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Cervical osteocondrosis in women

Cervical osteocondrosis in women is a common disease.Most of all, the fair sex is subject to him from 30 years.75% of women face this unpleasant disorder, while the consequences and severity of the disease can be completely different.

Symptoms of cervical osteocondrosis in women

Manifestations of cervical osteocondrosis in women

Symptoms of female osteocondrosis can already be detected in the initial step as cervical spines are located close to each other and have a small height.Cervical osteocondrosis is capable of causing serious consequences - complications and even a deadly result.In fact, arteries pass through the neck that nourishes the brain, nerve strains and roots associated with the lungs, hands and heart, as well as the spinal cord.Therefore, do not postpone treatment with a good doctor.

So that a woman can recognize cervical osteocondrosis, she has to pay attention to the following signs:

  • In the course of the head, the neck occurs crushing and unpleasant pain;
  • Often repeated headaches in the occipital and temporal parts;
  • Shooting pain that gives to the neck;
  • Fatigue, weakness and fatigue;
  • High temperature;
  • Strong stiffness in the neck, it is difficult to turn your head;
  • With a small load on the hand or with a cough, an unpleasant pain occurs in the shoulder;
  • Numbness and icing of limbs and language;
  • Dizziness, darker in the eyes;
  • Snoring in a dream;
  • Difficulty in swallowing;
  • Unreasonable anxiety, fear;
  • Swerole's mood, regardless of the cycle;
  • Sleep disorders;
  • Sharp deterioration in memory and attention;
  • Springing into blood pressure (either an increase, then a fall);
  • Much less often there is pain in the heart, worsening of hearing and ringing in the ears, complications with vision.
  • Nausea, vomit;
  • The skin gets a bluish tint.

Cervical osteocondrosis can cause an increase in temperature and poor health.

Important!Especially acute cervical osteocondrosis is experienced by women who are menopause.

Features by female osteocondrosis

Osteocondrosis is a violation of the musculoskeletal system, due to which intervertebral disks and joints can be destroyed.Due to the properties of the body's structure, the symptoms of cervical osteocondrosis in women are more clearly manifested than in men.The fact is that men's shoulder area is wider, it supports the entire spine and does not help overload the neck.

The female cervical spinal cord department is characterized by high activity and the presence of a large number of nerve fibers that act as conductors between the brain and other organs.Deformation of the intervertebral discs quickly causes pressure on the roots of fibers in the nerve endings.Roughly speaking, women have more fragile vertebrae and thin bone tissue.

Important!Pregnancy with subsequent care of the child also aggravates the problem.During pregnancy, the load on the spine increases and breastfeeding in an unpleasant position and the constant wear of the baby in the hands becomes the cause of the worsening of the disease.

There are several phases in the development of osteochondrosis in the cervical region:

  1. A decrease in the spine due to dehydration of the pulpose core (the inside of the intervertebral disc, which usually has to be filled with half-life and jacket).
  2. The muscles and ligaments fall, which is the cause of the imbalance, that is, the displacement of the vertebrae.
  3. Protes of intervertebral discs (output out of their content) and arthrosis.
  4. The human body is trying to help the spine return the "sophisticated" vertebrae to the site, eliminating support and protective barriers.To do this, osteophytes occur on the vertebrae - bone growth.Fibrous tissue also grows.As a result, the motor segment of the spine in a kind of shell is disturbing the activity.

Causes of the disease in women

The causes of the development of cervical osteocondrosis in women

It is assumed that the occurrence of cervical osteocondrosis in women is associated with salts, but that is not the case.It is precisely osteocondrosis that is the main cause of salt deposits.Researchers claim that there are many reasons for the appearance of osteochondrosis in the cervical region.Consider the head:

  • Klimax.The fact is that progesterone that enters the body becomes smaller and smaller, and muscles in the cervical region also fall.All this leads to a weakening of the spinal cord department;
  • Impairment of immunity, frequent diseases;
  • Excess weight;
  • Circuit violation;
  • Abnormalities of the rumorbral artery that occur on the basis of generic injuries, infections and heredity;
  • Sedentary work, especially on the computer;
  • Flat feet;
  • Incorrect attitude;
  • Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption;
  • Excessive sport;
  • Large load of the spine during pregnancy;
  • Incorrect and unbalanced diet;
  • Poor metabolism, problems with metabolism;
  • Any damage to the neck;
  • Arthritis or damage;
  • Hormonal disorders of the body;
  • Hypothermia;
  • Heredity.

Excess weight has an extra load on ligaments and joints also leads to problems with the cardiovascular system.

Than cervical osteocondrosis is dangerous

Lack of treatment can lead a woman to disability.If you do not start treatment of osteocondrosis on time, there is a risk of complications - from the most insignificant to serious:

  1. Constant pain in the head, dizziness.
  2. Regular sudden loss of consciousness.
  3. Problems with hearing and vision.
  4. Blood circulation in the brain is disturbed.
  5. Frequent increase in blood pressure.
  6. In the central nervous system, problems can begin: Speech inhibition, coordination and behavioral disorders.
  7. Radiculitis and other back diseases.
  8. Vessels will be pressed in the brain.
  9. The backworthy displacement.
  10. Violation of going due to stenosis in the spinal cord.
  11. Intervertebral hernias and projections.
  12. Schmorl Hernia.

