Osteochondrosis — it is not just a pain in the back. The health condition of the spine and spinal cord, associated best nerve fibres with all the internal organs, affects the activity of the heart, kidneys, lungs and gastrointestinal tract, and even on your general condition. May be, you will be amazed, but even a depression may not occur as a result of the tragic events in a person's life, and only because, that in consequence of a fracture of the cervical vertebrae pinch the nerves, related to the main brain. How to treat folk remedies of this disease.
Osteochondrosis — it is a very serious and unpleasant diseases. It is often accompanied by pain in the lumbar-sacral area and in one of the lower limbs. According to the latest medical data, the main cause of back pain is the degenerative (destructive) process in the intervertebral disks. In osteochondrosis of the intervertebral discs — special cartilage structures that provide our backbone flexibility and mobility, happen to be defective. When osteochondrosis progresses, irreversible changes arise already in the vertebrae.
Causes of degenerative disc disease
Causes of degenerative disc disease may be many, and how often, can not be called one main. The negative factors are superimposed one on the other, and consequently, the disease arises.
With age, cartilage loses elasticity, becomes less durable. For this reason, the intervertebral discs badly recovering after stress. Uncompensated load on one side of your body slowly but surely undermines the health of the spine: sitting in a non-symmetrical posture of your body, carrying the burden in one hand, maintaining a certain posture of your body for a long period of time (for example, reading while lying on one side), use the wrong pillows and mattresses for sleeping (the head is located at an angle to the body, the body lies unevenly). It can cause protrusion of the intervertebral disc and compression originating from the vertebrae to the nerve. And that starts the disease associated with this department of the institution.
Faulty exclusive catering is closely related to another cause of degenerative disc disease — obese. Overweight — is not just another load on the spine, the lack of flexibility of the muscles and reduced mobility. Rich in carbohydrates and fats, the food brings to the rapid saturation, but these "empty" calories do not give the body anything useful neither vitamins, nor minerals, or life energy. And without the calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese and other trace elements in cartilage and the bones become porous and faster break down to the influence of the load. So, it's sad to have to give up the sweet, fried, pastry and preparations and to go on a diet, consisting of fish, fresh fruits and vegetables. Mild should be the consumption of cereals, sunflower and olive oils, cheese and cottage cheese. Meat, butter, fresh breads, fatty dairy products, salt and also coffee need to heavily restrict, but from the second, in the ideal case, and even give up.
To the previous two reasons, connects the third — a violation of metabolism. Metabolism is the ability of the organism to receive, process and absorb food, derive energy and material for the construction of the cells. Usually these processes are regulated automatically, as well as the process to maintain the balance of internal mineral composition. Of produced food the body will take exactly as much protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and water it needs for normal functioning. If there is a deficit of some substances, arise from disorders of protein, lipid, carbohydrate, mineral, helena water exchange. The consequences of a violation of the metabolism of the skeletal system can be osteoporosis and deposition of salts — frequent companions of degenerative disc disease.
Flat feet and wear uncomfortable shoes, high heels, too, are the causes of degenerative disc disease. Disorder in the house the arch of the foot, forcing the spine to excessively compensate for the load, which in the process of walking, while the body weight is distributed wrong.
Other causes: injury to the spine and following behind them, the irregularities in the house of the vertebrae and cartilage, sedentary way of life, the impact of which we will speak later, heavy physical work and constant lifting weights, which will give your spine the options to recover, a sudden cessation of sports activity and the weakening of the muscular system and the stress, due to which it can be pinched blood vessels and nerves, the exhaust pipe to the main brain.
Symptoms
When you may have a suspicion that, with your spine in the right and it is time to turn to a specialist for diagnosis?
The beginning of the disease can go unnoticed: sometimes patients feel only numbness helena discomfort in a certain place of the spine, depending on the localization of the degenerative changes.
Depending on which department of the spine become your "weakest link" and succumbed to the ravages of degenerative disc disease, can occur following symptoms of the disease.
When the cartilage between the vertebrae decreases and to the fullest, as holes and channels, respectively, narrowing, vertebral artery clamps down, and the brain will release the symptoms of lack of oxygen (headache, dizziness, anxiety). At this very moment, may develop chronic fatigue syndrome, depressive states, a person is experiencing a constant lack of vitality.
Then to the unconscious discomfort can join headaches and dizziness, impaired hearing and vision, as it relates to cervical degenerative disc disease.
Numbness and pain when moving the arm, encircling the chest pain arise when breast osteochondrosis.
Lumbar osteochondrosis is characterized by pain when walking, slopes, occasional pain in the pelvic joint and the pain, as the groin and feet.
All these symptoms are talking about the violation of the physiological health of the spine, about the fact that he can not cope with assigned to him a burden.
What does the term "osteochondrosis"? In translation from Greek osteon means "bone", chondros — "cartilage", the end -os — non-inflammatory diseases, and in general it is a degenerative process, i.e. aging of cartilage and bone tissue.
From the disorders and in which departments of the spine are arranged, dependent, and symptoms of degenerative disc disease. Affects all sections of the spine, osteochondrosis can hit the Cervical, thoracic, sciatica department and complicating sciatica, spondylosis, sciatica, "shot", the intervertebral hiatal.
