How many stages of spinal degeneration are there?

  There are many people who say, “My neck hurts and it’s so painful that I want to die.” Some people even die suddenly before the symptoms arrive. If spinal disease is the bottleneck of longevity, then cervical spondylosis is the bottleneck of bottlenecks. As the saying goes, it is not a day’s cold to freeze three feet, and cervical spondylosis does not arise in one or two days; it has a developmental process.  Generally speaking, we divide the degenerative joint disease into four stages: the first stage: inflammation between the joints, pain, stiffness, but no substantial change; the second stage, the beginning of the initial bone spur proliferation, the disc has a little thinning, the joint fluid is relatively stiff; the third stage, the bone spur further growth but has not yet grown to a piece, has not yet “bridging In the third stage, the bone spur grows further but not to a piece, before the “bridge” is built, then the disc becomes very thin, but still exists, the joint is stiffer, the nerve foramen is getting smaller and smaller, and even the nerve roots may be compressed. If these nerve roots are compressed it is possible to rise numbness in the hands and feet, unstable blood pressure, high and low, and even abnormal heart function. By the fourth stage, the two vertebrae are completely grown to one piece and “bypassed”. The joint is also feeing off, and the intervertebral disc disappears completely. Details are as follows: Stage 1: There is sterile inflammation between the vertebrae and the patient will have symptoms of soreness and pain. There are no permanent changes such as bone spurs and disc degeneration on this stage, and there is less chance of nerve root compression, which usually begins before the age of 25.  Stage 2: There is a small amount of degeneration of the intervertebral discs and a small amount of bone spurs begin to appear, the patient will have joint stiffness, occasional dizziness, headache, numbness in the arms and legs; neck pain and pillow fall is a common occurrence; there will be a feeling of joint inflexibility after waking up in the morning, which can only be relieved after certain activities; sitting for a long time will cause back pain; doing computer work is easy to fatigue, upper back pain, and spinal correlation begins to appear. disease. This segment occurs at the age of 25-45.  Stage 3: The discs are thinner but have not yet “disappeared”; the spurs are longer but have not yet “bridged”. The symptoms described above become more severe and change from intermittent to continuous attacks. In particular, various spinal-related disorders are more frequent and frequent. Age 45-65 years.  Stage 4: More than one disc disappears completely, bone spurs begin to bridge, and various symptoms linger and become more severe. As the disc thins, there is an increasing likelihood of nerve root compression, and by the time the disc is completely gone, if that spine is subjected to a nerve root, that spine cannot be reset and surgery is the only option. If the nerve is not yet compressed, then that vertebra will not compress the nerve. However, the previous or next disc in the spine will degenerate at a faster rate and more nerve roots will be disturbed. This interruption usually occurs over the age of 65 and has the greatest impact on a person’s health and longevity at this stage.