgical removal of interfaced discs is performed.
First aid
The first help for cervical osteochondrosis is needed if the patient feels acute neck pain, can't turn his head, he's unable to make any other movements (lift your hands). In this case, in the muscles along the vertebral, 2% of the anesthetics or other drug solutions with combined properties were introduced. The blockade quickly relieves pain and improves the patient's condition. Treatment of osteochondrose Cervical spine in the recovery period is carried out by heating funds that can improve blood circulation in the cervical vertebrae and the mobility of the door.
Other treatment methods:
Experts can recommend various orthopedic devices:
- Rubber with sweet, which is a type of corset, a bend or a door carrier. With his help, the head is fixed in one position and thus relax the muscles, unload and anesthetize the neck of the carcic spine.
- Orthopedic pillow that allows you to sleep in the most favorable and physiological pose for the cervical region, without provoking muscle tension, pain and stiffness in your spine.
Surgical surgery
Surgical treatment may be required if:
- Intervertebral hernia (or hernia) squeezes more and more compressed roots;
- Other treatment methods do not mitigate the patient's condition;
- There is a threat to a disability.
Surgical treatment for cervical osteochondrosis significantly improve the patient's condition, but there is always the likelihood of developing different complications (loss of sensitivity, spine mobility).
Home treatment
Home processing of osteochondrose is the use of a product to help:
- Strengthen blood circulation of tissues.
- Improve metabolism in them.
- Finally, get rid of pain, inflammation and muscular tension.
They are used in the recovery period, when acute symptoms of the disease were left:
- Heating compresses with champagne alcohol. Take 50 ml of vodka, campairal alcohol, as many fresh aloe juice, 50 g mustard and 100 ml honey. Mix, add 3 whipped eggs of eggs in the mixture, leave for a day. Preparations The mixture applies to the affected area, with a ridge (2-3 hours), covered with plastic film at the top. The course of treatment is 12 procedures, after a week can be repeated.
- Ginger fat. Grind 3 medium teeth with garlic and 50 g of fresh ginger root in the blender, add 50 g soften to room temperature butter, won again. In addition to this tool, the damage surface is smeared 1 time a day (2-3 hours), covered with a film at the top. The course of cervical osteochondrose is 21 days after breaking up 2 weeks, it can be repeated.
Each non-traditional method of therapy should be discussed first with a doctor attending.
Prevention
Osteochondrose prevention measures are:
- Moderate physical activity and exercise for the neck;
- diet rich in vitamins and useful for cartilage;
- Orthopedic pillow and sleep mattress;
- Suitable job suitable.
You have to pay attention to the habit of wearing weight in one hand or bag on one shoulder and get rid of it. Such a single-visited load is provoking a factor in the development of cervical osteochondrose.
Forecast
Osteochondrosis is one of the most common pathologies that appears in 90% of people after 45 years (regardless of gender). More often diagnosed:
- cervical mood or greorvitar (due to the weakness of the material muscles and door mobility);
- Lumbar osteochondrose (due to load in this spine);
- Less - thoracic (This department is less mobile, the load on it is a little).
Violations that arise disease is irreversible, so it is impossible to cure pathology. Conservative methods can be suspended by cervical osteochondrose on 13 and 2 phases. The solution to acute symptoms will take 2 to 3 weeks, until the complete restoration of osteochondrose will not have to treat up to 6 months. At 3 and 4 phases, the most efficient method is surgical correction (removal of kilos and disks, strengthening vertebrae). The prerequisite for all people after 30 years is the regular effect of special exercises for the Grlić spine, because such measures solve the problem of improving the disease.