Consider the symptoms, the treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis, which is rare because the spine in the chest area is inactive and rigidly fixed by the ribs. The main cause of the development, manifestation of symptoms is scoliosis, curvature of the spine. The manifestations and development of the disease are formed in early school age.
The disease often occurs in motorists, office workers who have been sitting in uncomfortable positions at the table for many years and who do not care about their posture. The thoracic vertebrae flex simultaneously with nerve fibers, ligaments, and muscles throughout the patient's life. There is tension, pressure, additional load on the spine, this becomes the cause of the development of the disease.
The presence of signs of thoracic osteochondrosis is distinguished from the symptoms that appear. The disease is not pronounced, there is no acute persistent pain, there is unpleasant pain of a constantly aching nature. It is difficult for a doctor to diagnose thoracic osteochondrosis. Symptoms are similar to gastroenterological diseases, pain is similar to angina, myocardial infarction.
Symptoms
Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine badly affects the liver, kidneys, and badly affects the work of the pancreas. Often times the cause of heart and bowel disease. The disease manifests itself in several ways, there is no way to properly distinguish a number of symptoms that allow to correctly diagnose in a timely manner - osteochondrosis of the chest region. The presence of characteristic symptoms:
- Unpleasant pain in the intercostal belt, aggravated by deep inspiration.
- Burning in the chest.
- Upper limb numbness, pain when lifting.
- Unpleasant pain in the stomach, liver, heart.
- The body flexions are difficult.
- In men, it becomes the cause of impotence.
Characteristic severe, unpleasant intercostal pain occurs with the disease. The patient has difficulty breathing, pain increases with hypothermia, body rotations. The pain becomes intense, uncomfortable at night. Similar to pain in the heart. With an exacerbation of the disease in women, osteochondrosis radiates into the breast and contributes to pathological changes in the female mammary gland. With an exacerbation, severe pain lasts for several days.
Symptoms, treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis due to the complexity of the diagnosis are treated only by a doctor! Self-medication often leads to undesirable consequences, complications, and causes other diseases.
Dorsago and dorsalgia
Thoracic osteochondrosis of the spine is accompanied by 2 vertebral syndromes:
- Dorsago. There is a sharp, sharp pain in the sternum in those who work and bend over for a long time. There is severe pain on the ascent, making it difficult to breathe. Movement in the chest area is restricted.
- Dorsalgia begins imperceptibly, gradually. There is malaise, slight pain, which increases when the body bends, deep breathing.
It is indicated by muscle tension that restricts movement: upper dorsalgia - in the neck area, below - in the lumbar, chest area. The pain is aggravated by sleeping at night, in the morning when walking it gradually disappears. The pain gradually increases when a person sits in an uncomfortable position for a long time.
Complications
With the disease, other manifestations of pain are noted that complicate the diagnosis, violations:
- Upper chest segment - pain in the esophagus, throat, chest pain.
- Middle chest segment - pain occurs in the right hypochondrium, similar to pain in gastroenterological diseases.
- Lower thoracic spine - sudden acute pain in the abdominal organs.
The pains are not seasonal, inaccuracies. Increases after physical exertion. Pain sensations subside after a full night's sleep, often disappearing completely.
If the disease is diagnosed and treated too late, it becomes the cause of diseases, disorders of internal organs. A serious complication is the appearance of pathologies, violations of the coronary arteries, changes in the heart. Disorders occur in the duodenum, intestinal motility, gallbladder dyskinesia.
diagnosis
The disease is poorly diagnosed. Symptoms of chest osteochondrosis are similar to those of angina, a myocardial infarction. For thoracic osteochondrosis, there is no relief from taking heart medication. The patient's electrocardiogram is normal. The doctor will make the correct diagnosis of the disease when prescribing magnetic resonance imaging and X-rays to the patient.
Treatment methods
The goal that doctors set for themselves when carrying out the main therapeutic measures is the elimination of acute, aching pain in the curved areas of the spine, neurological specific manifestations and the complete recovery of the patient. Treatment:
- Medication;
- Exercise therapy;
- Physical therapy.
Medical treatment begins with the appointment of analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs by the doctor. Tablets for breast osteochondrosis - Baralgin. Physio therapy, manual therapy and exercise therapy are prescribed by the doctor.
The aim of physiotherapy is to improve blood circulation, the cerebrospinal fluid. Muscle tension is relieved, the inflammatory process in the problem area subsides, pain is eliminated. Exercise therapy aims at the prevention and treatment of diseases. Therapeutic exercises relax, mobilize the deformed part of the spine.
In the acute phase of the disease, the doctor prescribes exercise therapy with a combination of muscle relaxation. After pain relief and disappearance, breathing exercises are prescribed. Reflex methods are used in the treatment of breast osteochondrosis. Thanks to the technology, the mobility of the back is restored.
Acupuncture (acupuncture) aims to get rid of cramps for muscle hypertension. With the help of acupuncture, an effect is achieved that improves the function of the blood vessels, has a positive effect on the blood supply and nutrition of the tissue of the intervertebral discs.
The effectiveness of acupuncture increases in combination with moxibustion, physiotherapy, cupping massage, manual, vacuum therapy. The combination of methods of treating the disease offers efficiency and safety. They are considered the basis of a strictly prescribed course for each patient.
With the help of effective methods, doctors manage to return the intervertebral discs of problem areas to normal work, stop the progression and exacerbation of breast osteochondrosis. Progressive treatment methods stimulate the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus, the disc of the annulus fibrosus.
Effective treatment technologies eliminate unpleasant, unpleasant sensations of the disease - pain, prevent complications of osteochondrosis, without treatment they appear in the form of protrusions, hernias.
For a patient with thoracic osteochondrosis, preventive, therapeutic gentle gymnastics is important, which complements the drug therapy prescribed by the doctor. It helps the patient to properly and competently shape the muscle corset in order to avoid relapses and complications of the disease.