Thoracic osteochondrosis- This is a dystrophic change in the intervertebral disc, localized in the thoracic spine.Treatment of the disease is required to start immediately after making a diagnosis, as the disease can quickly get into a chronic form.
The main symptoms of the disease are limitations of shoulder rope, shortness of breath, stomach discomfort and chest pain that give in the liver.The danger to the patient is that the symptoms of osteochondrosis are often confused with cardiovascular disease, therefore, therapy is performed by the wrong disease.
The cause of osteochondrosis
Thoracic osteochondrosis occurs due to pathological changes in vertebral and intervertebral discs, as well as blood supply and nutrition.In addition, the disease can be caused by spinal deformation.
Especially often, people in a inactive position experience symptoms of breast osteochondrosis.Basically, these are office workers and students of different ages.Because sitting still without observing the right body position, the load on the vertebra increases significantly, which causes its deformation.
Causes of Disease Causes:
- increased load on the spine that occurs during weight lifting
- Age -related changes in the body
- overweight
- spine department injury
- a tendency at the genetic level
Depending on the level of symptoms, it is divided into 2 clinical cases.In the first case, pain appears suddenly and has an acute form (called "lateral").In the second case, the pain is long and is often accompanied by stiffness in the cervical spine and thoracic.The pain for breast osteochondrosis limits the back mobility, and also causes difficulty breathing.
Treatment of osteochondrosis of thoracic areas is performed using complex methods and schemes, compilation that depends on the level of the disease, the course and the cause.Only qualified experts can overcome this task.
Stage of disease
First stageIt is characterized by the appearance of local pain due to muscle weakness (thoracalgia).In addition, in the first stage there is paravertebral muscle tension in the back, leading to increased pain and limiting spinal mobility.
The second stageIt is accompanied by increased pain syndrome, as the nerve roots are involved in the inflammation process.Also at this point, the highlights and/or hernia of the intervertebral disc (MPD) appear.
The third stageIt causes persistent pain in the affected nerve area.There are changes in style, numbness in the limbs, the appearance of headaches, difficulty breathing and heart failure.This is due to a significant manifestation of deformation of the intervertebral and spinal disc.The risk of absorption increases significantly (absorption is the separation of the hernia and its movement along the spine, which injures the nerve root associated with the spinal cord).And this in 90% of cases leads to surgery.
OnThe fourth stageThe disease interferes with the function of the intervertebral disc.The growth of the vertebral bone begins to connect the nearby vertebrae between them.Spinal osteochondrosis often causes a violation of blood supply to the spinal cord.The level of the disease is the most dangerous, as without timely therapy leads to defects.
Treatment
Before continuing the treatment, the diagnosis is performed to detect the level of the disease (early, acute or chronic).Depending on the symptoms, the therapy method is selected.
Treatment of osteochondrosis of thoracic areas is most effective in the early stages, when pathological changes are not clear and reversible.
The main sign that the disease has been approved to the acute level is a painful sensation;Back muscles, chest and spine.At this stage in the development of osteochondrosis, the doctor's priority task is to relieve pain.