All the signs and symptoms of degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine

In this article in detail we look at all the signs and symptoms of degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine. Osteochondrosis is a degenerative joint destruction of vertebral discs and the vertebrae with degenerative manifestations.

In this case due to the violation of the integrity of the intervertebral component, appear more terrible pathology – hernia and eject, and up to bone destruction.

What is osteochondrosis of the

It must be remembered that the process of destruction of the vertebrae and disks non-refundable and return the original performance will not work. All you can do is slow down the process of destruction.

Cervical degenerative disc disease is much more dangerous, because it is in this department of the spine, is a huge amount of nerve fibers and blood vessels, which are directly applied to the brain and the body in general. The vertebrae in the cervical region are very closely to each other, that also poses a danger.

Any squeezing of the nerve endings, arteries, blood vessels violates the blood supply and nutrition of the whole organism, which sees the emergence of a number of symptoms.

Symptoms

Cervical osteochondrosis can be processed immediately, due to similarities with other pathologies. While in the initial stage it is possible to generally accept it as an ordinary fatigue helena strain. And often the diagnoses are placed false. When the diagnosis is the most important, decide what kind of neural processes crushed, maybe because, that the brain suffers from a lack of blood circulation.

Frequent manifestations of cervical degenerative disc disease are:

• Headaches. This is the first and constant symptom. With the development of the disease, feelings of pain are intensified. Alone pain similar to a migraine, but docked painkillers. Of course, if the disease is run, then analgesics, cease to operate. Basically, a person experiencing a ripple in the temporal and occipital area. Meets and parietal locations.
• Weakness in the hands. It is considered a sign of damage to the nerve process, which are responsible for the regulation of innervation of the upper limb. Defeat can be very strong, up to paralysis.
• The problems of mobility, the appearance of crunch. When cervical osteochondrosis often turn your head is hard. Also, head movements are restricted to forward and backward. And when they are accompanied by the crunching of the joints.
• A feeling of numbness in the hands helena other parts of your body. Hands helena the fingers may lose the sensitivity. If you do not treat osteochondrosis, numbness fades up to full helena partial paralysis of your entire body. Depends guests the action from what are the nerve endings are damaged.
• Deterioration of hearing and vision. Sometimes when it appears the feeling of numbness of the tongue and lips, flashing "flies" before the eyes, blurred objects. Defeat affects these organs because of the close location to each other and the lack of oxygen in the brain.
• The lack of air. It occurs when damage to the neck often due to irritation of the phrenic nerve. The patient can't breathe a full breast, experiencing shortness of breath and suffocation, appears snoring. In the result, – hypoxia, constant fatigue, decreased memory, attention, weakness and nausea.
• Vertigo. A very unpleasant symptom, violates the coordination of movement. It is sometimes accompanied by nausea, faintness, noise in ears. Arise the feelings of the vibrations of the floor under your feet. It manifests itself when oxygen fasting of the brain due to disorders of the function of blood vessels and arteries.

Reasons

Their very many. It appeared clear views, why osteochondrosis of the hits on this or that guests of the spinal column. But, factors long known.

Lifestyle

The most common reason for the occurrence of cervical degenerative disc disease. After all, modern man has very few moves. Model of society and social behaviour is changing, progress does not stand still and osteochondrosis of the more "younger".

In this group we can include:

• sedentary lifestyle — lack of exercise;
• an unhealthy diet and being overweight;
• the constant stressful helena uncomfortable situation (often occurs in drivers and office workers);
• the lack of load on the spine, which weakens the muscular corset;
• on the contrary, too much of a burden on the spine.

Injury

When damage to the spine, in 90% of cases suffering from right cervical department. Often failures are detected immediately, but sometimes it is for the development of the disease requires time.

Violations in the work, the hormonal background

For this reason, they may suffer not only the people in the mature age, but even teenagers, when adjusting the functioning of the whole organism. It is worth noting that in this case, the disease can be prevented and treated.

