Consider the symptoms, treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis, which is rare as the spine is inactive in the thoracic region, attached by the ribs. The main cause of 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 drivers, office workers who have been sitting in awkward positions for many years at the table who do not care about their posture. The thoracic vertebrae throughout the patient's life flex at the same time with nerve fibers, ligaments, muscles. There is tension, pressure, extra strain on the spine, this becomes the cause of the development of the disease.
The presence of signs of thoracic osteochondrosis differs from the symptoms shown. The disease is not pronounced, there is no acute persistent pain, there are unpleasant pains of constant pain. It is difficult for a doctor to diagnose thoracic osteochondrosis. Symptoms resemble gastroenterological diseases, pain resembles angina pectoris, myocardial infarction.
Symptoms
Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine has a bad effect on the liver, kidneys and has a bad effect on the work of the pancreas. Often causes heart and intestinal diseases. The disease manifests itself in various ways, there is no way to correctly distinguish a set of symptoms that allows to diagnose correctly in time - osteochondrosis of the thoracic region. The presence of characteristic symptoms:
- Unpleasant intercostal belt pain, aggravated by deep inspiration.
- Burning in the chest.
- Numbness in the upper limbs, tenderness when lifting.
- Unpleasant pain in the abdomen, liver, heart.
- The bends of the body are difficult.
- In men, it becomes the cause of impotence.
With the disease appear characteristic strong, unpleasant intercostal pains. The patient has difficulty breathing, pain increases with hypothermia, body twists. The pain becomes intense, unpleasant at night. Looks like pain in the heart. With an exacerbation of the disease in women, osteochondrosis radiates to the breast, contributing 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 is determined, treated only by a doctor! Self-medication often leads to unwanted consequences, complications and causes other diseases.
Dorsago and dorsalgi
Thoracic osteochondrosis of the spine is accompanied by 2 vertebral syndromes:
- Dorsago. There is a sharp, sharp pain in the sternum of those who work and bend for a long time. Severe pain appears on rising, making breathing difficult. Movement in the thoracic region is limited.
- Dorsalgi begins imperceptibly, gradually. Discomfort, mild pain appear, which intensifies when the body bends, deep breathing.
It is indicated by muscle tension, which restricts movement: upper dorsal ligament - in the cervix, lower - in the lower back, thoracic region. The pain is aggravated by night time, in the morning when it goes, it gradually disappears. The pain gradually intensifies when a person sits for a long time in an awkward position.
Complications
With the disease are noted other pain manifestations that complicate diagnosis, violations:
- Upper chest segment - pain in the esophagus, pharynx, chest pain.
- Between thoracic segment - pain appears in the right hypochondrium, similar to pain in gastroenterological diseases.
- Lower thoracic spine - sudden acute pain in the abdominal organs.
The pain is not seasonal, inaccuracies. Increased after physical exertion. Pain sensations subside after a full night's sleep, often disappearing completely.
If the disease is diagnosed and treated late, it becomes the cause of diseases, disorders of internal organs. A serious complication is the occurrence of pathology, violations of the coronary heart vessels, changes in the heart. Disorders occur in the duodenum, intestinal motility, gallbladder dyskinesia.
Diagnostics
The disease is poorly diagnosed. Symptoms of breast osteochondrosis are similar to those of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction. With thoracic osteochondrosis, there is no relief when taking heart medication. The patient's electrocardiogram is normal. The physician makes the correct diagnosis of the disease when the patient prescribes magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray examinations.
Treatment methods
The goal that physicians set when performing the most important therapeutic measures is aimed at eliminating acute, sore pain in the curved areas of the spine, neurologically specific manifestations, and full healing of the patient. Treatment:
- Medicines;
- Exercise therapy;
- Physiotherapy.
Medical treatment begins with the appointment of painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs by the doctor. Tablets for breast osteochondrosis - baralgin. Physiotherapy, manual therapy, exercise therapy are prescribed by the doctor.
The goal of physiotherapy is to improve blood circulation, cerebrospinal fluid. Muscle tension is relieved, the inflammatory process decreases in the problem area, pain is eliminated. Exercise therapy is aimed at disease prevention, treatment. Therapeutic exercises relax, mobilize the deformed part of the spine.
The doctor prescribes exercise therapy in the acute period of the disease with a combination of muscle relaxation. After pain relief and disappearance, breathing exercises are prescribed. Reflexology methods are used to treat breast osteochondrosis. Thanks to the technique, back mobility is restored.
Acupuncture (acupuncture) aims to get rid of spasms, for muscle hypertonicity. Using acupuncture is performed an effect that improves the function of blood vessels, has a beneficial effect on blood supply, nutrition of the tissues on the intervertebral discs.
The effectiveness of acupuncture is increased in combination with moxibustion, physiotherapy, cupping massage, manual, vacuum therapy. The combination of methods of treatment of the disease provides efficiency and safety. They are considered the basis of a course that is strictly prescribed for each patient.
Using effective methods, doctors manage to return the intervertebral discs of the problem areas to normal work, stop the progression, aggravation 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, in the absence of treatment they appear in the form of protrusions, hernias.
For a patient with thoracic osteochondrosis, preventive, therapeutically sparing gymnastics is important, which complements the medical drug therapy prescribed by the physician. It helps the patient to properly, competently form the muscle corset to avoid relapse, complications of the disease.