Chest osteochondrosis is a disease of the musculoskeletal system, the success of treatment that depends on the timeliness of the diagnosis.It is completely cured in the early stages, but it may be difficult to determine the source of the disease, since at the beginning the patient does not suspect that the pain and discomfort occurred are associated with damage to the spine: they do not disturb him much and he is not in a hurry to the doctor.
Let's try to deal with the characteristic symptoms of osteochondrosis, the nature of its occurrence, the possibilities for the treatment and prevention of the disease.
Osteochondrosis of the chest
- The disease is characterized by dystrophic and degenerative changes in the chest spine, which are associated with disorders of cellular metabolism.
- In the intervertebral discs there is convexity (thinning and cracking) - the cause of compression of the spinal cord, numbness of the limbs, paralysis.This is the stage of the disease when only surgery will help.
- The task of patients and doctors to take measures for timely diagnosis and proper treatment.
Symptoms of the disease
The first symptoms of osteochondrosis of the spine of the spine:
- Back pain (dorsalgia);
- acute pain in the chest area (Dorsago);
- Discomfort during movements I do not want to move again so I do not have pain.
All these are symptoms of convexity - thinning, cracking of intervertebral discs.The pain occurs in the area of the kidneys, liver, heart, pancreas, stomach.Pathologies of the thoracic region are manifested by intercostal neuralgia, coarse transverse arthrosis and arthrosis of the ribs and pectory.The deep sigh or cough causes pain or feeling of compression or the presence of a firm severe coma in the chest.
Often, spinal osteochondrosis is characterized by syndromes:
- Vasomotor syndrome characteristic of neurological diseases.The patient feels a sudden redness, like the climate pain of other organs, systems.
- Muscle tonic syndrome in muscle tissue near the focus of the disease.As physical activity increases, these areas swell.
- Neurodystrophic syndrome (Zukek disease) or tissue metabolism can also become a symptom of the disease.
The difference from other diseases
The difficulty in diagnosing and early detection of chest osteochondrosis is that its symptoms are easy to confuse with others.
For example, pectalgia is not only a sign of breast osteochondrosis, but also myocardial infarction.
With damage to the spine, the symptoms of pectality appear with turns of the head, torso and last for a long time, more than two weeks.Nitroglycerin in this case is useless.For comparison, with coronary diseases, the same pain lasts a short period of time.Cardon drugs will help you get rid of or significantly help relieve it.
Pain in the application, kidneys, stomach, intestines - symptoms of somatic diseases: appendicitis, nephritis, pyelonephritis, gastritis, gastric ulcers, colitis.During compression (pinching) of the spinal cord, symptoms characteristic of these diseases are manifested.Pseudo -angiosis syndrome or squeezing sensation, the severity in the chest differs from the angina characteristic of patients with angina.Such pain can be caused by breast pathology, cervical-facial, cervical parts, causing painful processes of surrounding tissues: muscles and nervous.Pain with pseudo -angiosis syndrome occurs with turns of the upper body.
Symptoms of compression syndrome are signs of extramelar neoplasm of the spinal cord.
Due to the similarity of osteochondrosis of the spine of the spine with other diseases, the main thing is to diagnose precisely, for which complex measures are taken.
Disease
Let's find out what happens when osteochondrosis occurs:
- First, the disc is modified: it is complex, covered with cracks, deformed.At this stage, the disease does not appear symptomatic and the patient does not feel anything.
- Then there are pain related to irritation of the nerve endings that are in the tissues to the affected discs.In people with developed muscle mass, the risk of pathological processes is much lower as the muscles maintain the spine, like a corset.The pain can be neurological, such as numbness of the limbs, the appearance of geese, modifications to the internal organs of the breast.
In the first two stages, the disease is cured.
- After that, inflammatory processes, hernia, arthrosis, subluxation of the individual vertebrae can develop.Most common are hernias in which the nucleus of the spine is constantly maintained by a fibrous ring.When the ring is destroyed, the nucleus crawls, causing acute pain, numbness, paralysis.
- In the fourth stage it is possible to narrow the discs, abnormal bone growth is possible.Thus, the spine is prevented from dangerous compression of the spinal cord.
In severe cases, spinal cord strain syndrome due to projections may cause pain, reducing sensitivity (gipalgedia).
Factors for the development of the disease
Chest osteochondrosis develops due to insufficient supply of intervertebral discs with useful substances and moisture.Spinal discs differ from other tissues of the body in that they do not supply nutrients through the vascular network and feed on the adjacent tissues.With fluid deficiency, nutrients, a phenomenon called convexity is characterized by a sill, refinement, cracking and destruction of the intervertebral discs.
