When it comes to cervical spondylosis, we all feel that it is not unfamiliar and familiar, but it is relatively difficult to really understand cervical spondylosis in depth. The many diseases secondary to cervical spondylosis may be difficult for many people to understand when all is said and done, so why? This afternoon came a patient with chronic diarrhea, a young man in his thirties, and when I gave him a detailed abdominal auscultation and examination, I told him very seriously, “Your chronic enteritis is related to your cervical spine.” At this point, before I could explain, the patient stood up and left, saying indignantly: “What does an enteritis have to do with the cervical spine? This is a very typical example. What if I told this case to our doctors and friends? I guess there would be people who, like the patient, would not believe it. But, in fact, chronic enteritis in many cases is caused by cervical spine lesions, not just chronic enteritis, but many chronic diseases in our body actually have a direct and indirect relationship with cervical spine disease, such as chronic bronchitis, some heart disorders, chronic rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis, some tinnitus and many other chronic diseases. How are these diseases formed? In my personal opinion, most of these are the products of the influence of chronic nerve irritation signs. I will share my understanding and experience from the anatomical characteristics of the cervical spine, and please correct me if there is anything wrong. The cervical spine is one of the important anatomical structures of the body that is vulnerable to injury. It connects the brain to the spinal cord, is the “throat” for all information to travel up and down, and is the necessary pathway for the transmission of nutrition to the brain, so once a lesion occurs in the neck, it will inevitably affect the transmission of information and the balance of nutrition to the brain to some extent. Here is the anatomy of the cervical spine. The 10 major diseases caused by the cervical spine 1, cervical spondylosis can induce cervical cerebrovascular disease 26% of the nearly 1 million cerebrovascular patients in the country each year are induced by cervical spondylosis. This is due to the compression of the basilar artery, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain, long-term in this condition, there will be dizziness, numbness, walking instability, and even cerebral thrombosis, cerebral infarction, some patients can lead to hemiplegia. If cervical spondylosis is treated in time, it will not deteriorate into serious consequences such as stroke and hemiplegia. 2.Cervical spondylosis can cause tachycardia Cervical spondylosis causes cardiac discomfort, which is mainly caused by the stimulation of the fourth nerve root by cervical spine osteophytes, which is related to the sudden change of the neck position. 3.Cervical spondylosis can cause dysphagia The upper end of the esophagus is adjacent to the sixth cervical vertebra, and hyperplasia in the sixth cervical vertebra is to compress and stimulate the esophagus, even causing inflammation and edema around the esophagus, thus creating a foreign body sensation when eating. 4, cervical spondylosis can cause paralysis Some spinal cord type or mixed other types of cervical spondylosis mainly of spinal cord type, because they are not treated systematically and well, the causative factors cannot be removed, and with the development of lesions, irreversible pathological changes such as liquefaction of spinal cord degeneration occur, and then paralysis is inevitable. 5, cervical spondylosis can cause abdominal distension and constipation Some patients with cervical spondylosis are stimulated and injured by the adjacent cervical sympathetic nerves, and the feelings are transmitted to the brain, which increases the excitability of the relevant nerves and slows down the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract of the internal organs innervated by them, thus leading to abdominal distension and constipation. 6, cervical spondylosis can cause swelling of the limbs Swelling refers to the swelling of the limbs; distension is the feeling that the patient feels swollen. Limb swelling can appear in all types of cervical spondylosis. In patients with cervical cervical spondylosis, swelling appears in the back of the neck, collar and shoulders in the early stage, which is caused by edema produced by local neuromuscular stimulation by physical or chemical factors; in the attack period of neurogenic cervical spondylosis, the swelling of the upper limbs of the neck and shoulders with burning pain is caused by edema of the nerve roots; in patients with sympathetic cervical spondylosis, swelling of the upper limbs occurs, starting with a decrease in local skin temperature, fear of cold, and a tingling sensation when cold, followed by This is caused by the spasm of the blood vessels in the upper limbs; in spinal cord type cervical spondylosis, the upper limbs will appear swollen, the skin will be shiny, and the activity will be impaired or even lost, which is caused by the compression of the spinal cord. 7.Cervical spondylosis can cause thoracic pain. There are more and more clinical cases of cervical sympathetic ganglion dysfunction caused by the misalignment of cervical spine and the stimulation and excitation of the upper cervical, middle cervical and lower cervical heart branches, resulting in arrhythmia and vasospasm, which eventually cause angina pectoris. 