The osteochondrosis of the spine of the thoracic is a disease of the muscular system, the success of the treatment of which depends on the term of the diagnosis.Cureda fully cured in the early stages, but it can be difficult to determine the source of the disease, as the patient initially does not suspect that the pain and embarrassment they arise are associated with spine damage: they are not very disturbing it, and he has no hurry to the doctor.
Let us try to deal with the characteristic symptoms of osteochondrosis, the nature of its occurrence, the possibilities of treatment and the prevention of the disease.
Osteochondrosis of the spine
- The disease is characterized by dystrophic and degenerative changes in the thoracic spine, which are associated with cell metabolism disorders.
- In the intervertebral discs, extension (thinning and cracking) occurs - the cause of compression of the spinal cord, limb numbness, paralysis.This is the stage of the disease when only a surgical operation will help.
- The duty of patients and doctors to take measures for timely diagnosis and proper treatment.
Symptoms of the disease
The first symptoms of osteochondrosis of the thoracic area of the spine:
- back pain (dorsalgia);
- Acute chest area pain (dorsago);
- Embarrassment during movements, I do not want to move once again so that I do not feel pain.
All of these are prolonged symptoms - thinning, cracking of intervertebral discs.Pain occurs in the kidney, liver, heart, pancreas, stomach area.The pathologies of the thoracic region are manifested by intercostal neuralgia, indirect indirect arthritis, and rib arthrosis and pectory.A sigh or deep cough causes pain or feeling of compression or the presence of a strong strong coma in the chest.
Often osteochondrosis of the spine is characterized by syndromes:
- Vasomotor syndrome characteristic for neurological diseases.The patient feels sudden redness, similar to climatic, other organs pain, systems.
- Muscle-ton-pain syndrome in muscle tissue near the focus of the disease.With an increase in physical activity, these areas swell.
- Neurodistrophic syndrome (zuzhek disease) or metabolism in the tissue can also become a symptom of the disease.
Change from other diseases
The difficulty of diagnosing and early detection of osteochondrosis of the chest area 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 spinal cord damage, pectality symptoms occur with the curves of the head, the torsus and last for a long time, for more than two weeks.Nitroglycerin in this case is useless.For comparison: with coronary disease, the same pain persists a short period of time."Cardon" drugs will help to get rid of either significantly to ease it.
Pain in the field of appendix, kidneys, stomach, intestines - symptoms of somatic diseases: appendicitis, nephritis, pyelonephritis, gastritis, stomach ulcers, colitis.During compression (pinching) of the spinal cord, the characteristic symptoms of these diseases manifest.Pseudo -Angiose syndrome or a feeling of squeezing, the severity in the chest differs from an angina, characteristic of patients with pectoris angina.Such pains can be caused by the pathology of the chest, cervical-ttoly, cervical parts, causing painful processes of the surrounding tissue: muscles and irritable.Pain with pseudo -English syndrome occurs with upper body curves.
Symptoms of compression syndrome are signs of an extrameduller neoplasm of the spinal cord.
Due to the resemblance of osteochondrosis of the thoracic spinal area with other diseases, the main thing is to diagnose accurately, for which complex measures are performed.
The development of the disease
Let's understand what happens when osteochondrosis occurs:
- First of all, the disk is modified: it is sophisticated, covered, deformed.At this stage, the disease does not appear symptomatic, and the patient feels nothing.
- Then there is pain associated with irritation of the nerve endings that are in the tissues near the affected discs.In people with developed muscle mass, the risk of pathological processes is much smaller, as the muscles support the spine, like a corset.The pain can be neurological, such as limb numbness, appearance of eggplants, modifications of internal chest organs.
In the first two stages, the disease cures.
- Next, inflammatory processes, hernia, arthrosis, subluxation of individual vertebrae can develop.The most common are hernia in which the nucleus of the spine of the pulpos, constantly supported by a fibrous ring.When the ring is destroyed, the essence crawls, causing acute pain, numbness, paralysis.
- In the fourth stage, a narrowing of the discs occurs, an abnormal increase in bone tissue is possible.So the spine protects itself from the dangerous compression of the spinal cord.
In severe cases, spinal cord squeeze syndrome due to elongation can cause closing pain, a decrease in sensitivity (gipalgesia).
The factors of the development of the disease
The osteochondrosis of the spine of the chest develops due to insufficient supply of intervertebral discs with useful substances and humidity.The spine discs differ from other tissues of the body in that they are not supplied with nutrients through the vessel network and are fed by neighboring tissue.With a lack of fluid, nutrients, a phenomenon called extension is characterized by ledge, refinement, cracking and destruction of intervertebral discs.
