Many people self-medicate because they misdiagnose themselves. Very often from friends or acquaintances you can hear the phrase: I have cervical osteochondrosis. However, not all people really understand what cervical osteochondrosis is. However, not all neck crunches should be considered a disease.
Cervical osteochondrosis is a disease associated with a violation of the articular cartilage and bone tissue in the cervical spine.
Cervical osteochondrosis is a disease associated with a violation of the articular cartilage and bone tissue in the cervical spine.
Modern doctors believe that this ailment is degenerative-dystrophic in nature, as it is manifested by the deformation of the intervertebral discs, their separation and a change in height.
Most often, cervical osteochondrosis accompanies - vegetative-vascular dystonia (VVD). To understand where these friendly neighbors come from, let's consider the reasons why cervical osteochondrosis occurs.
Causes of the disease
Common causes of this problem:
- segmental circulatory disorders;
- various injuries;
- individual predisposition;
- old age.
In addition, the causes of this disease lie in the sedentary lifestyle of modern people. >Not infrequently, the appearance of cervical osteochondrosis is preceded by hypothermia and overeating. But the most common causes of this disease are poor desk posture and acquired scoliosis.
Cervical osteochondrosis develops due to a decrease in the depreciation of the intervertebral disc, as well as a violation of the fibrous ring.
How does cervical migraine manifest itself?
Cervical osteochondrosis has a special symptomatology. The signs of such ailment are always:
- tearing, cutting and sometimes crushing pains in the back of the head, neck, shoulder;
- sensory disturbances in the affected area;
- numbness of the hand;
- acute vision;
- constant tinnitus;
- pain in the heart region.
However, even if all these symptoms are inherent in a particular person, you should not rush to draw conclusions, you should definitely consult a doctor after passing the appropriate diagnosis.
Disease detection methods
Diagnosis of cervical osteochondrosis is carried out by magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, x-ray.
Diagnostic by tomography allows you to identify such disorders as failures in the formation of cartilage, to assess the condition of the paravertebral muscles, joints and intervertebral discs.
X-ray diagnostics contributes to the correct diagnosis, since the picture accurately reflects the nature and degree of damage in a certain area.
In addition, the diagnosis of such a disease includes a duplex scan of blood vessels, which allows you to assess the condition of the arteries passing through the cervical region.
What is a dangerous disease
Osteochondrosis of the cervical region is fraught with unpleasant consequences. With 1st degree osteochondrosis, the following consequences appear:
- dizziness;
- blurred vision or poor vision;
- hypertension;
- loss of consciousness.
2nd degree cervical osteochondrosis is always accompanied by vegetative-vascular dystonia (VVD). This disease is manifested by severe headaches due to a lack of oxygen in the brain. VVD also manifests itself with difficulty in breathing, attacks of fear, numbness of the palms of the hands and feet, poor sleep, fatigue, increased irritability. Furthermore, the consequences may not be foreseeable. For example, patients can lose their sight completely.
VVD and cervical osteochondrosis have similar symptoms. Therefore, the methods of treatment of VVD and cervical osteochondrosis are very similar.
Methods of treatment
There are several ways to treat the consequences of osteochondrosis of the cervical region and VSD.
- Medical therapy.
- Alternative treatment.
- Physiotherapy.
Medical treatment
This therapy for both cervical osteochondrosis and VVD includes the use of pain relievers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, myotropic antispasmodics, steroid drugs, and chondroprotectors.
Pain relievers help cure the disease by eliminating spasms. With such ailments, you can use warming ointments and gels.
Thanks to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such diseases can be cured by removing swelling and inflammation.
Chondroprotectors help treat cervical osteochondrosis due to chondroetin and glucosamine which are part of these drugs.
Alternative Therapy
This type of treatment includes a complex of physiotherapeutic procedures aimed at eliminating pain, inflammation and restoring the whole body.
Thanks to magnetotherapy, osteochondrosis can be cured by exposure to a magnetic field directed to the affected area.
With the help of electrotherapy, you can recover from a cervical migraine quickly and for a long time. This is possible thanks to the increase in blood circulation, facilitated by an electric current.
You can also get rid of pain and inflammation in cervical migraine with the help of acoustic waves. This treatment is called shock wave therapy.
Thanks to the power of healing mud, you can save yourself from VVD and cervical migraine. The mud soaked in mineral waters relieves swelling, relaxes the muscles, eliminates pain. The name of this treatment is balneotherapy.
Physiotherapy
Such therapy involves a special complex of physical activity, including swimming, walks in the fresh air and simple physical exercises. This complex can be performed by both children and the elderly. By implementing all the recommendations, you can get rid of VVD and cervical migraine, as well as eliminate their consequences effectively and quickly.