If you are a “high-risk group” prone to cervical spondylosis, you should be alert whenever some of the following symptoms occur. Pain or numbness in your arms or fingers when you have pain in your neck; dizziness or migraine when you close your eyes and slowly rotate your head from side to side; regular pain in your neck, lack of strength in your upper or lower limbs, and a feeling that your strength in your limbs has decreased; numbness or a feeling of “electricity” in your whole body when you look down; a feeling that you normally have If you ask your family members to help you pull your head upward, the pain will be relieved, but when you press downward, the pain will be aggravated; if you bend your neck forward and rotate it left and right at the same time, if you have pain in your cervical spine, it is likely that you have degenerative changes in the small joints of your cervical spine; when you lower your head, ask your colleagues or family members to hold your head and neck with one hand, and hold your wrist of the affected limb with the other hand, and pull it in the opposite direction. If two to three of the above symptoms occur, you probably have cervical spondylosis and it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital to see a doctor, and in addition to asking the doctor to do some necessary tests, you should also take x-rays of the cervical spine and, if necessary, make a CT or MRI examination to confirm the diagnosis.
CT or magnetic resonance examination if necessary to confirm the diagnosis.