Cervical spine pain may be due to trauma, tumor, rheumatoid arthritis and other causes, treatment methods include general treatment, drug therapy, massage is symptomatic treatment, can only play a role in pain relief, but treating the symptoms does not cure the root cause of the different causes of different treatments need to be taken, it is recommended that timely access to medical care for treatment of the disease.
1. Trauma: when the neck muscles, ligament injury or trauma and lead to muscle spasm, can produce the symptoms of cervical spine pain. It is recommended to carry out timely neck braking, bed rest, if necessary, under the guidance of professionals to carry out cervical skin traction or cranial traction and other treatments. If the pain is obvious, you can take anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs, such as acetic clofenac, diclofenac and so on, as prescribed by the doctor.
2. Tumor: Neck tumor can compress the nerves and cause cervical spine pain. The main treatment for benign tumors is surgical resection. Inflammatory lumps should be treated with antibiotics such as amoxicillin and ampicillin as prescribed by the doctor.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis: the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis mainly has synovial lining cell hyperplasia, interstitial massive inflammatory cell infiltration, etc., which can lead to cervical spine pain when involving the neck. Those with obvious pain should emphasize rest and joint braking, and at the same time need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take anti-rheumatic drugs, such as methotrexate, salicylazosulfapyridine and so on.
In addition to the above factors, ankylosing spondylitis, cervical spine tuberculosis and other causes can also lead to cervical spine pain, if you can not identify the cause of the disease or treatment does not improve significantly, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, so as not to delay the condition.