Degenerative changes appear for the following reasons:
- Hereditary, accompanied by underdevelopment and pathology of blood circulation.
- Congenital, caused the weakness of the skeletal muscle system: rakites, kyfosis, scoliosis, prayer.
- Salt deposits near the discs (osteophytes), publish a crisis at the time of the spine test.
- Violation of nutrient metabolism, microcyroblement in tissues as a result of infectious injuries and diseases
People who are in danger:
- experiencing a severe physical activity;
- with misconduct, in which over time it has the same pathological consequences as after damage;
- to have a sedentary job;
- Working by profession associated with a continuous long -lasting organism (drivers).
When do you see a doctor?
With spinal diseases with the doctor, you should go quickly.How do you understand that the issue is on your back?With osteochondrosis, it can be difficult to understand or not immediately.In the early stages, the pain does not feel.
Remember!If there is chest pain and back pain, the exact source of which is difficult to determine, after "slamming" through the body: first it hurts side by side, then alternately - shoulders, ribs, kolalarbon, in each sequence.This is most often a sign of damage to the spine of the chest.
Is it possible to relieve pain before meeting a doctor?
So far there is no accurate diagnosis, no radical treatment methods are used.The fact is that there are diseases in which, for example, thermal procedures are prohibited (with some types of tumors).With sharp pain, sedatives are drunk and an ambulance call.In other cases, heavy loads are excluded from the sedative, find a suitable body position, and avoid the sharp effects of shock (jumps).In the first case, they go to the doctor to confirm the diagnosis and prescribe treatment.
Diagnosis of spinal osteochondrosis in the chest area
Always perform a comprehensive examination aimed at eliminating diseases with similar symptoms.
Diagnostic methods include:
- Anamnesis;
- Inspection and palpation;
- Computer tomography, which determines the correct diagnosis and clarifies the stage of development of the disease;
- Radiography as an alternative method of tomography, capable of detecting cracks in discs and formed growth;
- Ultrasound, ECG, gastroscopy, fluorography, general tests that exclude diseases, similar to osteochondrosis -like symptoms.
The more complete the diagnosis, the more accurate the diagnosis.Along with osteochondrosis, other spinal pathologies can be detected, this takes into account the doctor when diagnosing and prescribing treatment.
How to treat spinal osteochondrosis?
Medical treatment of osteochondrosis will lead to the patient's complete treatment if the diagnosis is made in a timely manner.
- First of all, it is addressed to relieve pain, for this purpose, the medication is prescribed - analgesics, the blockage of pain with novocaine injections, for some time releasing the patient from unbearable pain;
- Currents, laser treatment, magnetopunatic equipment;
- Needlexotherapy or acupuncture, which is developed by professional doctors;
- Therapeutic gymnastics under the supervision of a physiotherapist;
- the purpose of the chondroprotectors;
- Surgical intervention is exchanged in severe cases when other methods are useless.
Folk remedies
All popular methods of treatment of osteochondrosis are divided into pathogenetic and symptomatic.Pathogenetic - aimed at fighting the disease.These include:
- physiotherapeutic procedures;
- Massage starting with the study of pain points for 8-12 minutes, then the time has increased;Massage is shown only in the absence of acute pain;
- A diet in which the patient rejects grapes and legumes, systematically accepts substances containing natural chondoit, a substance that helps strengthen the intervertebral discs: echoed meat, soup and.etc.the use of vegetables and fruits that contribute to cleaning the body has been shown;
- During the appearance of acute pain - heating with salt, sand;
- acupuncture.
Symptomatic agents aimed at alleviating the symptoms of the disease include external and internal phytotherapy.
Prevention of the disease
To prevent osteochondrosis, in general, and osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine area, in particular, several conditions must be met:
- Sleep on solid surfaces and pillows with a slope of not more than 15 degrees in relation to the mattress;
- Avoid excessive loads on the back and professions, accompanied by a shaky body;
- observe the style of the right life;
- Drink water regularly, prevent dehydration;
- Pregnant women are recorded in the early stages, use vitamins and elements that contribute to accurate fetal development;
- Prevention of rickets in a child, which is a prevention of disorders in the muscular system.
Spinal osteochondrosis is a disease that can be treated, especially in the early stages.In later ones, if it were not possible to completely overcome the disease, there is no reason to despair.Existing treatment methods are created to significantly reduce the patient's suffering.Early diagnosis, the execution of all the doctor's prescriptions can completely save the patient from grueling disease.