The disease that spills over into the chronic form and damage the spinal discs and the cartilage is called osteochondrosis. Begins to develop original works of art 25-30 normally of years, a chronic course occurs in about 40 years. Low back pain and the causes one of the most common of back pain.
What and osteochondrosis
This term refers to a disease that affects the tissues of the spine. With time, the spine compresses and crushes the discs. These are the clubs that are necessary for the strengthening and mobility of the vertebrae. The dimensions of the intervertebrals change the clubs, they don't have enough I could stop carrying out their duties. In the advanced stage of osteoarthritis of the back can cause a herniated curvature or spinal. Often the disease becomes a cause of disability.
Reasons
The real cause of such diseases as osteochondrosis unknown still are for doctors, but there are some factors in the development of the disease, for example:
- Congenital and acquired of the herba of the spine because of frequent falls, and impacts.
- Bad genetics and diseases of the spine in the family.
- Age, excess weight.
- Flat feet, posture, and other diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
- Disorder metabolic.
- Sedentary and atrofiat hello muscles.
- Sudden movements or too much strain on the muscles and bones, asymmetrical movements during training or work.
- Unbalanced diet, do Not, use of drugs and alcohol.
- Adverse environmental conditions — high humidity, low temperature and poor environment.
- The improper use of shoes and clutches is high.
And This is only the factors that influence the basic development and the course of the disease. The disease occurs in people who engage in heavy physical work. For example, weightlifters, movers, gymnasts or builders. Constant stress, lack of exercise and the diet may also cause the development of diseases such as osteochondrosis of the spine.
Osteochondrosis of the spine in adults and their classification
The disease may start in adolescence, when the spine simply don't have time to grow. But the time with, this problem disappears. Move The children very much, I exercise a balanced diet with a high content of vitamins helps to forget about low, back pain.
But with adults and different. Osteochondrosis of the spine in adults is associat with the age-related changes the and say of the poor and the nutrition of the circulation to the cartilage and bone. The intervertebral discs of an adult differ in their structure, have their own ships so they get food and oxygen from other tissues. Provide cartilage l and main Group the tavern en the fight against osteoarthritis. This can only be done by doing exercises that are suitable for groups of muscles of the back. Also helps in physical therapy, massage and nutrition and a suitable.
According to the scientists of the states units, is increasing in incidence each year.
Osteochondrosis of the spine in adults in States Units detected more than un 30% of the population, and this figure increases every year. It appears more frequently in the households prefer a sedentary lifestyle, or doing heavy physical work. In Russia, they are still the figures more sad. More than 50% of the adult population unable to work because of problems with the system the nervous system and the musculoskeletal.
Pain in the back, the neck and head to reduce the craving for life. The person becomes passive and irritable. Frequent depression, accompanied by a deterioration of the health. Usually lower back pain has un number of comorbidities, such as chronic emotional stress, migraine and diseases of the vascular system.
The spinal disease degenerative disc: symptoms and diagnosis
The symptoms of this disease and clearly expressed, by confusing it with a bit hard.
At the beginning of determining the osteochondrosis and necessary to remember that only a few major signs and qualified to seek help.
There are types 4 diseases: cervical, lumbar, and thoracic mixed, and to say in various places of the spine.
Symptoms depending on the view one a bit different:
- By degenerative disease of lumbar disc peculiar bottom in the course of the back pain sometimes that takes place, but replaced often by attacks of acute.
- Back pain may increase during exercise or sudden movements.
- Most often, the pain changes on the shooter. It can radiate to the pelvis, organs, pelvis and even feet.
- The sensitivity of the feet and partially broken, but in a more advanced form and everything disappears.
- The man, a hard bend and make turns the body the patient tries to maintain the same posture, do not deliver own physical discomfort.
The symptoms of cervical degenerative disc and bit of a disease different:
- There are frequent headaches that does not go away, even the original work of art application of pain, aggravated by turning the head and bending.
- The patient may feel very dizzy when moving the head.
- Pain from the neck of the womb gives your back, arms, chest.
- There is often impairment of the vision of the hearing and, before the eyes appear dark spots, and difficult to focus one's eyes on any object.
- You may feel numbness of the tongue, as well as a noticeable change of voice.
Thoracic degenerative disc disease can often be confused with the neck of the womb aspect, but there are some things very specific:
- The patient may experience pain in the chest, shoulders and arms.
- Overcooling When the un marked impairment, it also increases the pain at night or when the exercise.
- Often difficult to take a deep breath, chest as if constricted.
- Appear on the skin, tingling or burning, freezing quickly in the hands and feet.
- The pain to walk in at the worst fast or run.
Diagnosis
In order to make the un diagnosis, the doctor patient the examined in different positions of standing, lying, sitting, in the at rest and movement. Thus, in the query is important to honestly and talk about all the claims, even if the pain and slightly the worse coughing or sneezing. This can also affect more of the diagnosis. To confirm or, on the contrary, to deny the presence of disease, to prescribe the un number additional hardware research. The un of the most popular types at MRI, of two rays x and the computed tomography.
The spinal degenerative disc disease, the symptoms of which often helps to identify destinations of diseases, such as kyphosis, herniated disc and out of the clubs, and necessary to determine the doctor.
Not, a necessary self-medicate and to postpone the visit to the doctor indefinitely. Not only That, if it affects the presence of back pain, but the fullness of life.
Osteochondrosis of the spine: medical treatment and surgical
Therapy dangerous of this disease ca be divided into 2 types — conservative and surgical intervention. The choice of the right treatment can only specialist, the patient, often, a need to consult several doctors — a neurologist, a surgeon and traumatologist.
