Can cervical spondylosis cause chest pain?

  Cervical spondylosis is a clinical syndrome mainly due to long-term cervical spine strain, osteophytes, or disc prolapse and ligament thickening, resulting in pressure on the cervical spinal cord, nerve roots or vertebral artery, and a series of dysfunctions. This disease is mostly seen in middle-aged and elderly patients. Currently, cervical spondylosis is becoming more and more youthful. The clinical symptoms of cervical spondylosis are complex. The main symptoms are neck and back pain, upper limb weakness, finger numbness, lower limb weakness, walking difficulties, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and even blurred vision, tachycardia and swallowing difficulties. The clinical symptoms are related to the location of the lesion, the degree of tissue involvement and individual differences.  Some patients with cervical spondylosis show anterior heart pain and arrhythmia, while others show chest discomfort, shortness of breath and panic, etc. These cardiovascular symptoms caused by cervical spondylosis are called “cervicogenic heart disease” or “cervical heart syndrome”. The pain in the precordial region is called “cervical angina” and the arrhythmia is called “cervical arrhythmia”. This is due to stimulation or compression of the spinal cord and spinal blood vessels, resulting in sympathetic nerve cell dysfunction. In addition, inadequate blood supply to the vertebrobasilar artery causes ischemia in the cardiovascular regulatory center in the medulla oblongata, resulting in reflex coronary artery spasms and contractions, which can also lead to myocardial ischemia and induce arrhythmias.  Chinese medicine treatment of cervical heart syndrome: the key is to treat cervical spondylosis, and heart disease must be excluded before treatment.  1, Chinese medicine: according to the patient’s condition to warm the meridians and activate the blood, dispel cold and dampness, pass through the channels to relieve pain, activate blood circulation and disperse blood stasis, replenish qi and nourish blood, etc., to relieve symptoms with good effect.  2.Acupuncture: Acupuncture has unique efficacy in treating cervical spondylosis, and Chinese medicine plus acupuncture can treat most cervical spondylosis.  3.Physiotherapy: in the treatment of cervical spondylosis, physiotherapy can play a variety of roles. It is generally believed that iontophoresis, ultrasound, etc. are feasible in the acute stage; pulse therapy instrument or other heat therapy is used after the pain is reduced.  4.Massage and massage therapy: It is a more effective treatment measure for cervical spondylosis. Its therapeutic effect is to relieve the tension and spasm of the cervical and shoulder muscles, restore the activity of the cervical spine, and release the nerve roots and soft tissue adhesions to relieve the symptoms. But spinal cord cervical spondylosis generally prohibits gravity massage and reset, otherwise it is very easy to aggravate the symptoms, and can even lead to more serious symptoms.  5, warm compress: this treatment can improve blood circulation, relieve muscle spasm, eliminate swelling to reduce symptoms, and help stabilize the affected vertebrae after manipulative treatment. This method can be used hot towel and hot water bag local external compresses, acute patients with heavy pain symptoms should not be warm compress treatment.