A. Ringing when you turn your neck is cervical spondylosis Ringing when you turn your neck is not necessarily cervical spondylosis. If the neck has always rattled recently, how to screen whether this ringing is a problem or not? If there is a popping sound in the cervical spine, accompanied by some symptoms, such as pain, numbness or weakness, then be alert, this may be an early symptom of cervical spondylosis. However, if it is just a simple “physiological popping”, there is no need to be too nervous. There are two main sources of “physiological ringing”: one is from the joints of the cervical spine, the joints in the flexion and extension and rotation of the cervical spine will emit ringing, of course, there are also theories that there are small bubbles in the joints or abnormal misalignment of the joints or even wear and tear of the joints, in short, the joints are often the most important cause of ringing. The second is from the back of the neck developed muscles and ligaments, muscles and ligaments between the tissue in the flexion and extension activities will also have abnormal friction, producing a popping sound. Second, neck and shoulder pain is cervical spondylosis Occasional neck and shoulder pain or soreness may be caused by fasciitis or cold or strain. If the pain and soreness always attacks, it is a warning signal from the body that it may be cervical cervical spondylosis (, which is strictly speaking a manifestation of the early stages of cervical spondylosis. Third, having symptoms of numbness and dizziness is cervical spondylosis Having symptoms of dizziness and numbness in the hands is not necessarily cervical spondylosis and requires a doctor to do further screening. Many diseases can cause dizziness. If the dizziness is accompanied by blackness and confusion in front of the eyes, it suggests that the patient may have insufficient blood supply to the brain; if the dizziness is related to the body position, we should suspect whether it is Meniere’s syndrome or otoliths; cervical vertigo caused by cervical spondylosis is related to the neck, and the patient will become dizzy when turning the neck or leaning back, and rarely will there be severe vertigo, such as feeling spinning and unable to get up from bed. If hand numbness occurs, the doctor will first consider whether there is a problem with the cervical spine and whether it is caused by cervical spondylosis compressing the nerve roots. But other conditions may also cause hand numbness, if the nerve in the arm or wrist is compressed, it will also produce symptoms of hand numbness, such as thoracic outlet syndrome, elbow tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome (mouse hand), and so on. Therefore, we cannot generalize that hand numbness is cervical spondylosis, and a specialist is needed to differentiate. Fourth, cervical spine with osteophytes is cervical spondylosis Osteophytes are commonly known as bone spurs. If the X-ray film shows that the cervical spine has a bone spur, the report will write osteophytes. However, a bone spur in the cervical spine does not necessarily mean that the spur is compressing the nerves and spinal cord. Clinically, some patients with cervical spine spurs do not have any symptoms. Only when the spinal cord, nerves or sympathetic nerves are compressed and stimulated, and clinical symptoms are produced, can cervical spondylosis be diagnosed, rather than cervical spondylosis being diagnosed when X-rays show osteophytes. Fifth, cervical spondylosis is a disease of the elderly, young people will not get Many people work for a long time next to the computer, or play with the cell phone too long, driving for a long time will feel uncomfortable neck, this is the early manifestation of cervical spondylosis, we should be alert and attention. The pressure and rhythm of modern work life has led to an increasingly young population suffering from cervical spondylosis, and many young cervical spondylosis patients are often admitted to the clinic, so we must abandon the misconception that cervical spondylosis is a disease of the elderly, and prevention of cervical spondylosis should start with young people.