Degenerative lesions of the vertebrae and the vertebrae themselves are a rather common pathology called cervical osteocartilage.
Due to this disease, the disc is essentially a fiber-crack formation that gradually loses strength, elasticity and depreciation characteristics.In fact, they seem to penetrate and decrease in size.Therefore, the spine becomes smaller, the height of the intervertebral space decreases, and therefore, the nerve roots, blood vessels are pinched.
The surface of the vertebrae is also affected by the osteocartilage, where malnutrition occurs.In addition, osteochondrosis is accompanied by the formation of reactive growth of vertebra-bone plants (or bone spikes).Through the “failed” arrangement of this bone plant, compression of nerves or blood vessels can be achieved.
Causes and symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis
In most cases, this pathology is inevitable, and will show almost unpleasant symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis earlier or sooner or later.The reason is the physiological process of aging in bones and cartilage.When osteochondrosis develops at a young age, it is necessary to find contributing factors and eliminate them to avoid pathological development.
Therefore, the main causes of cervical osteochondrosis include:
- sedomery.
- Metabolic disorders.
- Spine injury.
- Genetic tendency.
- Chronic infection and poisoning.
- Physical exercise is weak.
- Irrational nutrition.
- Violate posture.
- Stay in uncomfortable positions for a long time and systematic manner, with a lower head or exposed neck.
- Diseases of connective tissue.
- Unfavorable ecology.
- pressure.
- Smoking.
- Low temperature.
Patients with cervical bone chondropathy complain about pain and pain in the neck, shoulders, headaches, numbness and hands.Often, these cervical osteochondrosis symptoms often keep chasing the patient.The intensification of pathology and all manifestations occur after overwork, physical fatigue, and "failed" head turn.
Possible complications
Simple osteochondrosis in the neck spine causes a lot of inconvenience in patients, but is not a serious danger to health.But the complications of this disease are already more dangerous.
In most cases, cervical osteocartilage degeneration is complicated by radiation syndrome, which is the body's reaction to pinching the root of the cerebrospinal cord.This pathology shows various neurological symptoms (severe pain in the neck, shoulders, impaired sensitivity to the upper limbs, muscle weakness, etc.).
Well, the biggest complication of osteocartilage degeneration in the cervical spine can be called hernia of the intervertebral disc and syndrome of vertebral artery.With a hernia until the patient is disabled, then there is a danger of the nerve roots and spinal cord of severe neurological diseases.
The syndrome of the vertebral artery occurs due to metastasis or reflex spasms of the artery of the same name, which provides blood to the brain.This pathology is characterized by headaches, ears, dizziness, "flies" and "spots", as well as other symptoms of impaired blood supply to the brain.Among patients with heart problems in the development of this syndrome, the course of heart disease is severely exacerbated.
How to treat cervical osteochondrosis?
Simple osteochondrosis in the cervical spine is mainly treated with conservative methods:
Medical Sports
Its main task is to strengthen the muscle frame of the neck, improve blood circulation in the tissues, and ensure the cartilage structure of the spine with necessary nutrients that can penetrate into the disc and only penetrate into the disc during active exercise.
physiotherapy
In the case of cervical osteochondrosis, this treatment helps reduce pain, improve blood circulation, and eliminates muscle spasms in the neck and upper shoulder straps.
massage
Patients with osteochondrosis are advised to receive regular medical massage classes.
Manual therapy
It helps eliminate pain and reduces compression of nerve formation in the neck.
Reflection
This type of treatment is used to anesthetize and eliminate neurological symptoms.
Drug Therapy
During periods of increased pathology, when severe pain occurs, patients are prescribed analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as drugs used to activate tissue microcirculation.When the patient's condition improved, he was shown a cartilage protectant and vitamin front complex.
However, it is worth noting that good results for treating cervical osteocartilage are only possible when all of these methods are used in the complex.
Prevent disease
For the cervical spine, three points are very important – this is a convenient orthopedic pillow, which is best to relax the spine during sleep, remove the neck for five minutes during working hours and exercise regularly to strengthen the muscles in the back and neck.If you impose rules for yourself, do not harm your health in parallel (don’t smoke, eat, move more) and treat pathology promptly, resulting in the occurrence of intervertebral discs, you can easily survive to old age without cervical cartilage.