Osteocartilage degeneration is a disease caused by degenerative nutritional changes in the vertebrae, intervertebral disc and ligaments. People are most vulnerable to the disease after 30 years, but the onset of the disease may occur during puberty.
80-90% of the population face this disease.
Symptoms of the disease
According to the location of pathological focus, three forms of diseases are distinguished:
- Osteochondral disease in the cervical area
- Osteochondral disease in the chest area
- Osteochondral disease in the waist
Due to cervical spine damage, the patient’s complaints are associated with brain inadequate nutrition due to squeezing blood vessels. The most common complaints are severe headaches and dizziness. In addition, patients are concerned:
- Blood Pressure Committee
- Obstacles to motor coordination and gait vibration
- vision loss;
- Hearing worsens, ears ring
- Hoarse or hoarse
- The ing in the dream is a sign of constant tension in the neck muscles.
Limb weakness occurs when the nerves are compressed, numb and cooled the fingers.
If nerve invasion, neck pain, scalp pain, sore throat, tooth pain. The pain extends to the shoulders and limbs.
The symptoms of osteochondrosis in the chest area are also painful - intercostal neuralgia. Pain is caused by compression of nerve roots. The pain in the chest is acute and can cough while moving, inspire and increase laughter.
Pain of osteochondrosis in the chest area can simulate other diseases such as heartache, abdominal pain.
Lumbar osteochondrosis most often affects people who work for a long time. It is characterized by pain in the lower back, which is given to the hips and legs. As nerve erosion occurs, legs are numb and cooled, sensitivity is lost, and urinary incontinence in feces and urine.
Causes of the disease
The disease is considered to be multibiological, that is, many factors contribute to the disease. The most common ones are:
- Daily load on the spine
- Spine injury
- Metabolic disorders
- overweight
- The curvature of the spine
- Genetic factors
- The process of natural aging of the body.
diagnosis
The diagnosis of osteochondrosis includes multiple stages.
Collecting the anatomy of disease and life
Doctors ask patients to find out the answer:
- complaint
- Location of pain and discomfort
- When the first symptom occurs
- This stimulates the appearance and increases pain.
- This helps to alleviate the condition.
It is important to find out the working conditions of the patient, with bad habits much more ill than he has throughout his life, regardless of bruises and injuries on the spine, whether it is one of the closest relatives of osteochondrosis.
Examination and palpation
After the examination, the doctor will focus and position the position of the position of the person, symmetry of the back and neck, determine the volume of back movement, detect the area of pain, evaluate the muscle tone, determine the presence of pain radiation, and check the sensitivity.
X-ray examination
The spine radiography is performed in two tilted projections, direct and lateral for more information. Sometimes, functional samples are performed by tilting, buckling, and expanding positions, and X-ray studies are required.
Computed tomography
CT is a study that allows you to consider the body of vertebrae, ligaments, blood vessels, and soft tissue more clearly. Perform a picture of one or more spinal segments. CT allows you to determine the compression of the intervertebral disc nerves, tears and hernia, its height, changes in the meningeal solid membrane, and instability of the vertebrae.
Magnetic Resonance Therapy
MRI is used to diagnose osteochondrosis and to clearly visualize blood vessels, neural processes, and intervertebral discs.
complication
Osteochondrosis is not only a disease of the back, as it is widely believed. It affects blood vessels, nerves, and muscles. Osteocartilage can cause the development of many related diseases, including:
- Migraine
- Vision and hearing deterioration
- Vertebral hernia
- Schmorl's node
- Radiitis
- Low back pain
- Sciatica
- Spinal muscles, spondylitis, etc.
Treatment of diseases
In severe cases, osteocartilage is conservatively treated.
Conservative treatment includes the entire treatment: massage, physical therapy exercise, physical therapy, manual therapy, reflexology, spinal traction and medication.
Drugs are prescribed during aggravation and help relieve pain, inflammation and standardization of the metabolic process.
Risk Group
The risk groups for osteochondrosis include:
- The way people live by sedentary work or spend a lot of time driving or spending sitting on a computer
- People who work or hobbies are related to weightlifting
- People with overweight
- pregnant
- Women wearing high heels.
prevention
To prevent osteochondrosis, it is important to follow the rules:
- Do not overload the spine, limit vertical load
- Recharge, strengthen spinal muscles, and knead
- don't want
- Avoid spinal injuries and bruises
- Don't wear weight
- Change the position of your body with long seat loads and driving.
Diet and lifestyle
For osteochondrosis, there are no strict dietary restrictions and can be attributed to appropriate nutrition. It is necessary to limit salt and sugar. The most important thing is that food corresponds to energy costs. If you are overweight, it is necessary to reduce the consumption of candy and absorb carbohydrates easily. Use tea, candy instead of coffee - dried fruit.
Every day you need to do exercises, which include: sip, squat, leaning to the side, turning, running, walking, forward, forward, backward and backward.
Osteochondrosis sleeps preferably on a solid surface.
During long hours of work, you need to stretch and turn your body every 20-30 minutes. For a long time, it is important to change the support point from one leg to the other.
If you need to carry heavy, you can distribute weight on each hand, and you can use a backpack with broadband.
symptom
- Headache
- A hoarse voice
- Urine incontinence
- Blurry vision
- Weakness
- Shark gait
- snore