What to do if the cervical spondylosis is difficult to be cured for a long time

If cervical spondylosis is difficult to cure for a long time, surgical treatment needs to be considered, so as to relieve the pressure and irritation of the herniated intervertebral discs or thickened ligaments on the nerves, blood vessels and other peripheral tissues, and to achieve the purpose of controlling the condition and alleviating the clinical symptoms. Cervical spondylosis is a disease based on degenerative and pathological changes of intervertebral discs, which is caused by osteophytes, herniated discs, thickened ligaments, etc., resulting in compression and irritation of the cervical cord, vertebral arteries, nerve roots, and sympathetic nerves, which leads to neck pain, numbness of the limbs, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, and tachycardia, etc. When cervical spondylosis is difficult to cure, it can be treated with surgery to relieve the pressure and stimulation on the nerves and blood vessels. When cervical spondylosis is difficult to be cured, surgical treatment can be used, including anterior surgery, which refers to surgery in the front or side of the neck, including decompression and reconstruction of stabilization; posterior surgery refers to surgery in the back of the neck, which mainly includes enlargement of the spinal canal, laminoplasty, and laminectomy with fixation and fusion, which can relieve the spinal cord compression by enlarging the effective sagittal diameter of the spinal canal. Cervical spondylosis is difficult to cure, we recommend timely medical treatment, improve the relevant examination to clarify the diagnosis, under the guidance of the doctor for standardized treatment, and can be considered for surgical treatment.