Cervical osteochondrosis: symptoms and treatment

Treatment during exacerbation of degenerative disc disease takes place under the supervision of a physician, compliance with appointments.

Treatment of exacerbations of cervical degenerative disc disease

At the time of the exacerbation, the doctor will recommend to terminate the sport. Permitted swimming with the proviso that after the pool ill dressed warmly

It is important, supercool. With the heat it is worth it to be careful

Active heat (heaters, warming treatments), will increase the pain. Pay attention to the affected area was wrapped in a warm scarf.

Soothe the pain the supine position on the side with toned knees. Posture, helps to stretching the spine, releasing the disadvantaged nerve. When focus cannot be used massage. Possible light stroking using pain medication, ointments, gels. After handling with sick place worth wrap, put the patient to sleep.

During exacerbation of degenerative disc disease lasts 3 – 5 days. Depends on the severity of the disease, the number of patients the vertebrae, the patient's age, compliance with doctor's recommendations. After remission of the pain, it is worth it to start move. But gradually, not supercool.

Why make the disease worse

It should be noted that the sharpening process does not depend on the phase, it can occur on any of them, from the first to the last. Deterioration always precedes cause. Their basic list looks like this.

1. The patient made a sudden movement.
2. On the cervical zone provided with excessive load.
3. Happened lifting weights, or their longer move.
4. The patient is in a state of stress or of the situation, when he's nervous.
5. Made is not an expert on massage. Either the specialist didn't know about the presence of the patient degenerative disc disease, because he warned him.
6. Are the observed sharp fluctuations of the weather.
7. The patient received hypothermia of the entire body or zastudil cervical zone.
8. After bath or sauna the patient dipped in the hole or just cold water.
9. The age of the patient is significant, to which the intervertebral disks, deleted and damaged due to the age of the split ends.

If you do not treat osteochondrosis, in what stage it was, the deterioration will arise necessarily, sooner or later. Symptoms of acute degenerative disc disease of the neck it is necessary to know and well remember the resolution from the symptoms of other diseases of vertebrates.

Symptoms of exacerbation

The brightness of the severity of symptoms depends on the stage-language pathologists and the degree of its progress.

Their list is as follows.

1. Pain in the crown area.
2. Reduction of the cutaneous sensitivity of the parietal area.
3. Pain on one side of the neck.
4. Feelings of pain in the collarbone and shoulder.
5. The severity of the language.
6. Irregular breathing, it is not smooth.
7. Soreness in cardiac region.
8. The pain manifesting in the right hypochondrium.
9. Headaches with pressure on the eyes, either unilateral headaches are just a part.
10. Crisp, who is heard in the throat zone in the back in the implementation of the tilt, nod your head, or its rotation.
11. Fog in the eyes, spots or points, hearing disorders and ringing in the ear.
12. Soreness and weakening of the muscles in the hands, up to the brush.

To data symptoms of hard not to pay attention to, and yet there are patients who, even in a difficult situation are in no hurry to see a doctor, and try to help yourself home remedies

Diet

In the task of diet in osteochondrosis includes:

• normalization of metabolic processes;
• notice salt deposits in the spine;
• restore broken cartilage patterns;
• strengthening of the ligaments of the intervertebral disc;
• reduction of excess weight and obesity prevention. It is known that being overweight increases the load on the spine and causes the development of degenerative disc disease, so patients with this disease often diagnosed with obesity.

The diet should vote by the attending physician depending on the presence/absence of associated disease. Uniform diet in osteochondrosis not.

For the basis of the nutritional care in the cervical and lumbar osteochondrosis for patients who have the corresponding standard body weight, can be taken the Diet number 15, which contains all the necessary macronutrients, minerals and an increased amount of Giraud/in the water-soluble vitamins, carbohydrates. The energy value of the diet is 2600-2700 kcal (85-90 grams of protein, 90-95 grams of fat and 350-400 g of carbs).

What products should enter into the menu is necessary to:

• dairy products (whole milk and dairy products);
• vegetable dishes, fresh herbs. Special emphasis should be paid to cabbage, cucumbers, radishes, celery, beets;
• fruits and berries foods, including jellies and compotes;
• vegetable oils;
• low-fat meat;
• the flood of food, jelly;
• dark kinds of bread, biscuits, muffins;
• eggs;
• nuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seed;
• cereals;
• seafood (fish, shrimp, sea kale, mussels);
• still water.

In the diet diet in osteochondrosis of the spine should be excluded:

• fatty concentrated broths,
• fatty red meat,
• refractory animal fats, poultry (duck, goose),
• coffee and beverages containing caffeine (strong tea, chocolate).

Limited consumption of sugary foods and alkogolsoderzhaschih drinks.

Causes and symptoms of exacerbation of cervical degenerative disc disease

Osteochondrosis — the pathology of the vertebrae of the skeleton. Arise during the disorders of the intervertebral disc degenerative and degenerative character. The deviation has an effect on the tissue of the vertebrae, circulatory disease.

