Lumbar area osteochondrosis is a disease that changes and destroys cartilaginous tissue of the intervertebral disc at the bottom.Without the cartilage, the distance between the vertebrae decreases significantly.And with a little sharp turn, they can switch.The main danger of the disease is the possibility of the formation of intervertebral hernia.
Don't you lean on to raise objects that have fallen to the floor?Do you have acute pain in the lumbar spine and often go, wrap the waist into a warm scarf?Don't ignore the situation that bothered you.
Lumbar region osteochondrosis can be dragged for a long time.No need to experience the body for strength.Love your body.And it will reply.
The lumbar region contributes most of the burden of all weight compared to the chest and cervical department.Therefore, these osteochondrosis subspecies are the most common.
Fact.According to WHO statistics, the lumbosacral department osteochondrosis is diagnosed mainly in population population from 30 years.
Causes of osteochondrosis department of lumbosakral
- Long staying in a sitting position, as a result of the muscle corset weakened, and the load on the vertebral column grows
- Weight lifting training or normal weight lifting
- Posture deviation, and thus and running
- After bruises, fall and break
- Flat feet.When moving a set of legs, usually soften the level of frame pressure on the spine, but with flat feet, the overall load is located on the intervertebral disc
- Overweight
- Stay continuously in a stripped facility
- As a complication after bone tuberculosis or osteomyelitis (inflammation of the bone tissue), spondel ankylosing (inflammation of the spinal joint) or rheumatoid arthritis (connective tissue lesions, especially in the joints)
- Hormone damage, changing blood composition
- Age -related transformation (vertebrae and intervertebral disc loses their elasticity with age)
- Chronic stress and insomnia
- Hypothermia
Symptoms of lumbosacral osteochondrosis
- At the point of pinching nerve fibers, tingling, burning, "crawling goosebumps", numbness begins
- The rapid start of fatigue and attacks suddenly -the irritation
- Deviation in the sequence of menstrual cycle
- Muscles that are too tense in the lower back
- An increase in sweating
- Skin becomes pale and dry, one often freezes
- Low pain: prolonged pain and lumbago (acute shooting).They can be given to the back and limbs.At the same time, the legs in the literal sense of the word "inconsistent" or numb
Fact.Do you know what it means at the bottom of the back?They are also called "Dimples of Venus."This is an anatomical feature, which exists primarily to women's physicality.Spoken hollows show the normal weight of the owner, good muscle development and blood circulation.During the Renaissance period, such visual features are pleased with sculptors and artists of the 13th century.
The pain syndrome is distinguished depending on the causes of their occurrence:
- Radiculopathy: caused by compression of radicular structures
- Compression myelopathy: Pain arises due to spinal cord compression
- Myeloischemia compression-vascular compression: it occurs due to narrowing the arteries and veins of supply
- Ishias: Due to pinching sciatic nerves, which passes along the back and thighs
Who asked for help?
If you find any signs of the disease, consult a neurologist.He will conduct an examination, determine the possibility of pain and prescribe the required diagnosis.
Diagnosis of lumbar osteochondrosis
Any diagnosis begins with the doctor who is conducting an initial examination.During this procedure, the doctor will determine if you have scoliosis, kyphosis, displacement of one back or leveling lordosis.
Neuropathologists will direct you for examination: CT (computed tomography), MRI (magnetic resonance tomography) and radiography.
Lumbar osteochondrosis treatment method
After analyzing the diagnostic results, the attending physician will choose the treatment you want.The method of treatment is different: it can be drug therapy, physiotherapy, or, in the case of emergency care, surgery.
So, what is the essence of the medical method.It involves taking some medicine.We give them a list of budgets.
- Analgesic: Get rid of pain, but do not relieve the cause of the incident
- NSAIDs (anti -non -ssteroidal drugs): fighting pain and swelling
- Musorelaxants: rest muscles
- Chondroprotectors: Due to the increase in metabolic processes in cartilage, they slow down cartilage deformation and even regain them
- Diuretics: remove swelling
- Vitamin B B: Remove excess fluid, increase metabolism in cells
- Agent immunity in general, and drugs to increase blood flow in the pathological zone
Sometimes, in severe cases, to immediately relieve acute pain, you need to "bombard" the body with a strong injection.Then the doctor made the patient a paravertebral blockade.Experts introduce anesthetics to the exit of the nerve spine, which results in a temporary tissue sensitivity.
As a quite effective way to combat the disease, physiotherapy has established itself.See more on the general part of osteochondrosis
Of course, all theoretical Physical Education (LFK) is also requested.It strengthens, relieves and stabilizes the back muscles, improves blood circulation and metabolic processes.
But if there is no effective method, then neuropathologists can direct you to a neurosurgeon for the treatment of sacral osteochondrosis.And he, in turn, will confirm or deny the need for surgery.
Fact.Curious details for the love driver.How is it easier to survive driving in the car if your back is sick?Place the roller below the back base.And make sure you install the headrest in the seat - the precautions will protect against injuries with sharp car brakes.
The type of operation
Around the world, among professionals, microdiscetomy has gained universal recognition.This period of operation takes about 20-30 minutes, it is performed using general anesthesia.Microdisctomy is performed under a neurosurgical surgical microscope.The surgeon removes the hernia without touching the surrounding tissue, in particular - without injuring the nerve structure.You can walk the next day after operation.And the hospital operated output received on 2-3 days.
Various operations are special implant installations.The surgeon eliminates the damaged intervertebral disc and inserts the sliding titanium implant instead.The patient is located in the hospital for 3-4 days.He'll be able to walk on the second day.
Questions:
I heard that the severity must be accepted and lifted so as not to harm the spine.How exactly?
With the transportation of free goods, the body is straightened.And put the load itself closer to the trunk.If you raise something heavy from the ground, do not lean forward, focusing on the burden on the body.Sit down and lift the load due to the bend on the knees.
What is the stage of development of osteochondrosis?
Stage 1.Premature.The height of the disc is reduced.In the fibrous ring (the outer layer of the intervertebral disc from the cartilagin fiber) is formed.The lumbar muscles start to get tired quickly.You feel uncomfortable in the back.
Level 2.Violation of the metabolic process in the nucleus (the center of the intervertebral disc, consisting of giant cartilage): the cells become dead or destroyed completely.Collagen structure (protein structure is based on connective tissue) fibrous rings are also interrupted.Local pain, one cannot overcome physical activity that was previously considered quite worthy.
Stage 3.Complete destruction of fibrous rings.The adjacent vertebra stops stable.Any uncomfortable pose causes pain.Due to pinching the nerve roots that move from the spinal cord, the limbs can be less sensitive and portable.
4th stage.The intervertebral disc fabric is covered with a scar, leading to the immobility of the joints affected by the spine.The description of the clinic here depends on the individual physiology.
Can pregnancy cause osteochondrosis?
Yes, the embryonic mass gradually increases and the center of gravity of the female body shifts, the lower back suffers an excessive burden.In addition, metabolism changes;The body has no minerals and vitamins.But during fetal bearings, most medicines and physiotherapy procedures are contraindicated.Therefore, be careful about the tips of therapists and gynecologists.