As people's work and entertainment methods change, the time to bow their heads is prolonged, and the incidence of cervical spondylosis is increasing year by year, and it is showing a trend of younger age. In the outpatient clinic, patients with neck discomfort often come to see the doctor. However, some patients who only show symptoms such as dizziness, lower limb fatigue, vision loss, dysphagia and came to our department for treatment after seeing them for half a day, and were finally diagnosed with cervical spondylosis. Generally, patients of this type of patient will be more confused: Isn’t cervical spondylosis painful to the neck? Why do they have these symptoms? In fact, this is everyone’s misunderstanding of cervical spondylosis.
A little more health concerns and less worry about diseases. Today I will take you to learn about what cervical spondylosis is.
Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical syndrome (you only need to know the following contents), is a general term for cervical osteoarthritis, hyperplastic cervical spondylitis, cervical nerve root syndrome, and cervical disc alopecia. It is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. Mainly due to long-term cervical spine strain, bone hyperplasia, or dissection of the intervertebral disc and thickening of ligaments, it causes compression of cervical spinal cord, , cervical spinal cord, nerve root or vertebral artery, and a series of clinical syndromes with dysfunction. It is manifested as instability and loosening of the vertebrae; nucleus pulposus protruding or protruding; bone spur formation; ligament hypertrophy and secondary spinal stenosis , etc., which stimulate or compress adjacent nerve roots, spinal cord, vertebral artery, and cervical sympathetic nerve , causing a series of symptoms and signs.
The causes of cervical spondylosis can be divided into the following two types:
1. Cervical spinal stenosis. During the development of puberty, some patients have flat pedicle development, resulting in the spinal canal smaller than normal. On this basis, slight degeneration changes can cause spinal cord compression symptoms, inducing cervical spondylosis.
2. Patients with chronic strain have been performing various activities that are beyond the shoulder and neck that can bear for a long time, resulting in cumulative damage and degenerative lesions of the cervical spine. Degenerative lesions of the cervical spine are the main causes of cervical spondylosis.
Clinically, cervical spondylosis can be divided into 6 types. Different types of cervical spondylosis have different clinical manifestations:
1.Cervical cervical spondylosis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.Nerve root type cervical spondylosis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.Spinal cord-type cervical spondylosis -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Sympathetic cervical spondylosis -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Esophageal compression cervical spondylosis ---------- There is a sense of obstruction when swallowing and a foreign body sensation in the esophagus.
Now you know about cervical spondylosis❗❗❗What should I do if you have the above series of symptoms?
Go to the hospital, find a doctor, treat it in time, and be healthy early.