More advanced forms of the disease can be removed only through surgery. Next, we need conservative treatment, which helps to recover the body. Includes The postoperative period massage, physiotherapy and nutrition.
Treatment of the medication
Often the doctor prescribes the detection of diseases such as osteochondrosis, treatment with drugs. A combined along with a diet that includes the vitamins and minerals. A large consumption of vitamins and necessary at the time of taking medications that have not had the un's impact on the bone negative, the cardiovascular system and the gastrointestinal tract.
Osteochondrosis of Treatment with the help of the medication can include various types:
- The use of analgesics and anti-inflammatory.
- Antispasmodic complex.
- Antioxidants.
- Blood of the microcirculation.
- The preparations for the restoration of cartilage.
But don't rely solely on medications. Often this "passive" treatment does not produce the desired results, and sometimes a useless magazine method. And important, not only to improve and expect to take care of health and your physical form. Even in advanced, the patients admitted in a series of physical exercises to increase muscle tone and improve blood circulation.
Conservative treatment must always consist of several procedures, for example:
- Physiotherapy.
- Manual therapies and massage.
- Physiotherapy medical devices.
- A balanced diet and working with a mental condition in cases of stress.
In many cases, the pacients'help in the therapy exercise massage and therapy manual. Most doctors try to do the treatment, meaning medication, like all drugs not only treat, but also cause harm to the un in the body.
Massage and manual therapy
Often we are the patients sent for treatment to chiropractors. But this is only the prevention of the disease or a good way to relieve acute attacks of pain. Only The procedure s has been carried out by specialists with experience. Often patients s offer a subject"s in the un course of massage or even acupuncture. The choice of the therapist s must be treated with extreme caution as any wrong step can cause pain, and even spinal cord injuries.
Acupuncture helps to balance normalize hormonal, relieve pain and spasm, to restore the tone of the muscles.
Exercise
To increase the effectiveness of massage and the drugs that the year with. But we have to remember that they need to carry out regularly and without fanaticism. Also, you may not exercise, during episodes of illness. In the first place you need to remove the discomfort. The Un special set of exercises should choose the un doctor, since it depends on the stage of the disease. But the more often the simple gymnastic movements sense of sudden movements.
Physical therapy helps to relieve the pain, strengthen the muscle framework, and removing the spasms. Methods of massage and physical therapy provides often the opportunity to upstage the use of drugs.
Physical therapy
This procedure, and an important part of the treatment. The patient in the postoperative period or as a Complement to the treatment en basic name can be the following types of therapy:
- Shock-wave the magazine method.
- Magnetotherapy.
- The laser treatment.
- Balneotherapy.
- Detensor or traction of the spine.
- Vibro.
Each method has the un positive effect on the body, but undergo a these has of procedures by prescription and under un care doctor.
Treatment of folk remedies
To relieve the pain or persistent cramps pot and traditional methods. For example, the rubbing of destinations of the herbs and roots of wool or of bee veri.
Many folk remedies can be used internally and externally — friction, compresses and baths. But you need to know, do have a Al·al·lèrgia to some components. Special attention's been given a rastertime and ointments at the base of the plants poisonous. In addition, to be able to plants are some of reduce the effect of the medication. Important to consult the un specialist before it is combined with the main treatment.
Touch of an an application and give un warming effect that provides blood flow to the damaged discs.
Sheep or dog hair relieve the pain and I spasms and inflammation. Hot evil place the fins. Also warming low back pain, with the help of an application of soap and kerosene. For this, a necessary to moisten the natural fabric in kerosene, wring and soap it. The fabric should be applied to the skin and wrap un warm and scarf. Leave for 1-2 hours, the bandage should be removed in any discomfort.
The diet
Salt — here the that and excludes, in the first place, in the presence of degenerative disc disease. But offers a important to slowly reduce the amount of this product. Eliminate from the diet you need coffee, soft drinks and food too sweet. In the excess weight, it is recommended to remove the bread, the bread regular and instead of cupcakes with cookies bran or you dry your affected.
The main part of their diet should consist of proteins of animal origin, meat, poultry, fish, milk and eggs. About fruits and vegetables not s has d forget. A large amount of vitamins contained in the cabbage, peppers, carrots, celery and parsley! Buy mayonnaise and sunflower oil and better to replace the olive oil with a few tablespoons of lemon juice.
To restore cartilage tissue, and is important to consume vitamins a, C, D, B, calcium, magnesium, and manganese. All this is in large contained amounts available products of dried fruits, cheese, lettuce, fish salt water, and the butter. The patient must provide a intake, high calcium along with magnesium, otherwise the calcium will not be a leach and sucked the bones, which adversely affect the progress of the treatment.
Complications
If you don't treat any disease, it will cause complications. Low back pain sciatica can develop a hernia, hypertension, and neuralgia intercostal.
More serious consequences and a stroke and a heart attack, and inflammation of the sciatic nerve. One of the most dangerous complications and compression of the arteries vertebral. They rid the brain of oxygen, the sense of the high risk of problems with the cardiovascular system, hearing and vision.
Prevention
To avoid examining this disease, it is necessary that regular exercise, yoga, swimming, running.
Take care of the correct body posture, as well as the chairs, with a support rigid support for the back straight. A excel·la lent of prevention will be the un special massage mattress.
Try not to carry heavy weights in one hand and asymmetrical, to exercise in the formacio.
Choose shoes with the right Footwear and shock-d absorption exclusive.
The Group of un important element in the fight against the degenerative disc disease, so stick to a proper diet, one of the most important rules.