Degenerative changes occur for the following reasons:
- Hereditary, related to underdevelopment and pathology of blood circulation.
- The congenital causes weakness of the musculoskeletal system: rickets, kyphosis, scoliosis, prayer.
- Salt deposits to the discs (osteophytes) publish crunch at the time of drilling of the spine.
- Disruption of nutritional metabolism, microcirculation in tissues as a result of injuries and infectious diseases
People who are at risk:
- experience of heavy physical activity;
- with incorrect stand, in which over time has the same pathological consequences as after injury;
- Having a sedentary job;
- Working on a profession associated with a constant long trembling organism (drivers).
When to see a doctor?
With diseases of the spine to the doctor you should go quickly.How do we understand that the case is in the spine?In osteochondrosis, it may be difficult to understand or not immediately.In the first stages, the pain is not felt.
Remember!If there is chest and back pain, the exact source of which is difficult to determine as it is "trembling" through the body: first it hurts to each other, then alternates - shoulder, ribs, clavicle, in every sequence.This is most often a sign of chest damage.
Is it possible to relieve the pain before you meet a doctor?
So far there is no accurate diagnosis, no radical treatments are used.The fact is that there are diseases in which, for example, thermal procedures are prohibited (with some types of tumors).With acute pain, the painkillers are drunk and call an ambulance.In other cases, heavy loads are excluded from sedatives, find a comfortable position on the body and avoid acute impact effects (jumps).At the first possibility, they go to the doctor to confirm the diagnosis and prescribe treatment.
Diagnosis of spinal osteochondrosis in the chest area
Always have a comprehensive examination aimed at eliminating diseases with similar symptoms.
Diagnostic methods include:
- history;
- Inspection and palpation;
- Computed tomography that determines the exact diagnosis and clarifies the stage of development of the disease;
- Radiography as an alternative method of tomography capable of revealing cracks in discs and formed outgrowths;
- Ultrasound, ECG, gastroscopy, fluorography, general tests that exclude diseases similar to osteochondrosis.
The more complete the diagnosis, the more accurate the diagnosis.Along with osteochondrosis, other pathologies of the spine may be detected, this is reported by the doctor in the diagnosis and prescription of treatment.
How to treat osteochondrosis of the spine?
The medical treatment of osteochondrosis will lead to the complete treatment of the patient if the diagnosis is made in a timely manner.
- First, it is addressed to relieve pain, for this purpose medicines are prescribed - analgesics, blockade of the source of pain with injection with novocaine for some time, releasing the patient from unbearable pain;
- Physics with currents, laser, magnetic devices;
- Needofleflexotherapy or acupuncture, which is performed by professional doctors;
- Therapeutic gymnastics under the supervision of a physiotherapist;
- purpose of chondroprotectors;
- Surgical intervention is exchanged in severe cases where other methods are useless.
Folk remedies
All folk methods for the treatment of osteochondrosis are divided into pathogenetic and symptomatic.Pathogenetic - aimed at combating the disease.These include:
- physiotherapy procedures;
- Massage starting with the study of pain points for 8-12 minutes, then the weather increases;Massage is only shown in the absence of acute pain;
- A diet in which the patient refuses grapes and legumes systematically takes substances containing natural chondroitin, a substance that helps to strengthen the intervertebral discs: jelly meat, broth, etc., the use of vegetables and fruits that contribute to the cleaning of the body;
- During the onset of acute pain - warming with salt, sand;
- Acupuncture.
Symptomatic agents aimed at relieving the symptoms of the disease include external and internal phytotherapy.
Prevention
In order to prevent osteochondrosis, as a whole, the osteochondrosis of the spine of the spine, more special, must be met by several conditions:
- sleep on hard surfaces and on pillows with a slope of no more than 15 degrees, compared to the mattress;
- Avoid excessive spinal stress and the professions associated with a trembling body;
- Observe the right lifestyle;
- Drink water regularly, prevent dehydration;
- Pregnant women are registered in the early stages, use vitamins and elements that contribute to the proper development of the fetus;
- Prevention of rickets in a child, which is preventing disorders in the musculoskeletal system.
Spinal osteochondrosis is a disease that can be treated, especially in the first stages.In the next, if it was not possible to completely overcome the disease, there is no reason to despair.Existing treatments are intended to significantly reduce the patient's suffering.Early diagnosis, the performance of all the doctor's prescriptions can completely save the patient from the exhausting discomfort.