Thoracic spine osteochondrosis is a disease of the musculoskeletal system, whose success depends on the punctuality of the diagnosis.It is completely healed in the early stages, but it can be difficult to determine the source of the disease, since the patient at first does not suspect that the pain and the discomfort that have emerged are associated with damage to the spine: they do not disturb him much and he is not in a hurry at the doctor.
We will try to deal with the characteristic symptoms of osteochondrosis, the nature of its occurrence, the possibilities of treatment and prevention of the disease.
TORACIC COLUMN OSTEOCONDROSIS
- The disease is characterized by dystrophic and degenerative changes in the thoracic spine, which are associated with cellular metabolism disorders.
- In intervertebral discs, protrusion (thinning and crack) occurs - the cause of spinal cord compression, limb numbness, paralysis.This is the stage of the disease when only a surgical operation will help.
- The task of patients and doctors to take measures on timely diagnosis and proper treatment.
Symptoms of the disease
The first symptoms of thoracic spine osteochondrosis of the spine:
- back pain (dorsalgia);
- Acute pain of the chest area (dorsago);
- Discomfort during movements, I don't want to move once more so as not to feel pain.
All of these are symptoms of protrusion - thinning, intervertebral disc cracks.The pain appears in the area of the kidneys, liver, heart, pancreas, stomach.The pathologies of the thoracic region are manifested by intercostal neuralgia, transverse arthrosis ribly and arthrosis of ribs and pectories.A deep sigh or cough causes pain or feeling of compression or presence of a solid heavy coma in the chest.
Often, spine osteochondrosis is characterized by syndromes:
- Vasomotor syndrome characteristic of neurological diseases.The patient feels a sudden redness, similar to climate pain, other organs, systems.
- Painha of muscle syndrome in muscle tissues near the focus of the disease.With an increase in physical activity, these areas increase.
- Neurodistrophic syndrome (Zuzhek disease) or tissue metabolism can also become a symptom of the disease.
The difference from other diseases
The difficulty of diagnosis and early detection of chest area osteochondrosis is that their symptoms are easy to confuse with others.
For example, Pectaly is not only a sign of breast -ochondrosis, but also myocardial infarction.
With damage to the spine, the symptoms of pectacity occurs with head turns, trunk and lasts a long time, for more than two weeks.Nitroglycerin in this case is useless.For comparison: With coronary diseases, the same pain remains a short time.Cardon medicines will help get rid or significantly help relieve it.
Pain in the field of appendix, kidneys, stomach, intestines - symptoms of somatic diseases: appendicitis, nephritis, pyelonephritis, gastritis, stomach ulcers, colitis.During the (pinching) compression of the spinal cord, the characteristic symptoms of these diseases manifest themselves.Pseudo -aging syndrome or a feeling of squeezing, gravity in the chest differs from an angina, characteristic of patients with angina pectoris.Such pains can be caused by chest pathology, cervical and cervical parts, causing painful processes of surrounding tissues: muscle and nervous.Pain with pseudo -aniosis syndrome occurs with the turns of the upper body.
The symptoms of compression syndrome are signs of an extramedullar neoplasia of the spinal cord.
Due to the similarity of thoracic spine osteochondrosis with other diseases, the main thing is to accurately diagnose, for which complex measures are performed.
Disease development
Let's find out what happens when osteochondrosis happens:
- First of all, the disc is modified: it is sophisticated, covered with crack, deformed.At this stage, the disease does not appear symptomatically and the patient feels nothing.
- Then there are pain associated with irritation of nerve endings that are in tissues near the affected discs.In people with developed muscle mass, the risk of pathological processes is much lower, as the muscles support the spine, like a corset.Pain can be neurological, such as limb numbness, the appearance of goose bumps, modifications of the internal organs of the chest.
In the first two stages, the disease is healed.
- Then inflammatory processes, hernias, arthrosis, subluxation of individual vertebrae can develop.The most frequent are the hernias in which the spine core, constantly supported by a fibrous ring.When the ring is destroyed, the nucleus drags on, causing acute pain, numbness, paralysis.
- In the fourth stage, there is a narrowing of discs, abnormal growth of bone tissue is possible.Therefore, the spine protects itself from the dangerous compression of the spinal cord.
In severe cases, the syndrome of squeezing the spinal cord due to protrusion may cause attachment pain, a decrease in sensitivity (gipalgesia).