8, cervical spondylosis can cause stroke It is certain that cervical spondylosis can cause stroke, which is determined by the anatomical, physiological and pathological characteristics of the cervical spine. Under normal circumstances, a change in head position occurs through the activity of the cervical spine, and this displacement movement, because of the elastic intervertebral disc, does not cause the vertebrae to be misaligned back and forth. As we age, the neck muscles and ligaments strain and degenerate, the strength and function of the fixed joints weaken, and when the head is lowered or tilted, the neck joints become unstable, swinging and misaligned, which inevitably stimulates the vertebral artery that travels through the transverse process perforation of the cervical spine, causing it to spasm, contract or twist and deform, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain. In addition, because the fibers of the intervertebral disc are attached to the edge of the vertebral body, misalignment will also cause the fiber ring to be repeatedly stretched, stimulating the edge of the vertebral body, and osteophytes will occur, compressing the vertebral artery and causing narrowing or spasm of the vertebral artery, which will also cause insufficient blood supply to the brain. This leads to clinical symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, tinnitus and blurred vision. Cervical spondylosis mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, who are mostly accompanied by cerebral arteriosclerosis, so that cerebral blood flow will slow down, which makes it easy to form blood clots and have strokes. 9, cervical spondylosis can cause gastric discomfort Patients with cervical spondylosis, especially when sympathetic and spinal cord cervical spondylosis patients, will have nausea, acidity, fullness, belching, vomiting, nagging, noisy stomach, not thinking about eating and other signs of gastric discomfort, which is mainly because when the dura mater of the cervical spinal cord and other tissues are compressed and stimulated, the sympathetic nerve reflexes and clinical manifestations. The misalignment of the cervical vertebrae in degenerative instability affects the vertebral artery and causes ischemia of the basilar artery, resulting in nausea (the vomiting center is at the back of the lateral reticular formation of the medulla oblongata) and dizziness. If the cervical 3-5 transverse process is misaligned and the phrenic nerve is damaged, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and pain and discomfort in the upper extremities may occur. Some experts have observed that misalignment of the cervical 3-5 transverse processes, especially the lateral swing misalignment of the hook vertebral joint, can cause erratic vomiting. Meanwhile, the misalignment of the middle and upper cervical vertebrae affects the phrenic nerve and vertebral artery, which can also cause symptoms of autonomic dysfunction such as epigastric fullness, belching and reduced food intake. 10, cervical spondylosis can cause hypertension The hypertension caused by cervical spondylosis is called “cervicogenic hypertension”. The carotid sinus is located in front of the 6 transverse processes of the neck and in the middle and lower cervical vertebrae. When the 4-6 transverse processes of the neck are misaligned, muscle tension in front of the transverse processes or bony displacement of the transverse processes, or tension in the oblique angle muscles and fascia caused by misalignment of the hook vertebrae joints, can all stretch and stimulate the carotid sinus and cause blood pressure fluctuations, and it is common to see a sudden increase in blood pressure, which can sometimes be lower than normal. Patients mostly have dizziness or vertigo, stiffness in the neck, and heavy discomfort in the shoulder and back. If the cervical spine is misaligned, it may be accompanied by chest tightness, shortness of breath or cardiac arrhythmia. The upper cervical sympathetic ganglion is attached to the front of the cervical 2 to 3 transverse processes or the cervical 2 to 4 transverse processes. Displacement of the transverse process by cervical misalignment or aseptic inflammation caused by cervical misalignment injury can lead to excitation of the posterior sympathetic ganglion fibers and cerebral vasospasm. If such stimulation persists, it will secondary affect the function of cerebrovascular diastolic center and develop into systemic small artery spasm, resulting in a continuous increase in blood pressure.