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Symptoms of disease - pain at osteochondrosis

Osteochondrosis of the spine is a disease characterized by the development of degenerative changes in the cartilage of the intervertebral disc and reactive processes in their surrounding tissues. The most frequent risk factors of development of osteochondrosis are various abnormalities of the spine, excessive physical strain, obesity, Smoking, lack of exercise, as well as a permanent impact on the spine of vibration. The latter can be observed at constant driving vehicles. Incorrect posture, hormonal changes, endocrine and somatic diseases, violation of normal blood supply of the spinal tissues, age changes, emotional stress, improper diet - all this is a list of reasons why You may have an osteochondrosis of the spine.

Which diseases there is pain at osteochondrosis

The mechanism of occurrence of pain at osteochondrosis:

With the development of an osteochondrosis of a number the core of the intervertebral disc loses its absorbing and elastic quality. In the end, fibrous ring of the disc begins to bulge and crack. The formed cracks in turn contribute to the education of hernias of intervertebral disks.

Around the intervertebral disc there are nerve processes, vessels and spinal cord. Herniated disc, affecting any of the nerve fibers causes the inflammation that causes the pain.
Physiological mechanisms of pain is very complex and not yet fully explainable by science. Try to summarise the emergence of feelings of pain.

The skin has a lot of nerve endings, pressure-sensitive, erosion, chemical irritation, heat, and other factors. In any irritations of excessive force, causing tissue damage occurs irritation of nerve endings, which are receptors pain. From these signals in nerve fibers are sent to the spinal cord and then to the brain, where are perceived by the nerve cells as a sense of pain. Pain occurs not only in a damaged nerve receptors of the skin or internal organs, but with a damaged nerves. Moreover, the injury site and localization of the pain may not be the same. For example, the cause of pain, may be, infringement of the spinal nerve in a place out of his spine of the lumbar spine, and the sensation of pain when it is not in the place of the infringement and, where nerve originates, that is, in the sole of the foot.

If the patient is unconscious, the pain signals do not cause him informed of perception, that is, he feels no pain. Strong concentration of attention on something, too, can block the perception of pain. And that's despair and depression, on the contrary, increases the sensitivity to pain. In a bad mood a slight bodily injury may be painful. Sometimes the emotional irritation or frustrating situation may manifest in the form of pain.

In order to understand why a person experiences pain, it is very important not only to make a medical examination, but also to determine his mental state.

Modern medicine is shared several types of osteochondrosis of the spine. Depending on the location of the destructive-dystrophic process, are distinguished:
cervical osteochondrosis;
- cervical-thoracic osteochondrosis;
- lumbar osteochondrosis;
- osteochondrosis of thoracic region of the spine.
It should be noted that the most common in medical practice are still neck and spinal osteochondrosis. Osteochondrosis of thoracic region of the spine is very rare.

The nature of the pain at osteochondrosis:

For osteochondrosis is characterized by acute and chronic pain, the restriction of movements in the spine, stiffness in the back. Moreover, the patient begins to feel constant fatigue. Sometimes in case of osteochondrosis there is compression of the nerve roots. In such cases, the person is persecuted even more severe pain. The pain is not just a strong, she seemed to «mate» with the spreading to the arm or leg. In addition the patient appears numbness, he begins to feel something like chills, violated the sensitivity, can weaken and lose weight muscles, a significant weakness in certain groups of muscles.

Lumbar osteochondrosis, which is the most common, mainly causes pain in the lower extremities, cervical osteochondrosis - in the hands and the head, the chest - in internal organs.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain at osteochondrosis

• Vertebrologist
• Osteopath
• Neurologist

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Do you feel hurts at osteochondrosis? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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