Consider the symptoms and treat thoracic osteochondrosis, which is rare because the spine is inactive in the thoracic region and is rigidly fixed by the ribs. The main cause of development, the manifestation of symptoms is scoliosis, curvature of the spine. The manifestation and development of the disease are formed in the early school age.
This disease often occurs in drivers and office workers, who have been sitting at the dining table in an awkward position for many years, not caring about their posture. During the life of the patient, the thoracic spine is bent at the same time as the nerve fibers, ligaments, and muscles. The spine has tension, pressure, and extra load, which become the cause of the development of the disease.
The presence of signs of thoracic osteochondrosis is different from the symptoms that appear. The disease is not obvious, there is no acute persistent pain, and unpleasant pain with persistent pain. It is difficult for doctors to diagnose thoracic osteochondrosis. The symptoms are similar to gastrointestinal diseases, and the pain is similar to angina and myocardial infarction.
symptom
Thoracic osteochondrosis has adverse effects on the liver and kidneys, as well as the work of the pancreas. It is often the cause of heart and intestinal diseases. The disease manifests itself in many ways, and it is impossible to correctly distinguish a group of symptoms, so that it can be correctly diagnosed in time-thoracic osteochondrosis. The presence of characteristic symptoms:
- The unpleasant intercostal zone pain is aggravated by deep breathing.
- Burning in the chest.
- The upper limbs are numb and sore when raised.
- Unpleasant pain in the stomach, liver, and heart.
- It is difficult to bend the body.
- In men, it becomes the cause of impotence.
With the disease, a characteristic strong, unpleasant intercostal pain appears. The patient has difficulty breathing, the pain worsens when the body temperature is hypothermia, and the body is distorted. The pain becomes intense and unpleasant at night. Similar to heartache. As women’s diseases worsen, osteochondrosis will radiate to the chest, leading to pathological changes in the female breast. When it gets worse, severe pain will last for several days.
Symptoms, the treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis due to the complexity of the diagnosis is certain, only a doctor can treat it! Self-medication often leads to undesirable consequences, complications, and other diseases.
Backache and backache
Spinal thoracic osteochondrosis is accompanied by 2 vertebral syndromes:
- Dorshago. People who bend over for a long time to work will experience severe and severe pain in their sternum. Severe pain when ascending makes breathing difficult. Movement in the chest area is restricted.
- The backache gradually started unconsciously. There is discomfort, slight pain, which is aggravated when the body is bent and deep breathing.
It is represented by muscle tension that restricts movement: upper back pain-in the neck area, lower side-in the lumbar, thoracic spine area. Pain worsens during night rest, and gradually disappears when walking in the morning. When a person sits in an awkward position for a long time, the pain will gradually increase.
complication
With the disease, other painful manifestations are noticed, which complicates the diagnosis and violates the rules:
- Upper chest-pain in the esophagus, sore throat, chest pain.
- Mid-thoracic section-Pain appears on the right side, similar to the pain of gastrointestinal disease.
- Lower thoracic spine-sudden severe pain in the abdominal organs.
Pain is not seasonal and inaccurate. Increased after physical activity. The pain subsides after resting overnight and usually disappears completely.
If the disease is diagnosed and treated late, it will become the cause of the disease, visceral disorders. A serious complication is the occurrence of pathology, coronary heart vessel violations, and heart changes. The disease appears in the duodenum, intestinal peristalsis, and gallbladder dyskinesia.
diagnosis
The diagnosis of this disease is poor. The symptoms of chest osteochondrosis are similar to the symptoms of angina and myocardial infarction. Sternal osteochondrosis cannot be relieved by taking heart drugs. The patient's electrocardiogram was normal. The doctor will make the correct diagnosis of the disease when prescribing MRI and X-ray examinations to the patient.
treatment method
The goals set by doctors when performing the main treatment measures are to eliminate acute pain in the curvature of the spine, neurological specific manifestations, and complete patient recovery. treatment:
- drug;
- Exercise therapy
- physiotherapy.
Medical treatment begins with the appointment of analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs by the doctor. Tablets for chest osteochondrosis-baralgin. Physical therapy, manual therapy, and exercise therapy are all prescribed by a doctor.
The goal of physical therapy is to improve blood circulation and cerebrospinal fluid. Muscle tension is relieved, the inflammatory process in the problem area is reduced, and the pain disappears. The purpose of exercise therapy is to prevent and treat diseases. Therapeutic exercises relax and mobilize deformed parts of the spine.
The doctor prescribes exercise therapy that combines muscle relaxation in the acute phase of the disease. After the pain was relieved and disappeared, breathing exercises were prescribed. The reflex method is used to treat chest osteochondrosis. Thanks to this technique, the mobility of the back is restored.
Acupuncture aims to get rid of cramps and increase muscle tone. With the help of acupuncture, it can improve the function of blood vessels and have a beneficial effect on blood supply and nutrition of intervertebral disc tissue.
The combination of acupuncture and moxibustion, physical therapy, cupping and massage, manipulation, and vacuum therapy has a significant effect. The combination of methods to treat the disease provides efficiency and safety. They are considered to be the basis of a strictly prescribed curriculum for each patient.
With the help of effective methods, doctors try to restore the normal function of the intervertebral discs in the problem area and prevent the progression and deterioration of chest osteochondrosis. Progressive treatment methods stimulate the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus, the intervertebral discs of the annulus fibrosus.
Effective treatment techniques eliminate the unpleasant and uncomfortable feelings of the disease-pain and prevent the complications of osteochondrosis. Without treatment, they will appear in the form of protrusions and hernias.
For patients with thoracic osteochondrosis, preventive and curative gymnastics is very important and can supplement the medical treatment prescribed by the doctor. It can help patients form muscle corsets correctly and effectively to avoid disease recurrence and complications.