Thoracic osteochondrosis- This is a dystrophic change in the intervertebral discs, located in the chest column.Treatment of the disease is necessary to start immediately after making a diagnosis, as the disease can quickly enter a chronic form.
The main symptoms of the disease are the limitation of the mobility of the shoulder belt, shortness of breath, discomfort in the stomach and pain in the chest in the heart.The danger to the patient is that the symptoms of osteochondrosis are often confused with cardiovascular disease, therefore, therapy is carried out by poor illness.
The causes of osteochondrosis
Thoracic osteochondosis occurs following pathological changes in the vertebrae and the intervertebral discs, as well as the altered blood and nutrition.In addition, the disease can be caused by the deformation of the spine.
Especially often, people who are in the sedentary position suffer from the symptoms of breast osteochondrosis.Basically, they are office workers and students of different ages.Due to the constant session without observing the correct position of the body, the load on the vertebrae increases considerably, which causes their deformation.
The deep causes of the disease:
- Increased load on the spine that occurs when lifting the weights
- Age -related changes in the body
- overweight
- injuries of the spine department
- genetic predisposition
Depending on the symptom stage, it is divided into 2 clinical cases.In the first case, pain suddenly appears and has an acute shape (the "lateral" if called).In the second case, the pain is long and is often accompanied by stiffness in the cervical and thoracic column.Pain for breast osteochondosis limits back mobility and also causes breathing difficulties.
The treatment of osteochondrosis in the chest region is carried out using complex methods and diagrams, the compilation of which depends on the stage of the disease, its courses and its causes.Only a highly qualified specialist is able to face this task.
Steps of the disease
The first stepIt is characterized by the appearance of local pain due to muscle weakening (thoracalgia).In addition, at the first stage, there is a tension of the paravertebral muscles of the back, which leads to increased pain and the limitation of the mobility of the spine.
The second stepIt is accompanied by an increase in pain syndrome because the nerve roots are involved in the inflammatory process.Also at this stage, the projection and / or the hernia of the intervertebral discs (MPD) appear.
The third stepIt causes constant pains that occur in the area of the affected nerve.There is a change of approach, a numbness in the members, the appearance of headaches, difficulties in breathing and a failure of the heart rate.This is due to the manifestation of significant deformations of the intervertebral disc and the spine.The risk of sequestration increases sharply (sequestration is the separation of hernia and its movement along the spine, which hurts the nerve roots associated with the spinal cord).And this in 90% of cases leads to surgery.
OnFourth stepDiseases disrupt the functions of the intervertebral disc.The bone growth of vertebral bodies begins to connect the nearby vertebrae to each other.Osteochondrosis of the spine often causes a violation of the blood contribution to the spinal cord.This stage of the disease is the most dangerous, because without timely therapy leads to disability.
Treatment
Before processing, the diagnosis is made to detect the stage of the disease (initial, acute or chronic).According to existing symptoms, therapy methods are selected.
The treatment of osteochondrosis in the chest region is most effective in initial stages, when pathological changes are not so clearly expressed and are reversible.
The main sign that the disease has gone to the acute stage is incessant painful sensations;back, chest and spine muscles.At this stage of the development of osteochondrosis, the doctor's priority task is to relieve pain.