Osteochondrosis- This is a complex of violations that occur in the articular cartilage.Most often with the damage to the intervertebral discs, which in most cases neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis are associated in most cases.By drawing intervertebral discs, osteochondrosis leads to a significant deterioration in the quality of life of patients who are forced to constantly suffer from unpleasant symptoms.The manifestations of osteochondrosis are numerous, mainly consisting of periodically in the neck, spine, headaches, dizziness, ear noise, numbness in different parts of the body and other unpleasant symptoms.
Causes and symptoms of osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis has become widespread due to its specifics.It is based on the natural process of biological aging of the body.By destroying over time, the intervertebral disc loses its security function.An intervertebral cleft narrowing occurs, and radicular nerves and blood vessels are caught in it.This leads to severe pain, damaged motor function, headaches and other symptoms.
Among the other causes of this disease can be called:
- Sitting, sedentary lifestyle;
- Excess loads (erection of objects with a large mass, physical overload);
- autoimmune processes in the body (for example, red lupus, systemic scleroderma and other similar diseases);
- metabolic disorders with excessive body weight;
- Calcium balance disorders in the body;
- pregnancy (provokes osteochondrosis in women due to the impoverishment of the body with calcium and inadequate distribution of increased body weight in relation to the vertical axis);
- Spinal injuries.
The frightening complication of osteochondrosis is formedA hernia of the intervertebral discwhich may require surgical intervention.Depending on the degree of complication, the symptoms may vary from mild to high severity.
Neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis are most often factors that lead to the restriction of human disability.
fromThe main symptomsThe following can be attributed:
- pain in different parts of the spine;
- violations of organs that are internal by the nerves of the affected area of the spine (for example, damaged secretion and stomach peristalsis with thoracic osteochondrosis);
- Different types of vegetative disorders (violation of sweating, trophism or tissue food, skin temperature, etc.);
- headache and dizziness;
- Violations and loss of tendon reflexes (they can grow, decrease, unequal or not called at all).In each individual segment of the spine and other departments of the skeletal muscle system, specific signs (natural only for this department) of violations.
Thus, withcervical osteochondrosisHeadaches have been observed, intensifying during neck curves, dizziness, flashes of "flies" in the eyes, faint, etc.lumbar osteochondrosis- Acute pain ("shots") at the back and lower, numbness of the legs, violations in the work of the genitourinary organs.
Osteochondrosis is often confused with other diseases with similar symptoms, soOnly a qualified neurologist can create an accurate diagnosisAfter talking to the patient and have conducted objective research.
A doctor's timely search avoids developing complications!
Diagnosis and treatment methods
Modern instrumental methods are used for the diagnosis of osteochondrosis:
- Magnetic resonance imaging (allows you to take pictures of the entire field of interest and identify the exact focus of the developed pathology);
- tomography calculated with the visualization of bone cheese structures and soft tissue;
- X -rrezo to determine the mutual adjustment of the displaced vertebrae and their displacement axis.
Depending on the results of the diagnosis, the causes and characteristic syndromes with which osteochondrosis continues, the treatment methods are also selected.
The course of treatment is quite long.To get continuous results, it must include:
- restriction of mobility in the acute period;
- drug treatment;
- massage;
- Manual therapy after exacerbation irritation.
For recovery after illness, methods such asHirudotherapy(Caterpillar treatment), physiotherapy exercises, massage, thermal procedure.According to the indications, it is assignedPhysicsHowever, this method has a number of contraindications and requires medical examination.In the current stage of development of medicine, it is possible to achieve continuous remission and significantly reduce the risk of irritation, provided all the doctor's recipes are performed.For the prevention of the disease, labor hygiene must be respected, not rising, avoiding hypothermia, etc.