Each person who at least once in his life felt pain in the back, lumbar, chest or neck of the spine. The first symptoms of pain and the signs of pathological disorders of the joint cartilage are manifested in people in the average age category after 30-35 years.
The symptomatic signs of osteochondrosis do not distinguish between the sexual of a person and, therefore, can affect the spinal vertebrae both in men and women. However, there is a sad tendency to rejuvenate a bone storage disease when osteochondrosis is observed in middle and upper school age children.
What is it?
The international disease classifier of the tenth assembly determines the osteochondrosis to the class of musculoskeletic system and connective tissues. Osteochondrosis is divided into several categories:
- Youth Osteochondrosis of the spine.
- Osteochondrosis of the column in adults.
- The osteochondrosis of the column is not specified.
The causes of osteochondrosis are associated with a violation of metabolism in the connection tissues of the articular cartilage, characterized by degenerative-dysophical changes in the ligamentums of the musculoskeletal system and a general violation of the musculoskeleto system in the structural segments of the thorns.
The pain syndrome occurs as a result of a deformation disorder of the integrity of the intervertebral discs, which leads to the axial displacement of the vertebrae, and as a result, the nerve roots in the vertebral channels are pinched. Symptoms and signs of osteochondrosis can affect any department of the vertebral system, sometimes in development for several years, they do not cause uncomfortable sensations to a person.
In most cases, the causes of osteochondrosis are associated with a person's professional activity. The risk group includes the following professional categories:
- counter;
- ATMs;
- IT workers;
- office employees;
- professional athletes;
- Vehicle drivers.
However, it is observed that the signs of osteochondrosis manifest much more frequently in women than in stronger sex representatives. Many medical experts agree that the cause of osteochondrosis extends with high o'clock shoes. As a general rule, the first symptoms of manifestations of neurological diseases are diagnosed in women after 25 years.
There are frequent cases in which the causes of osteochondrosis are caused by pregnancy. A person's lifestyle is not of little importance. People prone to obesity constitute the highest percentage of patients with a neurological clinic. The adequate position and growth of a person are also of great importance. It is in such patients that osteochondrosis of the spine of the column is determined more frequently.
In general, the expected factors in the development of the disease include:
- obesity;
- Physiological aging of the bone muscle system;
- Metabolic violation;
- traumatic states of the column;
- infectious damage to the articular components of the spinal column;
- incorrect nutrition;
- hard physical work;
- A sedentary lifestyle.
However, the most significant causal factor in the development of neurological pathology is the hereditary (genetic) predisposition of a person to joint diseases, which is felt in childhood or youth.
The development of the disease
With osteochondrosis, symptoms and treatment are determined depending on the severity of the disease. So, the development of osteochondrosis has 4 stages of the disease course:
- The first stage is the beginning of pathological neuralgia, characterized by dehydration of the pulp nucleus on the intervertebral disc. As a result of this, microfiets occur in a fibrous ring. The signs and symptoms of osteochondrosis at this stage of development of neurological pathology do not cause special discomfort to a person. Only in the case of active physical actions, the affected departments of the spine are worried.
- The second stage during a diagnostic laboratory exam is determined by reducing the height of the intervertebral discs and their distances from each other. The classic sign of a pathological state is the beginning of the sunk ligaments in the musculoskeletal system. Steocondrosis symptoms of the second grade: uncomfortable pain, even with a slight physical effort, pain or throwing pain in the area of damage to the support system.
- The third stage is a partial limitation of the mobility of the articular segments of the spine. At this stage of the development of neurological pathology, there are a prolapse and a protuberance of the disk. In some cases, osteoarthritis is formed in intervertebral joints. Depending on the location of the damage zone, the patient feels symptoms of osteochondrosis pain in the neck, back or lower back.
- The fourth stage is the most difficult neurological disorders in the vertebral system, expressed in a partial or complete limitation of joint mobility. In this diagnostic state, bone growth (osteophytes) are formed in the place of vertebral compounds, which cause micro lesions in nerve branches and neighboring segments of the spine. In most cases, the symptoms of fourth grade osteochondrosis do not cause unpleasant pain and sensations, since the joints acquire a petrified appearance.
Guys
In neurology, osteochondrosis is divided into several types:
- Cervical osteochondrosis of the spine.
- Thoracic osteochondrosis in the vertebral system.
- Lumbosacra osteochondrosis of the spine.
There are also general osteochondrosis of the back, when several departments of the musculoskeletal system fall into the damage zone.
Symptoms
Consider what are the causes of osteochondrosis and what symptoms of a neurological disease manifest in a particular damage zone.
Cervical osteochondrosis, symptoms and signs:
- Pain symptoms in the cervical and occipital zone.
- Weakness in the neck muscles.
- Dizziness and headache in the temporal and/or occipital area.
- Unstable intracranial pressure.
- The appearance of a crunch or click on the neck during the inclination and/or the turns of the head.
- Shoulder pain or forearm.
- Numbness of the upper extremities, especially fingers.
With a neuralgic pathology of the thoracic column, osteochondrosis is manifested by the following symptoms and signs:
- Heart pain.
- Chest pain symptoms limit breathing.
- Radiant pain under the shoulder blades.
- Grasting chicken skin in the body.
- Compression of the thoracic region and numbness of the limbs.
