Also known as cervical syndrome, cervical spondylosis, is a cervical osteoarthritis, hyperplastic cervical inflammation, cervical nerve root syndrome, cervical disc prolapse in general, is a kind of pathological change the basis of degenerative diseases.
The cause of cervical spondylosis
Mainly due to the long-term cervical strain injuries, bone hyperplasia, or disc prolapse, ligament thickening, resulting in cervical spinal cord, nerve root or vertebral artery compression, there was a series of clinical dysfunction syndrome. Manifested as cervical disc degeneration itself and a series of secondary pathological changes, such as the vertebral section instability, loose; nucleus outstanding or prolapse; spur formation; ligament and secondary hypertrophy of the spinal canal stenosis, irritation or oppression of the the adjacent nerve roots, spinal cord, vertebral artery and cervical sympathetic and other organizations, and cause a variety symptoms and signs of a syndrome.
The symptoms of cervical spondylosis
The symptoms of cervical spondylosis is very rich, diverse and complex, most patients with mild symptoms began, gradually increased in the future, there are some symptoms of a heavier person. It is with the suffering from the type of cervical disease, but often less simple type to a type-based one to a few types of cum mixed together, known as the mixed type of cervical disease, so that the symptoms are very rich, diverse and complex.
Its main symptoms are head, neck, shoulders, back, arm pain, neck, neck stiffness, limited mobility. Neck and shoulder pain may be to head the Department of Radiology and upper limbs, some accompanied by dizziness, housing rotation, in serious cases accompanied by nausea and vomiting, bed-ridden, a few can have vertigo, damping-off. Some of the side of the face of fever, sweating and sometimes unusual. Shoulder Ministry of heaviness, upper limb weakness, numb fingers, limb skin sensation receded, holding a material weakness, and sometimes things fall unconscious grip. Other patients lower limb weakness, unsteady gait, two feet numbness, walking, such as cotton, the feeling of riding. When the cervical disease involving the sympathetic nervous when dizziness, headache, blurred vision, two swollen, dry, 2 Zhang Bukai, tinnitus, ear plug, balance disorders, tachycardia, palpitation, chest tight Bouquet sense Some even flatulence and other symptoms. There are a few big, uncontrolled urination, sexual dysfunction, and even quadriplegic. Also have dysphagia, dysphonia and other symptoms. These symptoms and disease severity, disease duration, have a certain relationship between the individual constitution. Most of the onset of light and not being valued by the people, the majority can be self-healing, time, when light weight, only when the symptoms continued to increase can not be reversed, the impact of work and life when the attention. If the disease long treatment, it will cause psychological damage, resulting in insomnia, irritability, anger, anxiety, depression and other symptoms.
Cervical spondylosis and lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis the same spinal degenerative lumbar disorders such changes, both of which easily lead to neuralgia. However, a more significant difference between the two points, in general, cervical spondylosis lumbar symptoms and signs than the more complex and more easily missed in patients with neglect and a doctor, misdiagnosed. Signs and symptoms caused by cervical spondylosis, a wider range than the lumbar and serious.
The prevention of cervical spondylosis
One can not state in the neck was too tired to work, reading books, Internet and so on, if long-term state of fatigue in the neck to work will only lead to neck strain heavier Yan.
2, there must be adequate sleep, adequate sleep, can not eliminate neck fatigue.
3, if your eyes are tired, I suggest setting-up exercises, and so do more eye-eye massage, because it can lead to tired eyes, tired of the neck.
4, if you have long-term work must be no extra time to do so neck movement, but also can make use of some online prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis function to relieve your fatigue level of the neck to avoid a long neck to do to repeat the action.
5, to prevent cervical spine injury to the work, sports, pre-performance preparations, to prevent cervical spine injury, and other parts of the
6, to ensure a good sitting posture
7, potential adjustments to correct improper sleeping posture reasonable sleep, choose the appropriate level of pillows.
8, to prevent neck and neck to prevent the wind catch cold catch cold wind, positive treatment of neck trauma, infection, tuberculosis, lymphadenitis, and disc Yandeng diseases, prevention of cervical disease is an important part.
9, strengthening exercises to enhance physical fitness: ancient China as "water does not rot, a door hinge is not-chu," the phrase, "Nei Jing" yes "Guided by Yue", Schwab had "five birds drama" reveal that systemic exercise can be physical disease prevention.
10, a reasonable meal
11, to prevent cervical spine injury to the work, sports, pre-performance preparations, to prevent cervical and other parts of the damage.