Ostechondroll of thoracic spine: symptoms, treatment, degree, gymnastics

The "chameleon" disease, which disguised as dangerous diseases of the heart and lungs, causing panic attacks and a sense of lack of air - this is the thoracic spine.Its symptoms can be so different that an inexperienced doctor can, trying to find the cause, prescribe many tests and sometimes put a person into intensive care.

We will talk about how to understand that you have exactly a thoracic osteochondria and how to correct it.

Reasons

The disease is quite rare.This is due to the fact that the spine, that is, the joints between the vertebrae, are created almost immovable in the thoracic area.And if a person makes a sharp movement or often moves against the axis of intervertebral joints (for example, excavations or lifts the seriousness with only one hand), then all chest vertebrae are activated immediately.Separate, they do not work from each other.

The causes of thoracic osteochondicism are:

• scoliosis in the thoracic or lumbar region.
• excessive or incorrect physical activity;
• Injuries to the thoracic spine.
• Overweight - over 10% of the "" placed "in the tone.
• Violation of metabolism - as a result of endocrine diseases (diabetes mellitus, adrenal pathology and others) or inadequate diet.
• Anomalies in the development of the thoracic spine.
• Subulgery (intervertebral disc - what is destroyed with osteochondria - is also powered by back muscles).

Degree

Doctors have decided to distinguish the degree of osteochondicism of the chest area so that one can understand how far the disaster of the disc has gone through the two breast vertebrae.

So there are 4 degrees of breast osteochondicity:

• 1 degree.The intervertebral disc loses moisture, becomes more fragile, the cracks appear in it.This is accompanied by a slight pain that disappears alone.
• 2 points.The amount of liquid in the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disc becomes even lower: the height of the disc is reduced, the cracks (especially one of them) deepen.The defect fills the "core" of the disk - a pulp core, which further reverses the crack.The core of the pulp does not penetrate abroad.The back muscles in the area of the damaged intervertebral disc are stretched, trying to prevent the spine from turning to the "leakage" disc.This causes severe back pain, due to which you have to pause at work.
• 3 points.The crack in the fibrous ring of the disc reaches the edge of the vertebra, the core of the pulp of the rush sinks into it and begins to protrude.Thus, 3 points is an intervertebral hernia.With it, the pain feels almost all the time - when it performs work.We need to change the job easier.Self -service is stored.
• 4 degrees.In the area of the affected discs, the connective tissue increases.Excludes adjacent vertebrae.In addition, the vertebral bone tries to offset the reduction of the layer between the vertebrae and grows.The "spikes" bones appear - osteophytes.

Symptoms

At first

While the polar core has not completely made the path in the ring surrounding it, it almost does not manifest it.Periodically, with a slope or lifting weights, there may be pain between the shoulders, which pass fast enough after rest.

The symptoms of thoracic spine osteochondry in the acute stage may be very different, this is:

Chest pain

It is more often cunning and long -term, but sometimes it can be sharp.Localization:

• Back - between shoulders.
• Heart area?
• under a spoon.
• In the area of ribs - so it becomes painful to breathe.

The difference between this pain in osteochondria is that:

• It is not so powerful that you can lose consciousness.This is characteristic of myocardial infarction.
• It does not appear in response to an emotional burden - only to the physical.
• It does not appear when walking in the wind, climbing the stairs or when you reach the cold.
• It intensifies when it lifts hands, turns and slopes.
• It intensifies if you take a deep breath.
• Pain attacks differ in detection and intensity (with angina, for example, they will be stereotypes).
• It is not removed if the load has stopped.
• It can be detected if one is pressed on the spine in the thoracic area: in one place it will be very painful.
• She gives her hand, though more often - in 2 hands.But even if she gives her left hand (as the pain in the heart does), then not on the little finger.
• It does not depend on meals, as with gastritis or angina.
• It is not removed from nitroglycerin, which, on the contrary, helps in angina Pectoris.
• It does not intensify when the thoracic gland feels (if it seemed to hurt).In this case, no nodes or seals on the chest are felt.
• There is no such thing that the pain has increased gradually, but after the stress is stopped or nitroglycerin has disappeared abruptly.This is characteristic of the angina Pectoris.
• The pain is not accompanied by nausea, heartburn.This can talk about gastritis as well as angina.

