Osteochondrosis is a disease caused by degenerative changes-Dystrophic in the vertebrae, disc and ligament. Everyone after 30 years is prone to disease, but the initial manifestations of the disease may appear in adolescence.
80-90% of the population faces this disease.
Symptoms of the diseaseDepending on the position of the pathology, 3 diseases are distinguished:
Fiber of the cervix area
Bone fiber of the chest area
Bone fiber of the lumbar
With damage to the cervical spine, patients' complaints are associated with insufficient nutrition of the brain due to blood vessels. The most common complaint is headache and severe dizziness. In addition, the patient worried:
Blood pressure board
Disorders of coordination of movements and gait
Reduction of vision;
Hearing down, ringing in the ears
Hoarseness or hoarseness
A snoring in a dream is a sign of the continuous stress of the neck muscle.
When compressing nerves, numbness and cooling fingers, weaknesses in the limbs occur.
If the nerves are infringed, severe pain in the neck, scalp, sore throat, teeth. The pain extends to the shoulders and limbs.
Symptoms of osteoarthritis of the chest area are also painful - intercostal nerve. The pain is due to the compression of the nerve roots. The chest pain is acute, enhanced with cough, inspiration, laughter, when moving.
Pain for osteoarthritis of the chest can simulate other diseases, for example, heart attack, abdominal pain.
Lumbar osteoporosis often affects people with sedentary jobs. It is characterized by pain in the lower back, given to the buttocks and legs. With the violation of nerves, numbness and cooling, loss of sensitivity, non -autonomy of feces and urine is possible.
Causes of the diseaseThe disease is considered a polyetiolological, meaning many factors contributing to this disease. Most popular:
Daily load on the spine
Spine injury
Metabolic disorders
Overweight
The curvature of the spine
Genetic factor
The natural aging process of the body.
DiagnoseOsteoarthritis diagnosis consists of several stages.
Anamnesis collection of disease and life
The doctor asked the patient's questions to find out:
Complaint
The localization is painful and uncomfortable
When the first symptoms appear
Which stimulates the appearance and increases pain.
That helps reduce the situation.
It is important to find the patient's working conditions, the bad habit rather than getting sick throughout his life, even if there is a bruise and a spinal injury, even if one of the nearest relatives of osteoarthritis.
Check and touch
When checking, the doctor attracts attention to the position of the body and posture, for the symmetry of the back and neck, determining the movement mass at the back, detecting painful areas, assessing muscle tunes, determining the presence of pain irradiation, checking sensitivity.
Check x -ray
The X -ray of the spine is done in two slanting, directly and the side for greater information. Sometimes an X -ray study is required with tilted, benting and extended functional templates.
Computer class cutting
CT is a study that allows you to review more clearly the bodies of the vertebrae, ligaments, blood vessels and soft tissue. An image of one or more spine segments is done. CT allows you to determine the compression of the nerves, tears and hernias of the discs, their height, change in solid meninges, the unstable vertebra.
Magnetic resonance therapy
MRI is used to diagnose osteoarthritis with clear images of blood vessels, nerves, discs.
ComplicationOsteochondrosis is a disease not only in the back, as usual. It affects blood vessels, nerves, muscles. Osteochondrosis causes the development of a number of related diseases, in which:
Migraine
Vision and hearing of recession
Intervertebral hernia
Schmorl buttons
Radioactive
Lumbago
Sciatica
Spondilocation, Spondylarthrosis and others.
Treatment of diseaseConservative treatment of osteoarthritis, in serious - timely cases.
Conservation treatment includes all treatment procedures: massage, physical therapy, physiotherapy, manual therapy, acupressure, spinal traction and drug treatment.
The drug is prescribed in a serious process, helping to relieve pain, inflammation and normalization of metabolic processes.
Risk groupThe risk group of osteoarthritis includes:
People who have a sedentary lifestyle with less sedentary work or spend a lot of time to drive or at the computer
People who have jobs or hobbies related to lifting weights
People with excess body mass
Pregnant
Women wear high heels.
PreventFor preventing osteoarthritis, it is important to follow the rules:
No overload of spine, vertical load limit
Charger, enhance spine muscles, knead them
Do not
Avoid injuries and bruises of the spine
No weight
Change the position of the body with a long load and driving.
Diet and lifestyleDiet for osteoarthritis is not strict, it can be attributed to appropriate nutrition. It is necessary to limit salt and sugar. The main thing is food corresponding to energy costs. If there is overweight, it is necessary to reduce sweets and easily absorb carbohydrates. Replace coffee with tea, sweets - dried fruits.
Every day you need to perform exercises, including: sipping, squatting, tilting to the sides, turning the body, running, walking, turning your feet forward, aside and backward.
Sleeping with osteoarthritis is best on a solid surface.
In a long job, you need to extend and spin your body every 20-30 minutes. With a long position, it is important to change the support point from one foot to another.
If you need to carry weight, you can distribute weight per hand, you can use a backpack with wide belt.
SymptomHeadache
Raucous
Urine is not autonomous
Blurry
Weak
Gain
Snore
