General knowledge of cervical spondylosis prevention and treatment

  Cervical spondylosis is a common and frequent disease with complex and variable symptoms, manifesting as neck stiffness and pain, restricted movement, neck and shoulder pain, upper limb weakness, finger numbness, and in severe cases, paralysis below the neck. Individual patients may have special symptoms such as increased or decreased blood pressure, angina pectoris, arrhythmia, decreased vision, hearing impairment, breast pain, and difficulty swallowing. Generally, it can be divided into several types, such as cervical, nerve root, cremaster, vertebral artery, and sympathetic.  Cervical spondylosis treatment can be divided into two categories: non-surgical treatment and surgical treatment. When it comes to surgical treatment, it should not be taken lightly. Because of the complex anatomical structure of the neck, the physiological role is important: it supports the cranium; the blood vessels supplying the brain pass through both sides of the cervical spine; it is the starting point of the digestive and respiratory tracts; the crestal medulla inside the cervical spine is the gateway between the brain and the nerves of the whole body, and all the sensations outside the head must pass through the crestal medulla before they can be transmitted, and the brain cannot command the movement of the body beyond the crestal medulla. Therefore, non-surgical treatment is mostly used for cervical spondylosis to ensure safety. However, when non-surgical treatment is not effective, surgical treatment must be considered.  There are various clinical manifestations of cervical spondylosis, especially vertebral artery type and sympathetic cervical spondylosis, and sometimes it is not easy to confirm the diagnosis. Once you have symptoms in this area, you must ask a specialist to help confirm the diagnosis, otherwise the diagnosis will be delayed and treatment will be delayed.  Once the diagnosis is clear, as their own care should generally pay attention to the following aspects: 1, the correct understanding of the disease First of all, patients need to have a correct understanding of the disease: cervical spondylosis is a long course, the degeneration of the intervertebral disc, bone proliferation, ligament calcification and other related to ageing, aging of the body. The disease is often recurrent, and the symptoms may be heavy during the attack, affecting daily life and rest. Therefore, on the one hand, we must eliminate the fear of pessimism, and on the other hand, we must prevent the mentality of getting by and giving up active treatment.  2.About rest Patients with acute attack or first attack of cervical spondylosis should pay proper attention to rest, and those with serious condition should take bed rest for 2-3 weeks. Bed rest has an important role in relaxing the muscles of the neck, reducing muscle spasm and the pressure of the head weight on the intervertebral discs, and the decreasing of tissue pressure edema. However, bed rest should not be too long to avoid changes such as muscle atrophy, tissue adhesions and joint adhesions, which hinder the recovery of cervical spondylosis. So the intermittent and chronic period of cervical spondylosis, should be appropriate to participate in the work, do not need long-term rest.  3, about maintenance The human body is like a complex machine, which needs to be maintained from time to time. Especially cervical spondylosis, itself is a degenerative pathology, but also to protect the neck, try to avoid unnecessary damage. Whether it is sleep, rest. Or study and work, and even some daily movements, we must maintain good habits, never forget the protection of the cervical spine, while strengthening the exercise of the cervical muscle.  Regarding the treatment of cervical spondylosis, the majority of patients can be relieved or even cured after a period of treatment and consolidation by non-surgical treatment, relying on the characteristic treatment mode of Shih’s injury department, with Chinese herbal medicine as the core and ointment, manipulation, acupuncture and fumigation as the auxiliary.