The cervical region of the spine is subjected to an increase in loads, which the cervical muscles are trying to lead to balance during the influence of the above sources. This causes the appearance of muscle spasm, due to which there is a violation of the transport of blood throughout the body. Consequently, the formation of anatomical damage is noted.
- A sedentary lifestyle.
- Work associated with long monotonous movements.
- Sport as strong physical tension.
Osteocondrosis, a disease of the century and this is a reason, and the rest is more likely a consequence that leads to the development of a disease. The manifestations of the disease are different and on the first visit to a neuropathologist, it is not always possible to make an accurate diagnosis. In any case, after hearing malaise and the first symptoms, we visit the root by the doctor. Diagnostic and start treatment based on the exam results. In the initial phase, to take care of any pathology possibly. The osteochondrosis of the cervical region is a slowly progressive spinal disease, in which the vertebrae, the joints and the intervertebral discs are affected and destroyed. The vertebrae from the first to the seventh, which belong to the cervical region, suffer. As the disease progresses, the intervertebral records lose their elasticity and strength, flatten, relax, their shock absorbing properties worsen. This deformation occurs due to changes caused by power disorders and exhaustion of fabrics. These violations are one of the natural aging processes of the body, but various overloads, posture disorders, lesions, congenital anomalies of the spine and some other causes cause early wear and tear of cartilage and discs. More and more young people choose a sedentary job. The absence of correctly organized regular loads leads to a weakening of the muscles that fix the spinal column, a decrease in metabolism and blood circulation in the intervertebral spaces. Consequently, following a temporary physical activity, a pinch of the spinal nerves or an intervertebral hernia can occur. Spinal deformation (lordosis, cifosis, scoliosis) is one of the causes of osteochondosis
- excessive physical activity in sport or heavy physical work;
- hereditary predisposition;
- hypothermia of the neck (walking in winter without scarf);
- stress;
- work on the computer;
- obesity.
Some of the above causes cause osteocondrosis and other thorns. Cervical osteochondosis develops with excessive load on this part of the spine. The neck muscles are trying to reduce it, which leads to spasm, circulatory disorders and, consequently, to degenerative processes in the spine. This disease is dangerous because the vertebral artery passes near the injury area, which feeds the brain. With the shift of the discs, the growth of the fibrous tissue, the functioning of the blood vessels occurs. For the successful treatment of osteochondosis of the cervical region, it is first necessary to establish the cause of the occurrence, the prerequisites that have caused its development and eliminate them. Until recently, the disease was found only in people of 45 years old. Now young people are subject to 18-25 years of age. The main causes and prerequisites for the occurrence of the osteochondosis of the cervical vertebra are:
- Violation of the posture in young or adolescence.
- Excess weight, obesity of different degrees. The extra kilos increase the load on the vertebrae and discs, which leads to degenerative processes.
- Vertebral column, scoliosis.
- Back injuries, which may have occurred in childhood or adolescence.
- Violation of metabolic processes.
- Work relating to physical work, which can cause spine diseases in different departments.
- Economic lifestyle, seated work, improper performance of any exercise.
- Stress, nervous stress negatively influence the general state of the body, can cause cervical osteochondrosis.
- Infectious diseases often become the main cause.
- The wrong and uncomfortable position of the body during sleep (for example, an uncomfortable pillow).
- Innate problems or the presence of hereditary diseases.
The main cause of the occurrence of the disease is a sedentary lifestyle, due to which nutrients seem to "restore" and not reach the destination: the spine. However, there are others:
- Lack of physical activity and sport, consequently, a poorly developed muscle corset
- Excessive physical activity
- Smoking and alcohol abuse
- abuse of too oily and salty foods, "fast" carbohydrates
- Excess weight
- inheritance
- generic or other lesions
- Initially curved posture
- Infectious diseases transferred with complications on the spine
- Natural aging of the body
The main causes of cervical osteochondrosis are a sedentary lifestyle. Pathologies are more susceptible to drivers, employees, lovers to sit near the monitor screens. Due to the constant sedentary image and with a lack of physical effort, they can:
- There are violations of metabolic processes;
- deposit of salts in the liver, kidneys, neck;
- The degree of salts in the lymphatic fluid, as well as the blood flow, increases.
The violations of the vertebrae are caused due to the lack of the orgormating nutrients (the intermittent album. Furthermore, the possible causes of the osteochondrosis of the cervical region are an unbalanced and incorrect nutrition. The most frequent factors for osteochondosis of the cervical spine:
- excess weight, hormonal imbalance;
- strong physical activity, heavy for the human body;
- genetic predisposition;
- constant stress, nervous tension;
- damage to posture (rheumatism, scoliosis, etc. );
- Trauma in the neck of the neck, vertebral column;
- anomalies in the development of neck departments, flat feet;
- hypothermia of the body;
- age -related changes;
- Sporting activity.
Many of the above factors form the load on the vertebrae of the neck, which is why muscle spasm appears. Consequently, circulatory disorders are manifested, metabolic processes decrease and this leads to degenerative deviations. Sometimes, with cervical osteochondrosis, the cause of the formation can be a development disc, which is transmitted to the bone tissue and nearby vertebrae. It often appears with prolonged physical effort.
Methods to prevent disease
Osteochondrosis is a recurrent degenerative-degenerative pathology that proceeds against the background of the gradual design of the intervertebral discs and the bone deformation. It is necessary to exclude the factors that cause the deterioration of the tricks of the cartilage tissues from the usual lifestyle. This is a low motor activity, an excess weight, excessive physical activity, a deficiency in the diet of products with a high content of trace elements, vitamins.
