Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine is an illness of the musculoskeletal system, the success of which depends on the topicality of the diagnosis.It is completely healed in the early stages, but it can be difficult to determine the source of illness, since the patient initially does not suspect that the pain and the discomfort that arose are associated with damage to the spine: it does not disturb it and he does not rush to the doctor.
Let us try to deal with the characteristic symptoms of osteochondrosis, the type of appearance, the possibilities of treatment and prevention of the disease.
Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine
- The disease is characterized by dystrophic and degenerative changes in the thoracic spine associated with diseases of cell metabolism.
- A lead (thinning and cracking) occurs in the intervertebral discs - the cause of the compression of the spinal cord, the deafness of the limbs, paralysis.This is the stage of the disease in which only a surgical operation helps.
- The task of patients and doctors to take measures to diagnose and proper treatment.
Symptoms of the disease
The first symptoms of osteochondrosis in the chest area of the spine:
- Back pain (dorsalgia);
- Acute pain of the chest area (Dorsago);
- Discomfort on movements, I don't want to move again so as not to feel pain.
All of these are symptoms of a lead - thinning, cracking intervertebral discs.Pain in the area of the kidneys, liver, heart, pancreas, stomach.Pathologies of the thoracic region manifest themselves through intercostal neuralgia, reliable transverse osteoarthritis as well as the rib and pectorist arthrosis.A deep sigh or cough causes pain or feeling of compression or the presence of a firm heavy coma in the chest.
Osteochondrosis of the spine is often characterized by syndromes:
- Vasomotor syndrome characteristic of neurological diseases.The patient feels sudden reddening, similar to the climate, pain of other organs, systems.
- Muskeltonic syndrome pain in muscle tissue near the focus of the disease.With an increase in physical activity, these areas swell.
- The neurodistrophic syndrome (zuzhek disease) or metabolism in tissues can also become a symptom of the disease.
The difference to other diseases
The difficulty of diagnosis and early detection of osteochondrosis of the chest area is that its symptoms are easily confused with others.
For example, pectalgia is not only a sign of chest osteochondrosis, but also of myocardial infarction.
In the event of damage to the spine, the symptoms of pectality occur with the head, upper body wounds and last more than two weeks.Nitroglycerin in this case is useless.For comparison: in the case of coronary diseases, the same pain continues in a short time."Cardon" drugs helps to remove them or relieve them significantly.
Pain in the area of appendix, kidneys, stomach, intestine - symptoms of somatic diseases: appendicitis, nephritis, pyelonephritis, gastritis, stomach ulcers, colitis.During compression (clamping) of the spinal cord, the symptoms characteristic of these diseases are evident.The pseudo -angiosis syndrome or a feeling of pressing, the severity in the chest differs from an angina that is characteristic of patients with angina pectoris.Such pain can be caused by the pathology of the chest, cervical-thorak, cervical parts and cause painful processes of surrounding tissues: muscles and nervous.Pain with pseudo -angiosis syndrome occurs with curves of the upper body.
Symptoms of compression syndrome are signs of an extramedullaric neoplasm of the spinal cord.
Due to the similarity of the osteochondrosis of the chest area of the spine with other diseases, the main thing is exactly for which complex measures are carried out.
Development of the disease
Let us find out what happens when osteochondrosis occurs:
- First the hard drive is modified: it is clever, covered with cracks, deformed.The disease does not appear symptomatic at this stage, and the patient does not feel anything.
- Then there is pain associated with the irritation of nerve endings that are located in the tissues next to the affected windows.In people with a developed muscle mass, the risk of pathological processes is much lower because the muscles support the spine like a corset.Pain can be neurological, such as the deafness of the limbs, the occurrence of goosebumps, modifications to the inner organs of the breast.
The disease is healed in the first two stages.
- Next, inflammatory processes, hernias, arthrosis, subluxation of individual vertebrae can develop.The most common are hernias where the pulpoose spinal core, which is constantly supported by a fiber ring.When the ring is destroyed, the core crawls and causes acute pain, numbness and paralysis.
- In the fourth stage there is a narrowing of the windows, an abnormal growth of the bone tissue is possible.The spine protects itself from a dangerous compression of the spinal cord.
In severe cases, the syndrome of the spinal cord's pressing can cause pain due to the lead, a decrease in sensitivity (gipalgesia).
Factors of the development of the disease
The osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine develops due to the insufficient supply of intervertebral discs with useful substances and moisture.The vertebral disks differ from other body tissues in the fact that they are not supplied with nutrient elements via the ship network and fed by neighboring tissues.With a lack of liquids, nutrients is a phenomenon called the lead, characterized by the edge, refinement, cracks and destruction of the intervertebral discs.
