Cervical osteochondrosis (COX) is diagnosed more frequently in women than in men. Despite this, their symptoms are almost identical. However, it is worth remembering that the course of the disease is individual in each patient, regardless of gender.
Men react less attentively to every crunch in the neck, the symptoms of SHX are latent. This is due to the anatomy of people of different sexes. Male muscles are developed, providing additional protection for the intervertebral discs. They form a kind of shell that supports the vertebrae and prevents them from deforming.
The female spine is better adapted to various loads (related to childbirth and childbirth), but the symptoms of MCD are more frequent and brighter.
How are the spine and men's health related?
With the defeat of SHX, the brain receives less nutrients, blockage of blood vessels occurs. Men most often complain of migraines and dizziness.Men start to worry:
- Hypertension.
- The coordination rhythm is disturbed, uncertainties appear when walking.
- Decreased visual activity and visual acuity.
- Hearing deteriorates, often there is ringing in the ears.
- The voice becomes hoarse and rough, as after an illness.
- More and more women are complaining about their husbands snoring.
symptoms
Various pains
Unpleasant sensations begin with sharp movements of the cervical region. They may be accompanied by frequent forced exhalations and sneezing. When the affected area is stretched by a continuous wind or when diving into an ice hole, unpleasant sensations become acute. It is difficult for a man to turn his head, even a slight tilt causes discomfort.
If at the same time the middle finger or toe becomes numb or grinds, WOH usually occurs in parallel with the disease of the roots of the spinal nerves.
weakness of the upper limbs
Older men often complain of weakness and numbness of bone tissue. It most commonly manifests itself on the arms or legs, especially at night or with a sudden change in weather.
If left unchecked, muscle weakness leads to numbness and atrophy. This happens due to diseases in the spinal cord. The latter are directly related to the development of diseases of the roots of the spinal nerves.
desensitization
Tissue sensitivity is reduced as a result of blockage or inflammation of blood vessels. Sensuality is disturbed, which is manifested by ossification, chills, the skin in the affected area turns pale, during the massage it acquires a scarlet hue. Problems with blood vessels are often accompanied by a deterioration in blood flow.
Cracking in the neck and limited mobility
Not always crisp movements in the throat area signal dangerous diseases that indicate pathological processes. It can be caused by genetic predispositions. Most often it occurs as a result of an increase in the load on the cervical spine. Another reason is spasms or maximum relaxation of muscles that do not have time to respond to contractions.
Crunching movements occur in response to excessive joint mobility. They can be caused by frequent and intense physical exercises to strengthen the back muscles.
Often there are crunching movements in the neck area with rapid turns of the head, which indicates the development of such pathologies:
- Dystrophic disorders in articular cartilage.
- Spiky growths of bone tissue on the edges of the bodies.
- salt deposits.
- Displacement of a bone in a joint due to trauma.
- Displacement of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc with rupture of the annulus fibrosus.
- spondylolisthesis.
- cartilage deformity.
The spine loses its shock-absorbing properties, the intensity of friction and its force doubles, and a crunch appears. As a result, the spine lowers physiologically, which restricts motor skills when the pelvis inclines or makes circular movements.
loss of coordination and dizziness
The problem develops with a lack of blood supply that feeds the complex receptor of the vestibular analyzer.
The patient suddenly has forced expiration or nausea. A person feels constrained when moving, his legs give out, the man is disoriented in space.
Blurred vision and hearing, numbness of the tongue
A man has a veil in his eyes, white spots resembling small flies. Over time, the picture becomes clear, then it becomes cloudy, such flashes can appear after a few minutes and last continuously. They may stop on their own after a while. Sometimes a man begins to be disoriented in time and space.
Hearing loss is also diagnosed.The man's ears begin to ring more and more, he hears noises. Often the sound occurs in one ear, less often in both at the same time. Sometimes men are bothered by the feeling of a plug in their ears, which itches from time to time.
Sore throat
Experts call this symptom pharyngeal cervical osteochondrosis. A man seems to have a mucus plug in his throat, it is difficult for him to speak, breathe, he begins to cough allergically. The cork provokes perspiration, which is indicated by a sore throat. The mucous membrane dries up from frequent dry unproductive cough, there is a burning sensation, itching. After that, a classic sore throat begins, the voice becomes hoarse. If you do not determine the cause of such a reaction, then over the years the situation will only worsen.