Feeling in the chest

Because of which a "incomplete breathing" can occur.Usually this symptom is accompanied by back pain, but even if there is no pain, then there is no poisoning, such as pneumonia (weakness, desire to relax, decrease in appetite).This can cause panic, but, having calmed down, measure your pulse.With thoracic osteochondria, it will not be more than 100 strokes per minute and with heart or lung diseases, may be.

Other symptoms

• Violation of hand sensitivity or in two hands: they become "cooler", freezing, "goose running with them".
• In some cases, the symptoms of thoracic osteochondicity look like panic attack (fear, heartbeat, sweating).Combined with the pain behind the sternum, this can indicate myocardial infarction, so in this case it is best to take nitroglycerin (up to 3 tablets) and call an ambulance that will remove the cardiogram.
• Digestive system disorder: Frequent gastritis exacerbations, constipation, bloating, periodic abdominal pain, periodic diarrhea - no diet error.

With the thoracic osteochondria, such symptoms last about 10-14 days, provided you have temporarily stopped bending and turning movements.The disease goes to the stadium of subacute.

Signs in the Subcc they

There is still pain and difficulty breathing, but they are no longer so intense and less worried.So if you have to find a situation in the acute stage to sleep and not drown, then in the underlying period you do not need to apply such efforts.

The scene lasts 12-14 days.If you notice all the recommendations of the doctor, do not increase weights, do not bend or hypothermia, the recession stage comes - when the symptoms leave.If the regime is disturbed, the disease can go back to the acute stage.

Remission

During this time, there are no symptoms.Perhaps, of course, they will "shoot" down the sides if you decide to work naturally, but it passes fast.

It can be triggered by the disease:

• physical activity (especially weights and slopes of lifting);
• stress;
• hypothermia.
• a sharp change in heat in the cold (diving in a hole or swimming in the snow after a bath);
• unsuccessful campaign in masseur or manual treatment.
• prolonged find in a bent position.
• Alcohol intake (especially in combination with one of the above factors).

Diagnosis

The diagnosis and treatment of thoracic spine osteochondicism deals with a neurologist (neuropathologist).When you come to it, describing your griers, it conducts an initial inspection: it detects the gaps between breast vertebrae (with osteochondria, you can find a painful point) and defines the reflexes and sensitivity of the hands.

To confirm the diagnosis, it takes:

• ECG, possibly-against the background background in the corridor (yarn test).This will exclude the angina Pectoris.
• X -ray or computed tomography of the thoracic spine.
• In women, especially older, mammography, since symptoms of breast osteochondicity often accompany the mammary gland diseases, not always malignant.

Treatment

How to deal with the osteochondria of the thoracic area, the doctor will say - after confirming the diagnosis, defining the scene and the nature of the violations (hand sensitivity, respiratory disorders).

In the acute stage, the bed, or at least the semi -bog, a minimal motor activity is recommended.In the future, the regime is expanding.In general, such methods are used to treat osteochondry (need their complex):

Medication

Non -gitoidal anti -inflammatory They are painkillers. They can be drunk in the form of tablets or stick as a patch ("alfen") - if the pain is tolerant.In the underlying period, they can be used as ointments for osteochondria.And in the acute period with severe pain - only as injections. This is the Diclofenac (Voltaren, Almiral, Olfen, Naklofen, Diklak) - the most "powerful" of the NSAID group. This also includes the ibuprof ", prayer", Nise. Such anesthetic drugs as kever, ketanov or ketalong are best not to be used - they have a weak anti -inflammatory effect.

Tuna Their task is to relieve the muscle spasms that hold the spine from the turn and transmit nerve endings and blood vessels.In the acute period, it is best to get them as injections for osteochondria, then go to tablets. This is midokalm, tizalud, sirdalud.

Protection These are medicines whose effectiveness is still disputed.However, many doctors recommend using a long course - to give the intervertebral disc the opportunity to recover. This is Arthra, Alflutop, Don, Teraflex, structures and others.

B Vitamins B Vitamins It is needed to improve the transmission of the pulse from the nerve to the muscle.In the acute period, it is best to start with injections, for example, neurubin, then go to the tablets of neurubin, Milgamma, the neurocyst or others.

Note: To relieve pain in bone breast!You can then breathe with full power, thereby improving the oxygen diet of the whole body.In addition, the elimination of surface breathing is to prevent stagnant pneumonia.

