Osteocondrosis is a disease caused by degenerative-dynist changes in vertebrae, intervertebral discs and leagues. People are most prone to the disease after 30 years, but the initial manifestations of the disease may occur during adolescence.
80-90% of the population is confronted with this disease.
The symptoms of the disease
Depending on the location of the abnormal focus, 3 forms of the disease can be distinguished:
- The cervical region osteochondrosis
- The chest region osteochondrosis
- The lumbar region osteochondrosis
Due to damage to the cervix, the patient's complaints are related to the brain's inadequate nutrition due to the pressure of the brain blood vessels. The most common complaint is severe headache and dizziness. In addition, the patients are worried:
- Blood pressure
- Disorders for coordination of movements and walking shake
- Decrease in visual acuity;
- Hearing deterioration, ringing in the ear
- Hoarseness or hoarseness
- Snoring of the dream is a sign of constant tension in the cervical muscles.
During the cooling of the nerves, numbness and fingers, the weakness of the limbs occurs.
If the nerves are damaged, severe pain in the neck, scalp pain, sore throat, teeth. The pain extends to the shoulders and the limb.
The symptom of osteochondrosis of the chest region is also pain - intercostal neuralgia. The pain is due to the compression of the nerve roots. Chest pain is acute, coughing, inspiration, laughing, increased while moving.
The pain in the chest region can simulate other diseases such as heartache and abdominal pain.
Lumbar osteochondrosis most often affects people with sedentary work. This is characterized by the pain at the lower back, which is given to the bottom and the leg. By violation of the nerves, numbness and cooling of the legs, loss of sensitivity, stool incontinence and urine.
The causes of illness
The disease is considered to be polyetologically, that is, many factors contribute to the disease. The most common:
- Strong daily load on the spine
- Spine injuries
- Metabolic disorders
- Overweight
- The curvature of the spinal column
- Hereditary factor
- The process of natural aging of the body.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis of osteochondrosis consists of several stages.
A collection of illness and life anamnisis
The doctor asks the patient's questions to find out:
- Complaints
- Localization of pain and discomfort
- When the first symptoms appeared
- Which provokes appearance and increased pain.
- Which helps to alleviate the condition.
It is important to get to know the patient's working conditions, the bad habits, as throughout his life, that the bruises and injuries of the spine were, like one of the closest relatives of osteochondrosis.
Check and palpation
During the examination, the doctor draws attention to the position of the body and posture, the back and neck symmetry, determines the amount of movement in the back, detects painful areas, evaluates muscle tone, determines the presence of pain irradiation, and controls sensitivity.
X -Ray examination
The radiography of the spine is performed in two oblique projections, directly and laterally for greater information. Occasionally X-ray research is required with functional patterns, bending, extension position.
Computer tomography
CT is a study that allows the body to be more clearer to consider the body of the vertebrae, ligaments, blood vessels and soft tissues. We take one or more spinal segment images. CT allows you to determine the compression, height of the nerves, tears and hernia, the change in solid brain membrane, and the instability of the vertebrae.
Magnetic resonance treatment
MRI is used to diagnose osteochondrosis by cleaning blood vessels, nerve processes, and intervertebral discs.
Complication
Osteochondrosis is not only the back, as they generally believe. It affects blood vessels, nerves, muscles. Osteocondrosis provokes the development of many related diseases, among which:
- Migraine
- Deterioration of vision and hearing
- Tuna
- Schmorl's nodes
- Radiculitis
- Lumbago
- Sciatica
- Spondilasis, spondylarthrosis and others.
Treatment of the disease
Treat osteochondrosis in a conservative way, in severe cases - immediately.
Conservative treatment includes the entire complex of therapeutic procedures: massage, physiotherapy exercises, physiotherapy, manual therapy, reflexology, spinal traction and medication.
Medicines are prescribed during aggravations, helping pain, inflammation and normalization of metabolic processes.
Risk group
The risk group of osteochondrosis includes:
- People who drive a sedentary lifestyle with sitting work or spend a lot of time on driving or on a computer
- People whose work or hobby is related to weight lifting
- People with excess body mass
- Pregnant
- Women who wear high heels.
Prevention
To prevent osteochondrosis, it is important to follow the rules:
- Do not overload the spine, limit the vertical loads
- Fill charge, confirm the muscles of the spine, knead them
- Not
- Avoid spine injuries and bruises
- Do not wear weights
- Change the body position with a long seated load and driving.
Diet and lifestyle
The diet of osteochondrosis does not have strict restrictions and is attributed to proper nutrition. Salt and sugar should be restricted. The most important thing is that the food meets energy costs. If you are overweight, you need to reduce sweets and easily absorb carbohydrates. Replace coffee with tea, sweets - dried fruits.
Every day you have to do exercises that include sip, squat, tilt, body turning, running, walking, legs forward, sideways and back.
Sleeping with osteochondrosis is preferably on a solid surface.
You have to extend it during a long seated work and turn your body every 20-30 minutes. For a longer period of time, it is important to change the support point from one foot to another.
If you need to carry a difficulty, you can distribute the weight in both hands and use a backpack with wide straps.
Symptoms
- Headache
- Hoarse
- Urinary incontinence
- Fuzzy vision
- To wear a weakening
- Shark walking
- Snoring