Tingling in the heart, feeling of pressure in the chest
In some caseswith SOH, there is a tingling sensation in the shoulder joint or elbow area. In this case, compression movements in the chest area are diagnosed. The heart muscle or liver often tingles because the blood flow is disturbed and the organs do not receive the necessary amount of nutrients that the blood distributes.
Over time, due to SHOH, the heart begins to sharply stab and pinch, the heart rate accelerates.
reddening of the skin
Due to the SOC, neurological problems begin in the brain area, which regulates its neuroendocrine activity and body homeostasis. This provokes chronic fatigue syndrome, a man wants to sleep all the time, his mood often changes, his skin turns scarlet.
Aside from that,Neurology becomes the cause of depression, a man is afflicted with panic attacksand unfounded fear. The skin turns scarlet, then it turns sharply pale, the pressure increases, the heart beats faster.
In this case, in men, sexual activity decreases, urination is difficult, and apathy for food appears.
Other characters
- Sudden vasospasm. A person accidentally loses orientation in space and "falls off his feet. "In this case, it is necessary to put it on a hard surface and wait a while until the blood supply to the brain improves. The man will come to his senses after a few minutes, but after that he will feel tired, his head will start to hurt.
- Pain can affect the arms, shoulders and also the cervical spine. It often occurs in the occipital lobe and compresses a man's head like a rim.
- Increased upper chest tone. At night, the muscular corset is in good shape, which affects the tension.
- Pinched nerve roots. Symptoms can vary. It depends on the course of the disease, the stage and the affected spine itself. For example, fingers can become numb or all limbs can become paralyzed.
- Neuralgia of the nerve roots at the back of the head. This symptomatology is typical for the representatives of the stronger sex, in which inflammatory processes occur during the disease or the cervical nerves are irritated. As a rule, this occurs with frostbite or increased pain in the back of the head.
The seizure occurs suddenly in men, it resembles an electric shock. Such a negative reaction lasts only a few minutes, then the pain begins to subside. Neuralgia manifests itself up to 5 times a day. At the same time, the occipital lobe loses sensitivity, goosebumps appear.
diagnostic methods
Before starting therapy, the patient must undergo an examination to determine the affected areas.
Diagnostic technique:
- MRI or CT.
- Roentgen.
- rheumatism tests.
Which doctor should I contact?
If a man feels a set of symptoms that provoke SOH, it is better to immediately contact a specialist. Who to contact:
- therapist. They carry out an initial examination, advise. If symptoms of SOS are detected, the patient is referred to a specialist in a narrow field of work.
- Neurologist / Neurologist. WOH is a type of neurological disease, so a man should be consulted by a neurologist (neuropathy).
- Specialist in vertebroneurology. This specialist selects the method of therapy and diagnoses the condition of the spine.
- physiotherapist. He eliminates ailments using non-traditional methods of treatment, among which acupuncture stands out. This improves circulation and relieves muscle spasms.
When is it necessary to contact a specialist?
- With primary symptoms of changes in visual and auditory activity.
- Pain that cannot be relieved by pharmacological means.
- Vascular spasms leading to unconsciousness.
Development and course of the disease
- The first degree of SHOH: minor pathologies in the area of the nucleus pulposus of the fibrocartilaginous formation. Excessive loading causes the core to dry out, which negatively affects the size of the disk and the formation of cracks.
- The second stage of SHOH: the height of the intervertebral discs decreases rapidly, the spine begins to descend. This provokes increased mobility of the vertebrae.
- The third stage: prolapses and protrusions of the intervertebral discs are formed, which can be accompanied by the development of chronic spasm of the intervertebral discs.
treatment
Treatment is complex therapy, depending on the stage of development of the disease, it lasts from 30 to 90 days of intensive therapy and 12 months of supportive measures to consolidate the results, as well as to prevent recurrence.
Conservative therapy of the disease - taking pharmacological drugs, performing complex gymnastics.Surgical intervention is justified only in the absence of positive dynamics,disease progression.
home remedies
Celery root is crushed and taken in proportions: 4 gr. root is poured with a liter of hot water. Infused and filtered for a day. 10 grams are taken three times a day.
In folk therapy, self-massage or the use of a needle applicator are great.