Strong symptoms of degenerative cervical vertebrae often surprise patients, although the prerequisites of the disease are observed long before the onset of major symptoms and the consequences ofDegenerative changes in the structure of the vertebra. Usually, the nerve roots of grade C5, C6, and C7 (cervical spine) are affected.
Clinical manifestations
Symptoms in cervical osteonecrosis are divided into lens and reflex forms.
The reflex syndrome
Low back pain is characteristic of reflex symptoms. Their main feature is the sudden appearance of an awkward movement, startling or stretching of the head in one position. Lumbar spine pain makes the patient unable to walk, movement is limited, the patient has to try to posture due to severe pain.
Patient complains often:
- spasmodic headache radiating to the temples or eyeballs;
- decreased vision, as if "everything was floating" before your eyes;
- can increase pressure.
Spinal artery syndrome occurs when a plexus is stimulated, often misdiagnosed as a stroke. A similar symptom of cervical degenerative spondylolisthesis is frequent dizziness accompanied by intense head turns, almost always with a sense of discomfort, nausea, or even vomiting.
It is important to exclude cerebrovascular complications when making a diagnosis, as treatment of osteonecrosis is fundamentally different from that of diseases of the vascular system.
With cardiovascular symptoms at the reflex syndrome clinic in cervical necrosis, the patient is characterized by sensations like an angina pectoris, but difficulties in accurately diagnosing the diseaseUsually not observed because cardiovascular symptoms are accompanied by some characteristic symptoms of necrosis of the spine.
Lens syndrome
The signs of cervical necrosis in lens syndrome occur directly proportional to the "quantity" of the pinched nerve.
Symptoms, sensory and motor changes depending on which nerve roots are affected:
- C1- there is a violation of sensitivity in the occipital region;
- C2- patient feels pain in the apical and occipital region;
- C3- pain appeared in the half of the neck where the violation occurred. Symptoms: decreased sensitivity, dysfunction and touch of the tongue, speech disturbances;
- C4- pain in the shoulder area of the neck, decreased sensitivity, possibly heart and liver pain;
- C5- the patient cannot feel the shoulder well on its outer surface, is concerned about pain in this area;
- C6- pain in osteoporosis at the 6th degree of vertebrae extending to the forearm, scapula, radial surface and "descending" of the thumb of the hand;
- C7- pain that "spreads" from the neck down to the collarbone, to the back of the shoulder and forearms, down to 2-4 fingers, the sensitivity in this area is worse;
- C8- pain is localized from neck to shoulder and further to little finger.
The pathological relationship cannot be separated
VSD and cervical necrosis are closely related, and vegetative-vascular dystonia can manifest itself as a result of cervical cartilage damage, causing the nervous systemhuman's lax. Dystonia and bone necrosis, detected at the same time, can be a common illness or VSD that occurs for common reasons.
Osteochondrosis is one of the factors that causes VSD, but it is not necessary that the second factor should follow the first.
Plant vascular dystonia often manifests itself in various forms of bone necrosis, especially in disorders of the cervical spine. But it can also manifest as trauma, compression of the nerves in the cervical spine, poor blood flow, and increased internal pressure.
Diagnostic error
VSD, bone necrosis and chest pain are treated in different ways. Expensive (and often unnecessary) tests show nothing but problems in the cervical area and disturbed blood vessel activity. In this case, the treatment is usually kept the same - heart complexes, vitamins, antidepressants. The chiropractor removes pain, giving the patient an optimistic mood, but panic attacks, stress and fatigue go nowhere.
More and more people are the victims of improper therapy, panic attacks (or VSD attacks) have almost become their standard, but there are still many patients who prefer to buy their own medication orto see a "doctor" whose activities are not intended to cure illness, but only to enrich yourself.
Typical expression groups
The main clinical signs of cervical osteonecrosis can be divided into several groups:
- first.Neurological symptoms arise as a result of complications in cervical necrosis and with direct pressure on nerve roots, nerve plexus;
- second.Symptoms appear when affecting the spinal cord directly;
- third.Symptoms occur in the brain, affecting the brain's vessels, structures, membranes, and stem.
Each listed group has its own clinical signs and expression patterns, but one thing in common, through which an accurate diagnosis can be made.
The symptoms of degenerative cervical spondylosis often appear as a neurological complication, characterized by shoulder joint pain. This pathology is called "scapular inflammation".
The distinctive feature of spinal cord compression in the cervical region is volumetric damage in the tissues and a sharp decrease in vital functions. Skin and muscle sensitivity is impaired, develops paralysis, and in complex cases, paralysis is possible.
That is why, from the very first suspicion of a cervical bone tumor, it is important to see a specialist, take the necessary diagnostic measures and undergo a course oftreatment. Remember that timely detected pathology will be removed quickly and without consequences.