Cervical osteochondrosis is a chronic, slowly developing disease, the first symptom of which will be pain in the shoulders and neck during exercise. With age, the situation worsens. Gradually, degeneration of the vertebral joints occurs, the cause of which is cartilage wear, which, in turn, leads to arthritis.
A man leading a sedentary lifestyle dooms himself to the deposition of salts on his neck. Limited mobility, improper body position at the wheel or at the desk - all this contributes to the development of diseases of the spine. A person must be flexible and active. If not, then every turn of the head, body or exercise will begin to cause pain. The deposition of salts on the neck, as a rule, is an acute disease that becomes chronic with exacerbations.
The type of treatment depends on the severity of the disease. In the initial phase, the main method is physiotherapy. Further treatments include:
- Pharmaceutical pain therapy (muscle relaxants, opiates, etc.).
- Physiotherapy (electrotherapy, ultrasound, heat treatment, etc.).
- Injection treatment (trigger, nerve block, etc.).
- Physiotherapy.
- Transplantation of intervertebral discs.
Surgical treatment is always the last option. Sometimes there are times when the operation is required. For example, with a hernia of the intervertebral disc.
The following surgical methods are available:
- The increase in the width of the spinal canal.
- Implantation of an intervertebral disc prosthesis.
Launched deposits of salts on the neck, the treatment of which was not carried out on time, can cause problems with the mobility of the hand. In very severe cases, impaired mobility of the fingers develops - they almost lose their functionality. All these symptoms can significantly undermine human health, but the main risk of cervical osteochondrosis is that it can interfere with cerebral circulation.
The vertebral artery passing between the vertebrae is a large blood vessel that feeds most of the brain, and impaired blood flow can cause a stroke.
The first signs of spinal artery syndrome and impaired blood supply to the brain are regular headaches in the morning, pain in the neck, a throbbing headache that increases with head turns, accompanied by tinnitus, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, and sometimes vomiting.
If the disease is not treated, then it will progress, and cerebral vascular insufficiency will become chronic . The brain will constantly suffer from a lack of oxygen, vegetative-vascular dystonia, jumps in blood pressure, hypertension, fainting, and a stroke may develop. In addition, a constant lack of oxygen can lead to a rapid deterioration in brain and memory functions, and the development of dementia.
Deposition of salts on the neck can also cause heart syndrome: pain in the heart, between the shoulder blades, behind the sternum, which become stronger when coughing or sneezing. They arise as a result of compression (compression) of the spinal roots with bone and fibrous growths, which cause a reflex contraction of the coronary arteries. Even in the absence of cardiovascular disease, the situation can become critical and lead to myocardial infarction.
Cervical osteochandrosis is not such a harmless disease as many of us tend to think, considering it only with pain and an unpleasant crunch in the neck. If you do not pay due attention to health, this can lead to disaster.