Thoracic osteochondrosis- This is a dystrophic change in the intervertebral discs, located in the thoracic spine.The treatment of the disease is required to begin immediately after making a diagnosis, as the disease can quickly go into a chronic form.
The main symptoms of the disease are the restriction of shoulder band mobility, shortness of breath, stomach disturbance and chest pain that give the heart.The risk for the patient is that the symptoms of osteochondrosis are often confused with cardiovascular disease, therefore, therapy is performed by the wrong disease.
Causes of osteochondrosis
The thoracic osteochondrosis occurs as a result of pathological changes in the vertebrae and intervertebral discs, as well as the supply of blood and damaged food.In addition, the disease can be caused by spinal deformity.
Especially often, people who are in a sitting position suffer from the symptoms of breast osteochondrosis.Basically, these are office workers and students of different ages.Due to the constant decrease without observing the correct position of the body, the load on the beads increases significantly, which causes them to deform.
The root causes of the disease:
- increased load on the back that occurs when lifting weights
- Age -related changes in the body
- excess weight
- Spinal department injuries
- predisposition to genetic level
Depending on the stage of the symptoms, it is divided into 2 clinical cases.In the first case, the pain appears suddenly and has an acute shape (so -called "lateral").In the second case, the pain is long and is often associated with stiffness in the cervical spine and thoracic.Pain for breast osteochondrosis limits the movement of the back, and also provokes difficulty breathing.
The treatment of osteochondrosis of the thoracic region is performed using complex methods and schemes, the compilation of which depends on the stage of the disease, the course and its causes.Only a highly qualified specialist is able to withstand this task.
The stages of the disease
First stageIt is characterized by the appearance of local pain due to muscle weakening (thoracalgia).Moreover, in the first phase there is a tension of the preverstebral back muscles, which leads to increased pain and limiting the spine mobility.
The second phaseIt is associated with an increase in pain syndrome, as the nerve roots are involved in the inflammatory process.Also at this stage, extensions and/or hernia of the intervertebral disk (MPD) appear.
The third stageProvokes persistent pain that occurs in the affected nerve area.There is a change in walking, numbness in the limbs, the appearance of headaches, difficulty breathing and failure of the heart rhythm.This is due to the manifestation of significant deformities of the intervertebral disk and spine.The risk of seizure increases significantly (the seizure is the division of hernia and its movement along the spine, which damages the nerve roots associated with the spinal cord).And this in 90% of cases leads to surgery.
INFourth stageDiseases disrupt the functions of the intervertebral disc.Growing vertebral bodies begins to bind vertebrae near them.The osteochondrosis of the spine often causes a violation of blood supply to the spinal cord.This stage of the disease is more dangerous, as without time therapy leads to disability.
Treatment
Before proceeding with treatment, the diagnosis is performed to detect the stage of the disease (initial, acute or chronic).Depending on the existing symptoms, the methods of therapy are selected.
The treatment of osteochondrosis of the thoracic region is more effective in the early stages, when pathological changes are not expressed so clearly and are reversible.
The main sign that the disease has gone through the acute phase is constant painful sensations in;Back, chest and spine muscles.At this stage in the development of osteochondrosis, the doctor's priority task is to relieve pain.