Cervical osteochondrosis
The localization of the degenerative disc disease in the neck (cervical osteochondrosis) occurs quite often. The cervical department of the spine suffer more often in people who are engaged in monotonous work — the designers, programmers, secretaries, dentists, watchmakers and so on, As usual, the development of cervical degenerative disc disease contribute on a horse behind the wheel, and long-term work at the computer. The main accounted for and symptoms of cervical degenerative disc disease include: headache, dizziness, pain in the hands and chest, back pain, numbness of the tongue.
When cervical osteochondrosis often the pain and dizziness, it darkens in eyes, pressure increases. Through the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae in addition to canal of the spinal cord passes through the channel for the so-called vertebral artery. Is directed into the cavity of the skull and nourishes the cerebellum, the vestibular apparatus and the center, which lies in the neck and the base of the brain. The Offset of the vertebrae leads to reflex spasm of the vertebral artery, and in severe cases — and to pressure her. This way is disturbed blood supply to the center of balance and some autonomic centers that control the processes of life. This process is also the reason why so many of the widespread diagnosis of "vegetative-vascular something else".
In osteochondrosis of the cervical may be present and root symptoms (cervical sciatica): pain gives in the arm, sometimes on the individual fingers, they are numb, they are constantly cold. The reason for this — violation of the passage of the impulse after nerve device. The numbness of this or that finger, you can assess the bias of a particular vertebra.
Thoracic osteochondrosis
The thoracic spine in osteochondrosis affected very rarely. One of the main reasons for the development of thoracic degenerative disc disease is a pathological curvature of the spine (scoliosis). In general, all the prerequisites for development in the future of thoracic degenerative disc disease are made up of still from a school bench. The thoracic department of the spine is the least mobile, so signs and symptoms of thoracic degenerative disc disease are very different from the symptoms of cervical helena lumbar degenerative disc disease. In most cases, is the main difference thoracic degenerative disc disease is the lack of acute pain and availability of the dull, aching pain in the back.
The main symptoms and accounted for thoracic degenerative disc disease include: pain in the chest, numbness, crawling sensation of chills in chest area, pain in the region of the heart, the liver, the stomach. Very often thoracic osteochondrosis masquerades as other diseases (for example, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, gastric ulcer, gastritis).
On his symptoms, can be interchanged, e.g. myocardial infarction helena pneumonia. The pain associated with osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine, a long, similar to the intercostal neuralgia. Sometimes the pain can put you under the blade, that causes a suspected heart attack. The difference between coronary heart disease and intercostal neuralgia lies in the fact that in osteochondrosis in a patient with normal (helena almost normal), an electrocardiogram, lacking symptoms such as sudden pallor, lividity, sellistest skin sheets, cold sweat, etc.
Thoracic osteochondrosis, in addition, that by itself paired with a variety of painful symptoms (pain, neuralgic reaction), dangerous is the fact that it encourages the development of serious diseases contiguous to the spine, internal organs.
Sciatica osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis of the lumbar spine — the lumbar osteochondrosis — occurs most often. This is due to the fact that on the lower part of the back (lumbar vertebrae), usually make up a greater load. Most often, lumbar osteochondrosis can be complicated by intervertebral hernia in the lumbar.
The main symptoms and accounted for lumbar degenerative disc disease include: pain in the lower part of the back (back pain is bothering a person for many years and are characterized by cycles, the focus in the autumn-winter period), limitation of motion, pain in the legs. Very often in the lumbar osteochondrosis observed acute (back pain) helen pain pain in the legs, exciting a certain part of the foot (for example, the back of helena lateral side of the thigh). In addition to the pain can mean an increase in helena reducing the sensitivity of the skin on the feet (on the side of helena to the stem) to touch helena to pain — these the symptoms of degenerative disc disease is the cause of the pinched nerve roots of the spinal cord.
The most common cause of prolapse degenerative disc disease in the lumbar-sacral spine — traumatic (stress fractures helena of chronic trauma).
In the lumbar of the nerve roots form the sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus, hence the name of the complications — sciatica. In violation of the nerve pain spreads along the paths of the nerve trunk: in the area of the buttocks, below the knee, sometimes the screed helena heel. In advanced cases there may be significant nutritional disorders of nervous strain, then leg numb. Symptoms loss of sensitivity very persistent, sometimes numbness persists for a long time.
In the infringement of the sciatic nerve a person begins to limp, to avoid to transfer the weight of your body on the painful side, bending on the healthy side, make the most move the vertebrae on the sick part of your body, and thus reduce the squeezing of the root. Over time, as a result of treatment the pain persist helena are tolerant. If the vertebrae is not reduced, persists the curvature of the spine. In this case, the load on the intervertebral disk, and without it, already damaged, is divided unevenly, which sees to its further protrusion and destruction.
The most unpleasant complication of lumbar-sacral degenerative disc disease — instability of the vertebrae. Disk no longer captures the vertebrae, when the load under the force of gravity lumbar department "ramps" with the sacrum. Evolving pathological processes located in the vicinity of the internal organs. Patient recommend themselves to realize traction, in accordance with the hurt feelings. With proper implementation of the procedures pain must decrease, not increase.
Statistics of visits to the doctor about the degenerative disc disease is low — only 20% of potential patients. Usually come already then, when it becomes unbearable. However, osteochondrosis carries a much greater danger than it seems at first glance. Timely appeal to the doctor at the early stages of development, degenerative disc disease, you will significantly shorten the period of treatment and rehabilitation period.