If we talk about the menopause in women and hormonal diseases, diabetes mellitus and sclerosis, then the treatment wears more symptomatic in nature.

Genetic predisposition

This factor is more of a companion because of genetics – not a basis for the development of the disease. But, it has an effect on the formation of other reasons.

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

Is – scoliosis, a faulty posture of your body.

Diagnosis of the disease

The diagnosis can only be established by a doctor. Upon the occurrence of the first symptoms of degenerative disc disease should definitely consult with a specialist. Diagnosis is carried out by several methods.

For example, it covers:

• CT (computed tomography);
• MRI (magnetic resonance tomography);
• dopplerographic study of the blood vessels;
• x-ray – often used method for detection of the disease.

Each method is effective in a certain stage of development of degenerative disc disease. For example, radiography is not informative in the early stage of the pathology.

When a heavy course of the disease, together violations of sensitivity, paralysis and fainting, held Doppler.

From the time of the diagnosis depends the success of the treatment. Than he sooner, the greater is the probability of the minimum disturbance in the functioning of the spine.

Phase of the disease

Taken to distinguish the 4 stages of development of cervical degenerative disc disease.

1. The emergence of painful sensations in the neck, the collar zone during palpation. In this way, respond the affected nerve processes. The pain is amplified when you move your head, often when cornering. When in this stage itself, the spine is intact, the affected intervertebral space.
2. It is characterized by pain of a shooting character, which gives to zika, the shoulder helena nascent during the movement of the head. Pain similar to a migraine. Develops insomnia. At this stage of the disease vertebrates discs start destructive way to change.
3. The pain becomes constant, growing. Appear numbness and stiffness of the limbs, head movements restricted. In the hands of the increasingly felt weakness. Suffer from attention and memory. The intervertebral discs are no longer violated has them formed a crack and the joint bag bulge. Maybe education of the intervertebral hernia.
4. The complete destruction of not only cds, but also of the vertebrae. The bones are also destroyed. At this stage, without surgery can not do, because from hernia are the result of paralysis of not only the hands, but also your whole body.

It is believed that the osteochondrosis can be treated in a domestic environment only on the first two stages. The third requires a more specialised observation and treatment under the supervision of a neurologist helena vertebrologist.

Home treatment

Zdf is worth to mention that the treatment on the first stage without the consultation of the doctor perform not worth it. Yet for the diagnosis of cervical degenerative disc disease in addition to advice is needed to perform the diagnosis and examination. Because, osteochondrosis of the may issue for more serious pathology, in the context of heart failure.

If diagnosed wrong, it means that the treatment will be scheduled late. The consequences can be disastrous – ischemia of the brain, stroke, squeezing the spinal cord and other diseases, life-threatening patient.

At home treatment consists of:

1. medical therapy;
2. massage;
3. therapeutic gymnastics.

It is very important to approach treatment comprehensively. In the opposite case, the result can even be helena will be, but the short-term.

Treatment treatment

Indications and use of medicinal resources is necessary for the relief of severe pain, the mobilization against the disease, alleviate the symptoms.

Medications can set apart different orientation:

• their pressure and improve the functioning of the brain , the so – called neuro-protectors. They form a large group of drugs;
• improve vision;
• prevents the development of insensitivity helena the removal of muscle spasm – muscle relaxants;
• anti-inflammatory –;
• anti-inflammatory non-steroidal – reduce inflammation of pain in the acute period. They are produced not only in the form of a tablet, but also in the form of capsules, ointments and solutions for injections. They are not intended for long-term use because of the fixed effects on the mucosa of the digestive tract;
• b vitamins (B1, B6, B12). Help restore the functioning of the brain and nervous system. Are responsible for the transmission of nerve impulses.

Vitamins it is possible to receive in the form of a tablet or in injections in the diagram. The second option allows you to achieve better effect;

Chondroprotectors occupy a special place. Are medications that for better power supply of the intervertebral cartilage, which slows down their degenerative and degenerative changes. Effective only in the first two stages.

