Cervical osteochondrosis is a chronic slowly developing disease, the first symptom of which will be pain in the shoulders and neck during exercise. The situation worsens with age. Gradually, degeneration of the vertebral joints occurs, the cause of which is the wear of cartilage, which, in turn, leads to arthritis.
A person leading a sedentary lifestyle dooms himself to the deposition of s alts on his neck. Limited mobility, incorrect position of the body while driving or at a desk - all this contributes to the development of diseases of the spine. A person must be flexible and active. If not, then every turn of the head, body or exercise will start to cause pain. The deposition of s alts on the neck, as a rule, is an acute disease that becomes chronic with exacerbations.
The type of treatment depends on the severity of the disease. In the initial phase, the main method is physiotherapy. Further treatment includes:
- Pharmaceutical pain therapy (muscle relaxants, opiates, etc.).
- Physiotherapy(electrotherapy, ultrasound, heat treatment, etc.).
- Injection treatment (trigger, nerve blocks, etc.).
- Therapeutic gymnastics.
- Intervertebral disc transplantation.
Surgical treatment is always the last option. Sometimes there are times when surgery is required. For example, with a herniated disc.
The following surgical options are available:
- Increasing the width of the spinal canal.
- Implantation of an intervertebral disc prosthesis.
Launched deposition of s alts on the neck, which was not treated in time, can cause problems with the mobility of the hand. In very severe cases, finger mobility disorders develop - they almost lose their functionality. All these symptoms can significantly undermine a person's he alth, but the main risk of cervical osteochondrosis is that it can disrupt cerebral circulation.
The vertebral artery, which runs between the vertebrae, is a large blood vessel that feeds most of the brain, and disruption of its blood flow can cause a stroke.
The first signs of spinal artery syndrome and impaired blood supply to the brain are regular headaches in the morning, pain in the neck, a throbbing headache that increases when turning the head, accompanied by tinnitus, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, sometimes vomit.
If the disease is not treated, it will progress, and cerebral vascularinsufficiency will become chronic. The brain will constantly suffer from a lack of oxygen, vegetative-vascular dystonia, jumps in blood pressure, hypertension, fainting, a stroke will develop. In addition, a constant lack of oxygen can lead to a rapid deterioration in brain function and memory, the development of dementia.
Deposition of s alts on the neck can also cause heart syndrome: pain in the heart area, between the shoulder blades, behind the sternum, which become worse when coughing or sneezing. They arise as a result of compression (squeezing) of the spinal roots by bone and fibrous growths, which cause reflex contraction of the coronary arteries. Even in the absence of cardiovascular disease, the situation can become critical and lead to myocardial infarction.
Cervical osteochondrosis is not as harmless a disease as many of us tend to think, considering it only with pain and an unpleasant crunch in the neck. If you do not pay due attention to he alth, it can lead to disaster.
