Cervical spondylosis should be noted for arm numbness and pain

  In daily life, some people will appear neck, shoulder, arm, hand pain numbness, cold and other symptoms, often mistaken for rheumatism. In particular, many office work “white-knuckle” every day on the computer to deal with documents, often need to work overtime. Long time blowing air conditioning and do not pay attention to regular rest activities cervical spine, often feel sore neck, unknowingly has suffered from cervical spondylosis. Suddenly after a long period of work, arm numbness and pain, fear of wind and cold and other symptoms, often thought it was rheumatism, because the pain does not relieve, turned to the orthopedic clinic, after taking cervical X-ray, only to know that the “culprit” arm numbness is not rheumatism but nerve root cervical spondylosis.  Cervical spondylosis with damaged nerve roots is the most common clinical type of cervical spondylosis, caused by bone compression or irritation caused by joint misalignment, osteophytes and disc bulge in the cervical spine, which injures the nerves or blood vessels and causes pain and numbness in the area innervated by the injured nerves or blood vessels. This type of cervical spondylosis is mainly characterized by neurological symptoms, with fixed, persistent and deeply located pain in a part of the head or upper limb where the cervical nerve is distributed, and patients often have symptoms such as soreness, numbness and weakness in the neck, shoulder, arm and hand, fear of wind and cold, and easy fatigue. This type of cervical spondylosis mostly occurs in the middle and lower cervical spine. It will heal quickly after medication and physical therapy.