Massage

It is an integral part of the treatment. Traditional massage according to the recommendations of the experts should take courses once per half a year. To date, there are very many methods of treatment of degenerative disc disease of the neck zone and is to choose from.

For example, practiced the manual of methods, established on the other side and give good results in the treatment.

Recently appeared direction – osteopathy, is a very interesting by examining the human body as a whole with the muscular-skeletal system, mental and nervous. Are unified. Treatment is done by the hands.

Acupuncture too is a good solution in the holding of his experienced specialist.

Hirudotherapy helena healing the leech of the performance is on a par with acupuncture.

Gymnastics

We've already talked about the fact that one of the factors that influence the development of cervical degenerative disc disease, is a physical load on the muscles of the back. These days we most of the time we spend in the sitting position, without changing the posture of your body, which can be downright uncomfortable.

Important information! You cannot perform the exercises in the period of acute pain.

In order to maintain and strengthen the muscular corset need a day to perform simple exercises. In particular, they are important in the initial manifestations of the disease.

1. Starting position – standing, naked to the shoulder width, belly involved, and his shoulders straightened. From this provision, the hands need to move to the hillside and up, even at the very top, followed by the abduction back. Feel, how they are connected the blades. After this holding your body straight. Repeat up to 7 times.
2. IM the same. Understand yourself your hands as it is possible to do not exceed your elbows looked forward. Then you can get your hands back so that her hands touched her elbows. Don't forget to be dragged constantly the abdomen. Repeat up to 10 times.
3. According to options it is better to do this exercise performed in a standing position, but if it is difficult, helena appeared the dizziness, then the home sedentary situation. Neck stay straight and shoulders spread. Head it is necessary to turn to the left and the chin to get to the shoulder, not rotating it. Do the same on the other side. The exercise is performed by alternately repeating up to 5 times.
4. Similarly, as exercise no. 3, only the head makes the sail forward and backward at a very slow pace.
5. Slowly and carefully make a semicircle with leaned forward, the head from the left shoulder to the right and back. Attention! You cannot do circular motion, only a half circle!
6. IP – standing. Need to squeeze a fist and prop his chin. Press the chin on the hands for 5 seconds, after which, the change of the position of the occipital guests. Very effective exercises for training the muscles in the neck area. Repeat 4 times.
7. In a sitting position his hands pushing into of the thigh, and the head is tilted more forward. Ideal is considered to be a condition where the chin rests on the chest. In this regard, it is again his head first left, then right. It is important to chin the whole time touched on the breast. Repeat up to 10 times.
8. You need a chair with a low backrest. It will be good if this exercise is executed at least 4 times. Shoulders straightened. Task to try to show on the wall behind.
9. A sedentary position on a chair. Hands between his knees. Inhale – tilt to the side. Exhale – direct position. Carried out alternately left and right, up to 7 times.
10. Exercises for the abdomen. Lying down need to bend over backwards to up, trying to fixate on the body as possible and longer. Repeat 6 times.

The complex is only carried out in time, and with the gradual accumulation of the number of repetitions.

Folk remedies

Treatment of folk remedies is more activities, aimed at warming the sick zone. But here it is necessary with a caution to use this practice, because the neck is located in great proximity to the main brain. And so, place to treat, it can hurt.

In the treatment of folk recipes, it is better to choose a softer impact, not allowing severe irritation.

Recipes:

• Boban friends from my grandmother. Used iodine and camphor 10 ml, analgin – 10 tablets are crushed, the alcohol – 300 ml. Everything stirred and neck, spread a thin layer on the whole night.
• Potatoes cream from the grated potatoes and honey. Superimposed on the night.
• A poultice of horseradish. Fresh leaves of horseradish are processed over the steam and superimposed on the neck as a compress for 15 minutes.
• A poultice of aloe. Is taken 1 pcs leaves of aloe, ground, added to 2 parts honey and 3 parts of alcohol of the product. The mixture should stand for 12 hours. Superimposed compress for 15 minutes maximum.