Sedentary work and general low physical activity inevitably lead to various disorders in the structure of the spine. The most common disease among adults is cervical osteochondrosis - symptoms, treatment, injections and other therapeutic agents are discussed in detail at the appointment of a neurologist. Only an examination by a qualified specialist guarantees the correct diagnosis and the selection of effective drugs.
What are the symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis?
The difficulty in identifying the disease under consideration is that several anatomical structures - blood vessels, nerves, vertebrae, muscles - are involved in the pathological process. Therefore, cervical osteochondrosis is characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations, often completely unrelated to each other.
Typical signs of the disease:
- heaviness in the nape of the neck;
- headache;
- tingling, numbness of hands;
- visual disorders;
- cervical "chamber";
- moderate muscle tension;
- audible crunch when turning and tilting the head;
- pain in the neck, shoulders, elbow joints, chest;
- loss of sensation in the occiput;
- weakness and pain in the hands;
- torticollis (rarely);
- weakening of the pulse in the radial artery;
- tight mobility of the shoulder;
- the disappearance of temperature and pain sensitivity;
- lack of coordination;
- numbness of the feet (sometimes);
- increased fatigue;
- nausea and vomiting;
- pallor of the skin;
- decreased appetite;
- sleep disorders;
- unsteadiness of mood;
- cold extremities;
- increased sweating;
- frequent urination;
- uncaused loss of consciousness;
- dizziness;
- deterioration of acuity;
- feeling of presence in the throat of a foreign object;
- spasms of the esophagus ;
- difficulty in swallowing;
- fast fatigue during conversation;
- loss of voice sonority;
- imbalance in walking;
- noise, ringing in the ears, their stuffiness.
Effective treatment of cervical osteochondrosis and anesthetizing injections
Completely get rid of the described disease, unfortunately not, because the processes occurring in the spine are irreversible. The therapeutic approach is aimed at slowing the progression of pathology, it includes a set of measures:
- Use of anesthetics and anti-inflammatory drugs, antispasmodics. At this stage, sometimes treatment of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine with injections is carried out, if local and tablet preparations do not help.
- Manual therapy - massage, hirudotherapy, acupuncture, exercise therapy, reflexology.
- Restoration of cartilaginous tissue. For this purpose, medicines are prescribed that stimulate the formation of new structures in combination with mild anti-inflammatory components.
Effective injections with osteochondrosis of the cervical department
The safest drugs for stopping the pain syndrome are the following:
- Ibuprofen;
- Voltaren;
- Ketonal;
- Diclofenac;
- Midokalm;
- Ketorolac;
- Orthophene.
In addition, with cervical osteochondrosis, anesthetizing injections based on B vitamins can be recommended:
- Milgamma;
- Neurobion;
- Trigamma;
- Kombilipen.
You should also take a course of chondroprotectors:
- Alflutop;
- Chondrolon;
- Arthra;
- Hondrogaard;
- Mukosat;
- Artradol.
Muscle relaxants can cope with muscle pain:
- Baclofen;
- Tolperisone;
- Hydroxysine;
- Tizanidine.
If the pain syndrome is too intense, you can use steroid medications, for example, the complex drug Ambien.