I. What is spine-related disease
Spine-related diseases are clinical symptoms and signs that occur due to injury to the soft tissues around the spine, small joint misalignment, hyperplasia and degeneration, and aseptic inflammation of the tissues around the spine, which directly or indirectly stimulate or compress the spinal nerves, blood vessels, visceral nerves, etc. It is an emerging edge discipline in the field of modern medicine that studies the relationship between the spine and disease from the perspective of spinal mechanics. It involves not only the familiar neck, shoulder, back, lumbar and leg pain, but also many kinds of diseases of the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, neurological, endocrine and immune systems.
Second, what are the common causes of spine-related diseases
(a) Extrinsic factors are mainly
1, myogenic soft tissue injury factors: acute and chronic injury to the peri-vertebral soft tissue, the formation of sterile inflammation, soft tissue mechanization, adhesions, stimulation or compression of the peri-vertebral spinal nerves, visceral nerves, etc., causing clinically relevant syndromes.
2, osteogenic dynamic imbalance factors: acute and chronic injury to the spine caused by the spine itself intervertebral joint misalignment, small joint disorders, can cause the spine mechanical balance disorders, spinal dysfunction; at the same time, the spine misaligned joints can also stimulate or compress the spinal nerve and sympathetic ganglion, clinical symptoms.
3, local inflammation: such as jaw lymph nodes, acute and chronic inflammation of the pharynx. Bacteria and viruses in the pharynx can spread along the lymphatic vessels to the muscles, ligaments, and joint capsule around the circumoccipital joints of the cervical spine, resulting in muscle spasm contraction and even vitelliform degeneration of the cervical ligaments and relaxation of the cervical ligaments, leading to abnormal peri-vertebral soft tissue changes.
(B) The main intrinsic factors are.
1, degenerative changes: mostly due to degenerative changes in the intervertebral disc and surrounding tendons and ligaments, resulting in the destruction of the stability structure of the spinal joints, which can easily cause stimulation and compression of the spinal nerves or visceral nerves and the appearance of clinically relevant syndromes.
2, mental factors: such as long-term mental tension, the back muscles can not relax, in the state of bilateral muscle tension is not equal, the contraction of the high tension side of the muscle, it will lead to headache, dizziness, back pain and other symptoms appear.
(C) The main triggering factors are.
Minor sprains and contusions, feeling the stimulation of wind, cold and dampness
Third, what are the clinical manifestations of spine-related diseases
1, cervical spinal injury: head and facial symptoms of the five senses and cranial nerve symptoms as the main manifestations.
Vertigo, headache, eye symptoms (vision loss, dryness, eye swelling, eyelid drooping, etc.), nasal symptoms (nasal congestion, abnormal sensation in the nostrils, abnormal sense of smell, etc.), throat symptoms (foreign body sensation in the throat, etc.), ear symptoms (tinnitus, hearing loss, etc.), cranial nerve symptoms (choking, mute, tongue extension, slurred speech, soft palate paralysis, etc.), circulatory system symptoms (chest tightness, chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, etc., and even arrhythmia). even arrhythmia) and some other symptoms (eruption, sleep disorder, hypertension, abnormal body sweating, etc.).
2, thoracic spine injury: mainly based on the dysfunction of internal organs.
Thoracic spinal nerve irritation symptoms (radiating or limited thoracic back pain, numbness, muscle tension, spasm or muscle atrophy in the area innervated by the injured nerve segment), autonomic dysfunction symptoms (pale, flushed, cold, burning skin, excessive or no sweating, palpitations, arrhythmia, pseudo-angina, chest tightness, chest blockage and pressure, dyspnea, wheezing or spasmodic choking cough and asthma, loss of appetite, bloating, gastric pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, duodenal ulcer, gastroptosis, chronic gastritis, chronic colitis, cholecystitis, etc.).
3, lumbar spine and sacroiliac joint injury: mainly manifested as lumbar and leg pain and pelvic organ dysfunction disorders.
Frequent urination, urinary urgency, poor urination, enuresis, impotence, lower abdominal pain, posterior urgency, diarrhea, constipation, dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders and sexual dysfunction, etc.
Fourth, how to determine whether there are spinal-related diseases
Based on the medical history, clinical symptoms and signs, general examination of the patient can be performed after excluding related systemic diseases, such as appearance of posture, pain site, spinal range of motion, spinal spine deviation and other conditions can make a preliminary diagnosis of the patient’s disease, but a clear diagnosis depends on systematic, thorough and accurate examination, such as X-ray plain film, vertebral artery color Doppler examination, CT, MRI.
V. How to treat spine-related diseases
For the treatment of spine-related diseases, we advocate the holistic concept and dialectical treatment in Chinese medicine, which includes “seeking the root of the disease”, “helping to eliminate evil”, “adjusting yin and yang”, and “taking into account the time, place, and place”. Under the guidance of the principles of “appropriate to the time, place and person”, we apply treatment methods such as massage, bone setting, traction, acupuncture, medicine and physical therapy to clarify the diagnosis and target the treatment. Specific treatment plans should be developed under the guidance of a professional physician.
Let’s pay attention to spinal health, a healthy life starts from taking care of the spine!