Lumbar osteochondrosis is a disease that deforms and destroys the cartilaginous tissue of intervertebral discs in the lower back.With no layer of cartilage, the distance between the vertebrae is significantly reduced.And with the smallest sharp curves, they can change.The main danger of the disease is the possibility of intervertebral hernia formation.
Can't you lean to create an object that has fallen to the floor?Do you suffer acute pain in the lumbar spine and usually go, involving the waist in a hot scarf?Do not ignore the condition that bothers you.
Lumbar osteochondrosis can drag itself for a long time.There is no need to try the body by force.Love your body.And that will return.
The lumbar region is responsible for most of the load of all body weight compared to the chest and cervical departments.Therefore, these subspecies of osteochondrosis are more common.
Fact.According to WHO statistics, osteochondrosis of the Lombsacro Department is diagnosed mainly in the population of the population from 30 years.
The causes of osteochondrosis of the Lombsacro Department
- Long stay in the sitting position, as a result of which muscle corset is weakened and the load in the spine grows
- Weight survey training or regular weight survey
- Posture distortion, and with it and walking
- After bruises, falls and fractures
- Smooth feet.When moving the set of foot, it usually softens the degree of pressure of the skeleton in the spine, but with boring feet, all the burden is on the intervertebral discs
- Overweight
- Remain constant in a private pose of convenience
- As a complication after bone tuberculosis or osteomyelitis (infectious inflammation of bone tissue), spontaneous ankylosing (inflammation of spine joints) or rheumatoid arthritis (connective tissue injury, especially in the joints)
- FALS HORMONALS, CHANGED BLOOD COMPOSITION
- Age -related transformations (intervertebral vertebrae and discs lose their elasticity with age)
- Stress and chronic insomnia
- Hypothermia
Symptoms of osteochondrosis lumbosacra
- At the pincone point of nerve fibers, tingling, ardent, “goose bumps”, numbness begins
- The rapid beginning of fatigue and sudden irritability attacks
- Deviations following the menstrual cycle
- Excessively tense muscles of the lower back
- Increased perspiration
- The skin is pale and dry, a person usually freezes
- Low pain: prolonged sore and lumbago (firing acute pain).They can be given to buttocks and members.At the same time, the legs in the literal sense of the word "do not hold" or are numb
Fact.Did you know what the dimples mean in the lower back?They are also called "Venus Pimples".This is an anatomical feature, inherent mainly to the female physicist.Pronounced Holas indicate the normal body weight of their owners, good muscle development and blood circulation.In the period of the Renaissance, a visual feature enchanted sculptors and fifteenth -century artists.
Pain syndromes are distinguished, depending on the causes of their occurrence:
- Radiculopathy: Caused by the compression of root structures
- Compression myelopathy: pain appears due to compression of the spinal cord
- Vascular compression myeloiscemia: occurs due to the narrowing of the supply arteries and veins
- Ishias: Due to the sciatic nerve pinch, which passes along the buttock and the thigh
Who asks for help?
If you find any of the signs of the disease, consult a neurologist.It will conduct an inspection, determine the probable cause of pain and prescribe the necessary diagnosis.
Diagnosis of lumbar osteochondrosis
Any diagnosis begins with the doctor who conducts an initial exam.During this procedure, the doctor will determine if you have scoliosis, kyphosis, displacement of one of the buttocks or flattening of the lordosis.
The neuropathologist will direct you to exam: CT (computed tomography), magnetic resonance imaging (magnetic resonance tomography) and radiography.
Lumbar osteochondrosis treatment methods
After analyzing the results of the diagnosis, your assistant doctor will select the desired course of treatment.Treatment methods are different: it may be drug therapy, physiotherapy or, in case of emergency care, an operation.
So what is the essence of the medical method.It involves taking various medications.We give your list approximately.
- Painkillers: eliminate pain, but do not relieve the cause of its occurrence
- NSAIDS (Anti -Inflammatory Non -Steroids): Fight against pain and swelling
- Muslaxantes: relax the muscles
- CondoProtectors: Due to the improvement of metabolic processes in cartilage tissues, they decrease cartilage deformation and even regenerate
- Diuretics: Remove the swelling
- Vitamins B B: Remove excess fluid, improve metabolism in cells
- General immunity agents and drugs to improve blood flow in the pathology zone
Sometimes, in severe cases, to instantly relieve acute pain, you need to "bombard" the body with powerful injections.Then the doctor makes the patient the paravertebral blockade called.The expert introduces an anesthetic to the exit point of the nerve spine, which causes a temporary loss of tissue sensitivity.
As a very effective way to combat the disease, physical therapy has established itself.See more in the general section on osteochondrosis
Well, of course, all theoretical physical education (LFK) is also on demand.It strengthens, relaxes and stabilizes the back muscles, improves blood circulation and metabolic processes.
But if none of the above methods have been effective, a neuropathologist may direct it to a neurosurgeon to the treatment of sacral osteochondrosis.And he, in turn, will confirm or refute the need for surgery.
Fact.A curious detail for the avid drivers.How is it easier to endure driving in a car if your back hurts?Place the roll under the base of the back.And be sure to install a head support on the seat - this precaution will protect from lesions with the sharp braking of the car.
Types of Operations
At the world level, among professionals, microdiscetyomy gained universal recognition.This duration operation takes about 20 to 30 minutes, is performed using general anesthesia.Microdysctomy is performed under a neurosurgical surgical microscope.The surgeon removes the hernia without touching the surrounding tissues, in particular - without hurting nerve structures.You can walk the next day after the operation.And the operated production of the hospital receives from 2 to 3 days.
A variety of operations is the installation of special implants.The surgeon eliminates the damaged intervertebral disc and inserts titanium sliding implants.The patient is in the hospital for 3-4 days.He will be able to walk on the second day.
Question-Response:
I heard that gravity must be somehow tolerated and raised so as not to harm the spine.How exactly?
With independent transport of goods, keep the body straightened.And place the load closer to the trunk.If you lift something heavy from the floor, do not lean forward, concentrating the load in the body.Sit and lift the load due to the curve in the knees.
What are the stages of the development of osteochondrosis?
1st stage.Pre -clinical.The height of the disk is reduced.In the fibrous ring (the outer layer of the intervertebral disc of cartilaginous fibers) a crack is formed.Lumbar muscles begin to get tired quickly.You feel some discomfort on your back.
Stage 2.Violations of metabolic processes in the nucleus (the central part of the intervertebral disc, which consists of a gelative cartilage): their cells are dead or completely destroyed.The structure of the collagen (the protein structure is based on the connective tissue) of the fibrous ring is also disturbed.Local pain, a person cannot deal with the physical activity that previously considered quite viable.
Stage 3.Full destruction of the fibrous ring.Adjacent vertebrae are no longer stable.Any uncomfortable pose causes pain.Due to the pinch of nerve roots that move away from the spinal cord, limbs can become less sensitive and mobile.
4th stage.Intervertebral disk tissues are covered with scars, which leads to the immobility of the affected articulation of the spine.The description of the clinic here depends on individual physiology.
Can a pregnancy cause osteochondrosis?
Yes, the mass of the embryo gradually increases and the center of gravity of the woman's body changes, the lumbar region suffers from excessive load.In addition, metabolism changes;The body lacks minerals and vitamins.But during the fetus bearing, most medicines and physiotherapeutic procedures are against -indicated.So carefully follow the tips of therapist and gynecologist.