Before treating the osteochondrosis of the thoracic region, it is necessary to clearly diagnose neurological pathology, since the symptomatic signs are very similar to other diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system.
Back osteochondrosis is the most common category of neurological disorder of the vertebral system. The sacrifice and/or lumbar parts of the musculoskeletal structure of the column fall into the defeat area.
With rear osteochondrosis, symptoms, causes and treatment, it is necessary to determine that it differs, since this anatomical part of the human body is more vulnerable to various injuries and neurological conditions. Often, the vertebral section of the lower back is subjected to other clinical pathologies, for example, pinching the sciatic nerve, ishias, radiculitis, etc.
The main characteristic of the neurological lesion of the lumbar zone is the pain that increases during physical effort. Spinal osteochondrosis symptoms:
- A tingling in the legs.
- Stupid or painful pain on the back or lower back, acute depreciation in these areas is often observed.
Osteochondrosis in children does not differ in the symptoms of the pain of adult patients. Degenerative disorders in a child are a consequence of the genetic dependence of the musculoskeletal system. However, there is another cause of osteochondrosis in the child, when the young organism falls under the strongest overload of the musculoskeletal system. We are talking about professional sports or heavy physical work done by children.
Diagnosis
The diagnostic exam includes the following measures:
- Patient history.
- X -Ray scanning of problematic areas of the spine.
- Myelography
- Computer tomography or magnetic resonance.
- In case of need, magnetic nuclear resonance is used.
Treatment
Degenerative spinal disorders effectively, possibly only in the initial stage of the disease, when there are no complication factors and clearly determine the causes of osteochondrosis. The treatment of the disease implies a comprehensive medical approach to the problem.
In the initial stage, a drug effect is performed on articular cartilage, and physiotherapeutic procedures will help restore the lost plasticity of the bone-monsus system. The final stage of all the treatment of the musculoskeletal system is the fulfillment of medical and preventive measures.
Having established the symptoms, signs and causes of osteochondrosis, the treatment of neuralgic pathology begins with conservative therapy, which allows to eliminate pain syndrome and relieve inflammatory stress in the tissue structure of the spine. The relief of the pain symptom is carried out through a therapeutic, epidural and other action block. The services of medical workers have provided a wide selection of drug and medication pharmacological groups that allow it to stop pain loads and reduce muscle tonic syndrome. Restore vertebrate activity using physiotherapy:
- actions of a static magnetic field;
- the use of low frequency currents;
- ultrasound correction;
- Laser radiation and so on.
In the recovery and preventive period, it is very effective in the use of massage (hydromasics) and physiotherapy and physical education (exercise therapy), which strengthen the muscle corset of the lower back, chest or cervical parts of the vertebral system, and also contribute to the decompression of nerve roots.
Dietary recommendations for neurological pathology
Proper medical nutrition is of great importance, since the activity of pharmacological treatment increases. There are no special conditions when choosing a diet. Dietary recommendations are based only on limiting certain food products and compliance with balanced food rules. The products used must provide the body with the necessary spectrum of beneficial components of vitamins and minerals, with a minimum amount of salt.
Recommended food:
- Fresh vegetables (carrots, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and other agricultural gifts of nature).
- Dairy products and dairy products (kefir, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese, sour cream).
- Meat and fish of low dietary fat.
- Fresh fruits and juices.
- Mushrooms, nuts, sunflower seeds.
Food products that must be limited in the daily diet:
- Grape.
- Legumes.
- Sugar, salt, smoked products and in pickle.
- Sharp, tea, coffee, flour products, etc.
It is important to know that the daily use of two liters of purified water will stimulate the functioning of the joint elements of the spine and will also improve the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract.
Traditional medicine recipes
The treatment of traditional medicine is an alternative way to influence the articular structure of the spine. However, this treatment must be carried out together with officially prescribed medications for drug therapy.
Recipe No. 1. Know. The alcohol tincture of the perennial grass plant can be rubbed with spine areas. In 200 g. Dry raw materials are taken for 500 ml of alcohol or product, which is alcohol.
Recipe No. 2. Ointment in the home of osteochondrosis. The composition of the ingredients:
- Flour - 1 tablespoon. L . ;
- Chicken egg - 1 pc. ;
- butter - 80 g;
- Meal vinegar (9%) - 1 tablespoon. l.
All therapeutic components are mixed completely and exhibit in a dry and dark place for 2-3 days. The medicine rubs in the problematic areas of the vertebral corset.
Recipe No. 3. Black radish tincture. To prepare a healing composition, it is necessary:
- 100 ml of vodka or diluted alcohol;
- 200 g of natural beekeeping product (honey);
- 300 ml of fresh black radish juice.
All ingredients are mixed and cost for 12 hours. This compress at home will be an effective treatment for treatment not only for osteochondrosis, but will also help with other neurological disorders of the musculoskeletal system, for example, with radiculitis or rheumatism of the skeletal framework.
Preventive measures
Therapeutic prevention consists of adequate nutrition, personal and health hygiene, as well as compliance with the healthy norms of the shelter. You must also protect your body from exposure to infectious and bacterial agents. Daily physical education, walking in fresh air, water procedures in summer and winter, will have a favorable effect on the body as a whole, and in the articular segments of the spine, in particular. It is especially important to perform preventive medical acts with a growing body, that is, children.
Take care and always healthy!