An increase in blood pressure in osteocondrosis may be associated with poor blood flow in the arteries on the way to the brain.Climate of arteries occurs due to osteocondrosis.

Examination and treatment

Cervical osteocondrosis has many general symptoms with other diseases, therefore before treatment, the neuropathologist carefully listens to the patient and collects an history.

Then diagnostic studies are performed:

Methods of treating cervical osteocondrosis in women
  • Radiography.Using the X -ray radiation of the cervical spine, the doctor determines the location of the disease.In the picture he will see a change in the form of the spinal cord segment, the presence of osteophytes and narrowing of the intervertebral disks.
  • Computed tomography or magnetic resonance image.Today, these are the most effective ways to find out what and where defects are located in the spine is located.
  • Myelography.For examination, the patient is introduced by contrasting fluid in the spinal canal.The procedure is not sure: The patient can develop an allergy and there is a risk of spinal cord injury with a puncture that does not succeed.With cervical osteocondrosis, such a study is rarely performed unless you need to see the entire spine.

MRI will help with exactly establishing a diagnosis and determining the degree of pathology development.

To cure cervical osteocondrosis prescribes the doctor complex treatment.The tasks of therapy are: removal of muscle cramps, relief of pain and a decrease in intra -shit pressure.Different types of therapy are used at different stages of the development of the disease.

Usually treatment goes through stages:

  1. Drug treatment.Recovering of cartilage tissue using chondroprotectors.Vasodilating drugs are used for blood supply in the brain area.All of the above eliminates inflammation, pain and improves metabolic processes in intervertebral discs.Painful and anti -inflammatory drugs are used in the form of a gel or tablets.Notropics and medicines with magnesium can be prescribed.With osteocondrosis, sedatives can be taken as prolonged illness can cause stress and depression.Sometimes it is enough to drink tincture by Motherwort or Valerian.
  2. Physiotherapy.It aims to eliminate violations in the affected areas of the spine, relief of pain syndromes and improvement of blood circulation.A good massage for a competent specialist, electrophoresis with painkillers as well as laser therapy can help in the initial stages of the development of the disease.The procedures relieve muscle tension and stimulate blood circulation.In severe cases, magnetotherapy, diadynamic currents, ultrasound, electro analgesia and ultraviolet are used.Physiotherapy gives an effect after the 3rd procedure, the general condition improves, insomnia, headaches and ringing in the ears leaving.
  3. Manual therapy.Treatment has good efficiency and grateful reviews.The manual therapist returns the vertebrae to its place in multiple sessions, ensures their mobility and correct attitude.
  4. Acupuncture.It is also called reflexology.The target is the effect of dystrophic transformations in muscle tissue, get rid of inflammation and pain, normalization of blood circulation.Women with an indicator of low pain have a good chance of improvement, their lymph flow is accelerated and the blood stream is normalized.
  5. Orthopedic treatment.The specialist prescribes special sleep pads to unload the spine.The underwater spinal extension (traction) for relaxing muscles from the action with hot water is also recommended.The traction involves the use of different devices to increase the intervertebral space.
    6. Wearing a collar with cervical osteocondrosis
  6. Proper and pure nutrition.Giving the body ingestion of advantageous fats, carbohydrates and proteins as well as minerals and vitamins, a woman can significantly speed up the healing process.
  7. Physical activity.The doctor may prescribe both therapeutic physical education and special charging for the cervix.Physical education aims to restore the mobility of the cervical bridges zone and blood supply.It corrects attitude and strengthens the muscle corset.In addition, regular sports, for example, in the gym, will not allow cervical osteochondrosis to move forward.
  8. Wearing a cross.There is a special device for the cervical region, called a collar.It is characterized by stiffness and stability.Carrying a collar will eliminate pain syndromes, improve attitude and speed up improvement.

When choosing a collar, it is necessary to select the height of the product correctly.To do this, measure the distance from the bone to the corner of the lower jaw.

Home treatment

So that the disease does not appear or it can be diagnosed in the initial step, a woman must closely monitor her health, nutrition and lifestyle.

To facilitate the condition at home, you can use folk music recipes:

  1. Roasted potatoes on a fine river, add a small amount of honey to it and mix.The resulting mixture must be applied to the cervical region at the place where it hurts the most.Repeat treatment once a week.
  2. Rinse the leaves of the horseradish and fasten to the sore place.Fix the compression with a bandage and slept with it all night.Usually in the morning you can feel relief and improvement.For a greater effect, the procedure should be repeated from 3 days or more.

