Early Symptoms of Spondylitis

Early manifestations of spondylitis may include autonomic dysfunction, dyskinesia or dysesthesia. If the lesion is located in the cervical spinal cord, it may also affect the respiratory muscles, resulting in respiratory distress. 1. Autonomic dysfunction: the main autonomic dysfunction in the early stage of spondylitis patients are urinary retention, no feeling of bladder filling, and accompanied by skin nutritional disorders, such as dry skin, little sweat, no sweat or brittle nails. 2. Motor disorder: in the early stage of acute onset, due to spinal shock, resulting in hypotonia, tendon reflexes disappear, and also show tetraplegia or bilateral lower limb flaccid paralysis and other motor disorders, if the upper cervical lesions involved in the nerve center of the spinal cord, the patient in addition to limb paralysis, may also appear diaphragm and intercostal muscle paralysis, which may lead to respiratory difficulties. 3. Sensory impairment: In the early stage of spinal myelitis, it will also lead to loss of sensation in the damaged parts of the spinal cord, and the localized area of loss of sensation usually has a sensory allergic band or a sense of fasciculation. Patients should go to the hospital in time for examination and diagnosis when discomfort occurs, after clarifying the cause of the disease, under the guidance of a professional doctor, combined with the personal situation of targeted treatment, to avoid delaying the condition and aggravate the symptoms, daily life should pay attention to follow the doctor’s instructions to adhere to the rehabilitation training, and do a good job of infection prevention, for the recovery of the disease has a more positive effect.