Degenerative changes appear for the following reasons:
- Erb, combined with underdevelopment and pathology of blood circulation.
- Congenerate, caused a weakness of the musculoskeletal system: rachitis, kyphosis, scoliosis, prayer.
- Salt deposits In addition to the discs (osteophytes), a crunch publish a crunch in the time of examining the spine.
- Violation of nutritional metabolism, microcirculation in tissues as a result of injuries and infectious diseases
People who are at risk:
- Experience severe physical activity;
- With improper attitude, in which there are the same pathological consequences over time as after injuries;
- have a seated work;
- Work after work in connection with a constant long shaking organism (driver).
When visits a doctor?
In the event of diseases of the spine to the doctor, you have to go quickly.How can you understand that the case is in the spine?With osteochondrosis it can be difficult to understand it or not immediately.The pain cannot be felt in the first phases.
Remember!If there is pain in the chest and back, the exact source is difficult to determine because it "flutters" through the body: first it blows next to each other, then in every sequence changeable - shoulder, ribs, collarbone.This is usually a sign of damage to the thoracic spine.
Is it possible to relieve the pain before you meet 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 processes are prohibited (with some types of tumors).Pain relievers and an ambulance call are drunk with sharp pain.In other cases, severe loads are excluded from sedatives, find a convenient body position and avoid sharp shock effects (jumps).At the first occasion, go to the doctor to confirm the diagnosis and prescribe the treatment.
Diagnosis of an osteochondrosis of the spine in the chest area
Always carry out a comprehensive examination that aims to remove diseases with similar symptoms.
The diagnostic methods include:
- Anamnesis;
- Inspection and palpation;
- Computed tomography, which determines the exact diagnosis and illustrates the stage of development of the disease;
- Radiography as an alternative method of tomography, which revealed cracks on panes and formed growth;
- Ultrasound, EKG, gastroscopy, fluorography, general tests that exclude diseases, similar to symptoms that resemble osteochondrosis.
The full diagnosis, the more precisely the diagnosis.Together with osteochondrosis, other spine pathologies can be detected.This takes into account the doctor when diagnosing and prescribing treatment.
How do you treat spinal columnosochondrosis?
The medical treatment of osteochondrosis leads to the full healing of the patient if the diagnosis is made in good time.
- First, it is addressed to relieve pain, for this purpose medication is prescribed - analgesics, blockade of the pain source with novocaine injections for some time to release the patient from unbearable pain.
- Physiuming with streams, laser, magnetopunik devices;
- Nadeloflexotherapy or acupuncture carried out by professional doctors;
- Therapeutic gymnastics under the supervision of a physiotherapist;
- Purpose of chondroprotectors;
- Surgical interventions are exchanged in severe cases when other methods are useless.
Folk remedy
All folk methods for the treatment of osteochondrosis are divided into pathogenetic and symptomatic examination.Pathogenetically - aims to combat the disease.This includes:
- Physiotherapeutic methods;
- Massage starting with the examination of pain points for 8-12 minutes, then the time is increased;Massage is only shown in the absence of acute pain;
- A diet in which the patient rejects grapes and legumes systematically accepts substances that contain natural chondroitine, a substance that contributes to strengthening the intervertebral discs: yellow meat, broth and.etc. The use of vegetables and fruit that contribute to cleaning the body is shown.
- During the appearance of acute pain - heating with salt, sand;
- Acupuncture.
Symptomatic active ingredients that aim to relieve symptoms of the disease include external and internal phytotherapy.
Prevention of the disease
In order to prevent osteochondrosis in general and osteochondrosis of the chest area of the spine in particular, several conditions must be met:
- Sleep on hard surfaces and on pillows with an inclination of no more than 15 degrees, in relation to the mattress;
- Avoid exorbitant loads on spine and professions associated with a trembling body.
- Watch the right lifestyle;
- Drink water regularly, prevent dehydration;
- Pregnant women are registered in the early stages, use vitamins and elements that contribute to the correct development of the fetus.
- Prevention of rachitis in a child, in which disorders in the musculoskeletal system.
Spine osteochondrosis is a disease that can be treated in particular in the first stages.If the following, there is no reason to despair if it was not possible to completely overcome the disease.Existing treatment methods should significantly reduce the patient's suffering.Early diagnosis can save the patient's execution of all the doctor's recipes completely from the strenuous illness.