To strengthen the muscles of the neck and return the mobility of the spines, gymnastics for the cervix must be performed.Exercises can be performed for prevention and you must engage smoothly and without sudden movements so that there are no muscle spasm:

  1. Tilted forward.Sitting, put a palm on your forehead and tilt your head forward as you resist with your palm.A slope is 10 seconds.After a short rest, repeat the exercise again.
  2. Tilt to the side.Sitting, put a palm on your head in the temple.Tilt your head to the side while pressing it with your palm, resist.Continue for 10 seconds.After rest - repeat the exercise.
  3. Turning to the side.To sit in a chair or stand, lower your hands along the body.Turn your head smooth into the extreme right position, then to the extreme left.Repeat 10 times.
  4. Lift your shoulders.When sitting or standing, lower your hands along the body, raise your shoulders as much as possible and hold them in this position for 10 seconds.Then, lower your shoulders, take a deep breath, relax for 15 seconds.Repeat 10 times.
  5. Tilt to the chest.To sit or stand, the hands are lowered along the body.Gently lower your head down and try to press the chin to the chest if possible.With good mobility of the cervical vertebrae, you can feel the breast excavation with a chin.Repeat about 10 times.
  6. Touch the shoulder with the ear.Rejoice your head back.Try touching your left shoulder with your left ear, repeat 5 times.Do the same with the right side.
  7. Tilted down.Release the chin to the neck.Turn your head left 7 times, then 7 times to the right.
  8. The resistance of the neck muscles.Rejoice your head back but not to the end.Slowly press the chin to the chest and overcome the resistance of the muscles of the cervical region.Complete 5-7 times.
  9. Twins with hands.It is necessary to make circular movements with both hands in one direction and then in the other.
  10. Massage.Sitting or lying down to march the area between the bone on the back of the head and its soft part in the area of the conditional connection between the head and the neck.The effect should be strong enough, perform for 4 minutes.

Important!With cervical osteocondrosis, under no circumstances should you make circular movements of the head as this can lead to injury.

Prevention

  1. Doctors claim that the prevention of osteocondrosis in the cervical region should take place even intrauterine during the development of the embryo.The future mother is obliged to exclude risk factors associated with the future disease of the fetus to monitor her health to prevent intrauterine infections, hypoxia and poisoning.
  2. Both mothers and father need to monitor the child's injuries and consult a doctor for diagnosis in time to rule out possible complications in the future.
  3. It is very important for girls and adults to pay attention to the prevention of cervical osteocondrosis, because this is worth changing their lifestyle.You need to start going a lot, take at least 10 thousand steps a day, which gradually increases the time spent walking.If the work activity is associated with the sedentary lifestyle, perform simple exercises for office workers right at the table, as well as get up, warm up and walk every hour.It is worth sitting on a chair with a high back and a headrest.It is also important to avoid overly upholstered furniture as the house must be supported by sciatica tubercles.
  4. At the wheel of a car it is important that the back has a good support, you can put a roll between the crucifix and the chair.You should try to keep your head straight and sit without excitement.
  5. Before the computer and TV screen it is harmful to be in the same position.From time to time, change the position so that the muscles can stretch.
  6. As possible suffering from cervical osteocondrosis, if possible, it is best to do household tasks, such as labeling or cooking, in a seated position.
  7. For the prevention of osteocondrosis, it is necessary to prevent excessive load on the spine and cervical region.Bags and packages must be worn in both hands or alternately.When working in the garden and garden, every 1.5 hours, you need to take a break for 20 minutes and rest, it is better in a horizontal position.
  8. To soften the bumps as you walk, choose practical or orthopedic shoes with elastic soles.
    9. Prevention of the development of cervical osteocondrosis
  9. In the cold season, a woman must protect the cervical bridge therapy zone from hypothermia with a scarf and hat.
  10. The mattress for sleep must be stiff, in addition you can put a roll under the crucifix, knee joint or under the stomach, depending on the pose.
  11. For the prevention of osteocondrosis, a general strength course should be taken.It will help prevent the occurrence of the disease as well as cure it in the initial step.
  12. It is important for a woman to deal with stress and monitor psycho resistance because a nervous shock can cause damage to the cervical region.
  13. For preventing the disease, it is important to take food, which will be useful for the spine, synthesize its cartilage.Proteins, mucopolysaccharides, minerals, vitamins can be obtained from meat, legumes, nuts, vegetables, gelatin, fish, eggs, cottage cheese.

When choosing a mattress that suits you, it is worth taking into account many factors, for example - skin color, height, weight, filler and most important degree of development of osteocondrosis.

Important!Swimming in the pool or pond will be a very useful occupation for female patients with cervical osteocondrosis.But it is better to refuse a bath and sauna during a deterioration.

Cervical osteocondrosis is a disease of all women whose problem is a sedentary lifestyle.These are many professions: accounting people, cashiers, seamstresses, musicians, writers and others.During the period of the disease of the disease, it will be useful for women to visit sanatoriums and resorts where they can strengthen the muscles of the neck, vascular system and improve the body.Timely contact by a doctor is the key to a successful improvement.