Physiotherapeutic therapy

This treatment enhances the effect of drugs.Applied:

1. Electrophoresis with anesthetics and medicines that improve local blood circulation.In this case, the drug is carried out by electric shock directly on the back of the back.
2. Magnetotherapy.Underneath the effect of the magnetic field, the work of violated nerve endings improves, remove edema of tissue.
3. Phone (the introduction of drugs by ultrasound) contributes to better backpiece and eliminate inflammation of violated tissues.It also has the ability to improve metabolism in terms of exposure.
4. Acupuncture - the introduction of special sterile needles into active points responsible for the work of the thoracic spine.
5. Laser treatment according to the external method - enhances blood circulation in strained muscles and pain intervertebral disc.

Massage

Massage for osteochondria is an effective process if the expert performs it.The massage period is able to enhance blood circulation in the affected area, relax the spasmodic muscles, improve blood outflow and lymph nodes from this zone.This accelerates treatment and reduces pain.

Important: In the acute period of the disease, massage, as well as charge for osteochondria, is contraindicated.You can proceed to the process 2 weeks after the settlement of acute pain and difficulty breathing.Massage should not cause unpleasant sensations or pain!

To reduce the amount of frenzys, massage lessons are recommended to take place at least twice a year.May be:

• Therapeutic manual massage: Exposure with hands with the color of the lost muscles and lose their tone to normalize their condition.
• Hardware: Study of muscles from various types of exciting operators.You can also resort to the services provided by cosmetologists: Massage Endosphere and LPG.They also affect the painful back.
• Point: In this case, biologically active spots are handled by hand, as a result, the condition of the internal organs poured due to the spinal cord.
• Small: The effect on the muscles that have changed the tone is produced using a gap.

Exercise treatment

Exercises for osteochondria can only begin to take place in the subacute period and in recession, as well as 2 weeks after removal of the disc hernia.

LFK is contraindicated, if the rear muscles are still very tense, a vertebra is pressing tightly into another, which requires surgery, with severe pain.

The gym for osteochondria is recommended to start with a spine.To do this, you need to take a wide and smooth panel and attach to one end to the wall-at an altitude of about 100 cm from the floor (to angle 30-45 °).The lower end is on the floor.At the top edge, on both sides, are connected to 2 leather straps about 45 cm - so that you can pass on your own and then - take out your hands.

The method of self -deficiencies is that you go to this boat with your back, head up, hands in straps.Put the soft fabric under your knees by going up in a roller and lie for 10-15 minutes.It should not be painful.If there is pain, increase the angle of inclination of the boat.If this does not help, you should do it differently:

• Make a blanket blanket on the floor.
• Lie on the cylinder so that there is a blocked area at the top.
• Slightly dilute your legs.
• elbows and knees - bent, touch the floor, their body weight is.
  The head should be hanging slightly or in folded brushes.
• If you do not feel so that the spine is stretched, you can increase the load: move your feet back and your hands forward.
• 5 minutes for inspiration for 10 seconds to stretch back muscles in exhalation - relax
• Relax and breathe in the stomach - another 5 minutes.

Bridge

Instead of such efforts, you can use the simulator called "bridge for stretching the spine".It stretches the spine and, first of all, spreads the damaged chest area - under the weight of its own body (it is a metal bow).

Using it in the recession, only 5 minutes 2 times a day allows you to extend to the painless period significantly.This simulator has many positive reviews.

Complications of thoracic osteochondicity

These include:

• Pulmonaryosocleum.
• Arrhythmias.
• Vegetable-vascular dystonia.
• Violation of digestive organs.
• Determining sexual and reproductive function - both women and men.

Prevention

In order to never feel for yourself what osteochondria is (especially if you move a little or there are already scoliosis), pay attention to such preventive measures:

1. Do not exceed.
2. Do not raise the severity abruptly: this must happen after preparation.
3. Follow your attitude when you sit and walk.An ergonomic chair can be installed in the car, which will even support the back.
4. Be sure to take breaks during work: get up, go, execute self -mast of the back - so that the spine receives enough force.
5. Don't start your scoliosis: Treat it in time.
6. Reduce the amount of salt and sugar in the diet.
7. Except dishes containing smoked meats, marinades, sharp spices.Fried products should also be removed.
8. Sleep on the orthopedic mattress and a low (or also orthopedic) pillow.