Progress, the osteochondosis of the cervical vertebrae passes some phases classified by various symptoms. Distinguish 4 phases of the development of the pathology:
- Basically, in the first phase of the disease, the unexpressed sanding of the cervical curve (Lordosis) is noted. The clinical manifestation is insignificant, you cannot observe serious neck pains, exacerbating with head curves and muscle tension. This phase is treated without medicines, the main thing is to change nutrition, do exercises, etc.
- There is an instability between the vertebrae, their movement, Thuria can occur. The patient has more improved pains transmitted behind, to the hands. The height of the discs becomes lower, for this there is a violation of the nerves. The patient feels fatigue, headache, level of work ability, inattention.
- There is a decrease in the height of the intervertebral discs, the narrowing of the holes begins to form an hernia. The pain of the neck and shoulders increases, the muscles of the hands weaken, numb, malaise, dizziness. The diagnosis determines the weak mobility of the neck.
- In 4 phases, the destruction of the disc is observed, they are replaced by the connective tissue. This current is bad for different sections of the ridge that are in different phases of the violation. In people, changes of coordination, pain, dizziness, noise in the ears can occur and so on.
The signs of the disease in the neck are significantly different from the symptoms of osteocondrosis in another area of the spine. Since the cervical vertebrae are close, the nerve roots and the spinal cord are pinched. This leads to the emergence of these signs:
- Pain syndrome is located in the neck, neck, shoulders, arms and legs. When joining the nerve receptors, the appearance of uncomfortable sensations in the shoulder area, the back of the head, the hands begin to be rebuilt. Due to spasm in cervical muscles, blood circulation is disturbed.
- The occurrence of weakness is noted in the upper ends, associated with damage to the functionality of the roots, which contribute to the inclusion of the motor nerves that reconstruct the muscle tissue in the hands.
- The upper limbs are reconstructed due to a decrease in sensitivity in them, violations of the roots in which sensitive nerve endings are found.
- When turning your head, painful sensations appear, you can also feel a creak. This is explained by the damage in the small joints of the cervical region, a decrease in the level of intervertebral discs.
- The patient complains of insufficient force, with the appearance of fatigue, dizziness, coordination disorders. Due to the movement of the elements of the spine, the vertebral artery is crushed. For this reason, the blood circulation worsens, which leads to a weakening of the blood supply to the occipital section and the cerebellum.
- You can see the appearance of problems with vision, the loss of sensitivity in the language.
The symptoms for cervical osteochondosis in women are no different from signs in men. Women who have reached 45 years old and more, to whom such a disease is diagnosed, known numbness and tingling in the upper limbs in a dream.
Methods for the treatment of cervical osteochondosis
The main signs of osteochondosis of the cervical region include:
- Pain in the back of the head, neck, arm and shoulder, which intensify when sneezing, cough and minimum load on the arm;
- Burn between the shoulder blades, tingling in legs or arms, numbness;
- pain and creak in the neck that occur during the inclination and the curves of the head;
- fatigue, weakness;
- fainting and dizziness deriving from acute turns of the head;
- The headaches, which usually begin in the back of the head, spread to temples and crown.
Other signs of cervical osteochondrosis include noise in the ears, the impairment of hearing and a decrease in visual acuity. Sometimes the disease makes itself felt the pain in the heart area. In the first signs of cervical osteochondrosis, consulting a doctor who will lead a global examination will make a diagnosis. In this case, diagnostic methods such as magnetic resonance imaging, laboratory studies, ultrasound, ECG can be used. Just like Shansa's collars - they are elastic with plastic or metal inserts, gestures, inflatables. The devices vary in height, degree of fixation and design of fixing devices. It all depends on negligence, on the characteristic symptoms of the pinching of the root nerve, as well as other factors. How to cure cervical osteochondosis or reduce the event with medicines:
- Nonsteroid -type anti -inflammatory drugs. Medicines relieve swelling, pain, relieves the patient's condition.
- Vitamins B with osteochondosis of the cervical region. Contribute to the acceleration of metabolic processes in soft tissues.
- Recovery stimulants. They help to restore the cartilage tissue even in a damaged disc.
- A group of drugs that helps to relieve muscle cramps.
- Anesthesia.
Cervical osteocondrosis is treated with conservative methods and treatment is always complete. Drug therapy is the same for osteochondrosis of any department: to use drugs of certain pharmacological groups, but the choice of specific drugs of these groups, the dosage, the duration of the intake is selected individually for each patient. The X -ray image of the cervical column after the surgical treatment of the C5 - C7 vertebrae is integrated by a temporary index of a Chanstz collar or its varieties. Due to the fixation of the cervical vertebrae, the osteochondosis of the cervical region is treated faster. This further orthopedic device helps to cope with pain, normalizes blood flow through the neck vessels and improves the patient's general conditions.
The severity of the symptoms of the disease of cervical osteochondosis depends on the degree of destruction of the structures of the vertebrae. The symptoms are aggravated by the growth of bone tissue with the formation of osteophytes, root syndrome (root pain when pinched the nerve), intervertebral hernia (protrusion of the disc in the spinal canal). The first signs of the disease are periodic headaches in the neck, neck pain, creaking and clicks in the vertebrae when turning your head, sometimes a slight shoulders tingling. Over time, symptoms grow and the intensity of pain intensifies. It is difficult to raise your hand on the side of the defeat - immediately there is a blow to the shoulder or neck. The restriction of the movements of the head due to pain often occurs in the morning after sleep in an uncomfortable position. The disorder leads to squeezing the roots of the peripheral nerves (Reale syndrome) and causes pain along these nerves. It is possible to numb their hands or fingers, a violation of the sensitivity of some skin areas innervated by a pinched nerve.