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The average age of disease onset is from 30 to 35 years. Due to the improper distribution of the load on the spine and the feet, or due to traumatic injury of the deviation can be diagnosed much earlier.

The main symptoms confirming the development exacerbations of the disease:

1. Painful feelings, because in the hands, shoulders, regularly occurs or a constant feeling of tension in the back and neck area.
2. The negative dynamics of the degenerative disc disease is accompanied by atrophic phenomena in the tissues of the muscles, the fluctuation of sensitivity, the variations in the work of the organs due to squeezing and bias.
3. Pain in the head, dizziness, frequent fatigue, unpleasant sensations in the hands.
4. Stiffness of movements, inability to sail, turns, triggered by numbness of limbs, pain in muscles and joints, cramps, hypotension.
5. Flies and spots in eyes, noise in the ears.

Is not defined, timely treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease may go into a phase with heavy aggravations. Treatment in this stage should be carried out by a doctor.

The causes of deviations in the spine:

1. Bad gain weight, it is spinal plague — socks bags, carry-on bags still on one shoulder or in one hand.
2. Twisted posture in sitting mode.
3. Too soft mattress and high pillow to sleep.
4. Wearing shoes the wrong anatomical structure, narrow, oppressive, high heels, causing strain in the muscles and the worsening of the disease spine, degenerative disc disease of the neck part.
5. Lack of exercise, being overweight, traumatic damage to the parts of the back, legs, flat feet.
6. Age-related degeneration processes due to defective blood supply to the spine.
7. Physical overwork, the crisis of the neuro-emotional system.
8. Disorders of metabolism, diseases of stomach, intestines, accompanied by defective assimilation of better nutrients and useful substances.
9. Dangerous occupations, work in locations with strong vibration.
10. The presence of a genetic predisposition to a cervical osteochondrosis with aggravations.
11. Failure to comply with the rules of healthy posture in the period of active growth, it is scoliosis.
12. Dehydration of the body after a long period of time. Irregular, unbalanced diet, lack of the vitamin complex.
13. The shift of the center of the load, arising in the course of pregnancy, the undeveloped muscular frame.

Deterioration caused by the seasonal influence, a way of life, can occur in unspecified time.

Treatment

To make it correct and comprehensive treatment is necessary to turn to the doctor. He will prescribe effective investigation to find the cause of the disease. Prescribe medicines, massage, therapeutic gymnastics.

When sharpening prescribed the following medications:

• anesthetic
• chondroprotectors apply for a long time and for it to restore the cartilage of the fabric;
• relax the muscles, help eliminate muscle cramps;
• substances used medicine
• vasodilators
• vitamins D

Treatments can be performed both at home and hospital. All depends on how strong the symptoms and what complications. To solve this will be just the specialist. Your doctor may send on the spot massage and so on. If not follow the recommendations of an expert, it will lead to serious consequences.

You need to include in your diet dairy products, lean meat, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, cereals, fish

Special attention should be paid to the food, which contains jelly, it is the most commonly jelly. Olive oil is a must consume for salads

It is best to eat such food which will be prepared steamed, boiled and baked. Give up the salty, sharp, fatty, smoked products. Forbidden to drink strong coffee, tea, and leave the carbonated sweet water.

Massage well to help remove muscle tension and normalize the blood flow. But it is worth it in period of worsening degenerative disc disease to do it very gently and carried it must be only a professional masseur.

If the patient observed the strong feelings of pain, then you will need to comply with bed rest. There are cases that the patient is forbidden to get up this morning. But it may take no more than three weeks, because the muscles can atrophy. If a person felt an improvement, then you can get up, but a maximum of ten minutes a day. You must do everything so as the saying goes, the treating physician, otherwise it can lead to serious complications.

Prevention

Considerably easier to prevent worsening of the degenerative disc disease of the thoracic department. And it is in the power of every person who cares about their health. For this, in order not to the worsening degenerative disc disease, it is necessary to observe simple rules.

Urgently need to move more, because like pathology occurs in people who do a lot of sitting. Therefore, there was stagnant phenomena and disorders of the blood flow. It is necessary to regularly carry out hiking and walking in the sports hall. This will help prevent the aggravation of thoracic degenerative disc disease.

No need to sit in a draught, because the spine can be thrown away. From the suffer and the department of thoracic and lumbar. It is strongly recommended warmer clothes in the winter, since it also depends on the human health. May be worth it to be out in the cold if he doesn't want to be sick.

If you are overweight, you need to get rid of obesity. It's not always as simple as we would like people. Have to sit on diets and go to the sports hall. There is no need to choose fatty foods and a passive lifestyle, in that they sacrificed their health.

It's worth noting that it is very important to sleep properly. The point is that you need to buy orthopedic mattress and pillow

They will keep the spine and neck in the correct state during sleep. As is well known, precisely because of the poorly chosen, sleeping needs often appear problems with the vertebrae. So do not skimp money on the sleep attributes, and then health will be greatly improved.

The man himself can affect to the worsening happened. You just need to follow simple tips and don't forget about your health. Also has to undergo the whole treatment of the disease, to in the future have to suffer severe pain.