Treatment of vertebral artery syndrome is aimed at getting rid of the causes that caused this condition.
Typical manifestations of the disease include, first of all, headache. As a rule, it begins in the neck and neck area, gradually spreading to the forehead, ear, eye, and in the parietal-temporal zone. Most often, the pain is unilateral, may have a constant or paroxysmal (episodic) character. When making neck movements, the pain intensifies.
Often, when touching the scalp (even slight ones), pain occurs. When tilting or turning the head, a crunch often occurs, which in some cases is accompanied by a burning sensation. This condition is called cervical migraine. The above signs are symptoms accompanying vertebral artery syndrome. Treatment is prescribed by autogravitational therapy. This method allows you to quickly and safely eliminate pain, increasing the distance between the vertebrae, eliminate compression in the nerve endings.
In some cases, against the background of vertebral artery syndrome, nausea, dizziness, ringing or tinnitus (often synchronously with the pulse) occur.
In some cases, there are auditory disorders, visual impairment (veil, decreased severity, double vision, fog, flies). Rarely, there may be disturbances in the swallowing process, a feeling of the presence of a foreign object in the throat. This condition is called pharyngeal migraine.
Compression of the vertebral artery provokes paroxysmal conditions. As a rule, they are of two types:
- After turning the head, the patient, as if mowed down, falls, without losing consciousness. It rises independently after a short period of time;
- The patient, turning his head, falls, losing consciousness. It can come to its senses in five to twenty minutes. He gets up, however, feels a long time weakness.
In some cases, disorders of a vegetative nature are detected. These include short-term hunger, a feeling of thirst, a feeling of chills or a fit of heat.
High blood pressure often accompanies vertebral artery syndrome. The treatment of hypertension in this case will bring only temporary relief.
Against the background of atherosclerosis of the vessels of the brain, the patient feels dizzy when the head is tilted. With osteochondrosis, the condition occurs when the head is raised.
As the vertebral artery syndrome progresses, the treatment of which was aimed at facilitating the accompanying manifestations, it can provoke individual pathological disorders in the brain tissue of an organic nature.
Against the background of prolonged spasms of blood vessels, the formation of persistent ischemic foci is likely. They are usually associated with pathological changes in the spine.
When conducting Doppler ultrasound, the diagnosis and all the manifestations accompanying the vertebral artery syndrome are clarified. Treatment, as well as diagnosis, is prescribed by a neurologist.
In addition to autogravity therapy, acupuncture, therapeutic exercises are prescribed. Manual massage procedures are also of great importance in the elimination of diseases such as vertebral artery syndrome. Treatment with the osteopathic method is considered a dynamic process, although quite complicated. The biological and mechanical picture of the state of the cervical-cranial passage and the cervical region undergoes changes during therapy. Moreover, at each session, exposure is selected in accordance with the leading violations. It should be noted that the use of the osteopathic method is mainly aimed at eliminating the causes of compression and irritation in the autonomic plexus of the walls of the spinal artery.