The first signs of cervical osteochondrosis often appear at a young age. Well, tell me, who hasn’t experienced neck pain at least once in their life? And we don’t pay attention to this symptom, but look for a logical explanation: maybe it’s blown away, I’m not sleeping properly on a pillow, I spend all day at the computer and more. And since we know the cause that affects the vertebrae, then there is no need to show it to the doctor - after all, it will pass by itself. Often, people after forty years turn to a doctor for help with osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, and then because of the presence of corresponding pathology.
Listen to your body
The first sign of cervical osteochondrosis is the occurrence of pain in this part of the spine. His character can be both constant pain and sharp shooting when turning the head, when the vertebrae move relative to the other along the axis.
If a person ignores the syndrome that appears in spinal osteochondrosis for a long time, then the process of degeneration in vertebral osteochondrosis takes place.
There are symptoms such as restriction of vertebral mobility in the affected part - in this way the body is protected from unpleasant sensations. And then the unpleasant symptoms subside, and the person thinks that he has gotten rid of the problem, and this is actually the severity of osteochondrosis.
The inability to turn the head left and right completely, as before, did not bother many. Meanwhile, the pathology can move to a stage of irreversible changes in the tissues that make up the vertebrae. With each worsening of osteochondrosis, symptoms return. As a result, a spinal hernia forms, which put pressure on the nerve roots and blood vessels that pass through each vertebra. As a result, there are signs of high blood pressure: dizziness, headache, "flies" blinking in front of the eyes.
The signs of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine do not have any characteristic features of this pathology. Therefore, with the exacerbation of vertebral osteochondrosis, it is sometimes difficult to guess as to what cause the malaise occurs. There may be severe headaches in the occipital area, sometimes turning into migraines, an increase in blood pressure to a significant figure. When coughing, turning the head and sneezing, the symptoms are more pronounced. With exacerbation of spinal osteochondrosis, there may also be lumbago in the arms or chest. If spinal osteochondrosis is ongoing, and vertebral tissue has changed significantly, then spinal or cerebral circulatory insufficiency may occur.
If the lower part of the cervical area is affected, symptoms that mimic heart problems may appear. Is it possible to determine independently whether it is the heart or not? The peculiarity is that the pain in the chest with osteochondrosis increases with rotation of the body and does not disappear after taking nitroglycerin. Sometimes there may be discomfort in the throat area due to spinal osteochondrosis, but the occurrence of problems with the throat is very rare. Keep in mind that discomfort in the throat may be due to the presence of problems with the thyroid gland. Sometimes discomfort in the throat can occur with emotional and nervous shock. And, of course, the most common causes of sore throats and sore throats are inflammation (ARVI, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, etc. ).
Do you become very scared?
Often, increased blood pressure, vegetative-vascular dystonia (VVD) and spinal cervical osteochondrosis are good friends.
As a result of compression of the spinal canal, blood pressure increases, which is indicated by headaches, impaired vision and coordination. These extreme symptoms of spinal pathology lead to the occurrence of panic attacks - these are feelings of fear, anxiety, painful depression.
How do you know if you are being attacked? Panic attacks usually occur suddenly and are accompanied by the following symptoms:
- cardiopalmus;
- increase in blood pressure indicators;
- sweating, shivering, trembling in the body;
- dizziness and headache;
- feeling short of breath;
- fear attacks.
Other symptoms of a panic attack include:
- pain and discomfort in the abdomen;
- liquid feces;
- frequent urination;
- may have a sore throat
- trembling in the limbs;
- impaired movement coordination.
Panic attacks usually last no more than half an hour. If the patient first feels all the symptoms of this attack, then there is a fear of death, a fear of the presence of any incurable pathology. Many examinations of the pathology of organs and systems do not reveal, except perhaps the pathology of the vertebrae, to which they may not pay special attention, so the person begins to think that the case is severe and unique. However, this condition should be treated properly. Patients should understand that nothing is life threatening.
What to do
If you feel discomfort in the cervical spine, a panic attack occurs, blood pressure rises, if the symptoms are already bothersome and do not disappear for a long time, seek medical advice! Maybe you have osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebrae. Especially if the pain in the affected spine is sharp, it will be difficult to ignore it. The pathology itself does not go away, and many patients tend to think that "everything can go away on its own", but in reality everything just develops. Temporary remission turns into another exacerbation of the symptoms of spinal osteochondrosis. In the early stages, it is easier to identify and address problems than to deal with complications!