FACTORS OF DISEASE DEVELOPMENT
Thoracic spine osteochondrosis develops due to insufficient intervertebral disks supply with useful substances and moisture.The discs of the spine differ from other body tissues, as they are not supplied with nutrient elements through the vessel network and feed on neighboring tissues.With a deficiency of liquids, nutrients, a phenomenon called protrusion is characterized by edge, refinement, cracking and destruction of intervertebral discs.
Degenerative changes appear for the following reasons:
- Hereditary, associated with the underdevelopment and pathology of blood circulation.
- Congenital, caused the appearance of weakness of the musculoskeletal system: rickets, kyphosis, scoliosis, prayer.
- Salt deposits next to the discs (osteophytes), publish a crisis at the time of the spine probing.
- Violation of nutritional metabolism, microcirculation in tissues as a result of infectious injuries and diseases
People who are at risk:
- experiencing heavy physical activity;
- with inadequate posture, in which, over time, there are the same pathological consequences as after injury;
- having a sedentary work;
- Working by a profession associated with a constant long trembling organism (drivers).
When to see a doctor?
With spinal diseases to the doctor, you need to go quickly.How to understand that the case is in the column?With osteochondrosis, it may be difficult to understand or not immediately.In the early stages, pain is not felt.
To remember!If there are chest and back pain, whose exact source is difficult to determine, since it "floated" by the body: first it hurts side by side, then alternately - shoulder, ribs, clavicle, in any sequence.This is usually a sign of damage to the thoracic spine.
Is it possible to relieve pain before meeting a doctor?
So far, there is no precise diagnosis, radical treatment methods are not used.The fact is that there are diseases in which, for example, thermal procedures (with some types of tumors) are prohibited.With acute pain, painkillers are drunk and an ambulance call.In other cases, heavy loads are excluded by sedative, find a convenient body position and prevent sharp shock effects (heels).At first opportunity, they go to the doctor to confirm the diagnosis and prescribe treatment.
Diagnosis of spinal osteochondrosis in the chest area
Always conduct a comprehensive examination designed to eliminate diseases with similar symptoms.
Diagnostic methods include:
- anamnesis;
- Inspection and palpation;
- Computed tomography, which determines the exact diagnosis and clarifies the stage of disease development;
- Radiography as an alternative method of tomography, capable of revealing cracks in the discs and growing formed;
- Ultrasound, ECG, Gastroscopy, Fluorography, General Tests that exclude diseases, similar to symptoms similar to osteochondrosis.
The more complete diagnosis, the more I need 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 spine osteochondrosis?
The medical treatment of osteochondrosis will lead to the patient's complete healing if the diagnosis is made in a timely manner.
- First of all, it is addressed to relieve pain, for this purpose, the medications are prescribed - painkillers, blockade of the source of pain with novocaine injections, for some time releasing the patient from unbearable pain;
- Physiuming with chains, laser, magnetopuncture devices;
- needleflexotherapy or acupuncture, which is conducted by professional doctors;
- Therapeutic Gymnastics under the supervision of a physical therapist;
- CondoProtective Purpose;
- Surgical intervention is exchanged in severe cases when other methods are useless.
Popular remedies
All folkloric methods of osteochondrosis treatment are divided into pathogenetic and symptomatic.Pathogenetic - intended to combat the disease.These include:
- Physiotherapeutic procedures;
- Massage starting with the study of problem points for 8 to 12 minutes, so the weather is increased;Massage is shown only in the absence of acute pain;
- A diet, in which the patient refuses grapes and vegetables, systematically accepts substances containing natural chondroitin, a substance that helps strengthen intervertebral discs: gelatin meat, broth and.etc., the use of vegetables and fruits that contribute to the cleansing of the body is shown;
- During the appearance of acute pain - heating with salt, sand;
- acupuncture.
Symptomatic agents designed to relieve symptoms of the disease include external and internal phytotherapy.
Disease prevention
To prevent osteochondrosis, in general, and osteochondrosis of the column thoracic area, in particular, several conditions must be met:
- Sleep on hard surfaces and pillows with a slope of no more than 15 degrees in relation to the mattress;
- Avoid exorbitant loads in the spine and professions, associated with a body of agitation;
- Observe the right lifestyle;
- Drink water regularly, avoid dehydration;
- Pregnant women are recorded in the early stages, use vitamins and elements that contribute to the correct development of the fetus;
- Prevention of rickets in a child, which is a prevention of disorders in the musculoskeletal system.
Spine osteochondrosis is a disease that can be treated, especially in the early stages.In the subsequent, if it was not possible to completely overcome the disease, there is no reason to despair.Existing treatment methods are designed to significantly reduce the patient's suffering.Early diagnosis, the execution of all prescriptions of the doctor can completely save the patient from the exhaustive disease.