Cervical spondylosis can cause unbearable neck pain, accompanied by numbness in the hands and feet, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, loss of vision, blurred vision, poor memory, slow reaction, panic, chest tightness, shortness of breath, erratic,, irregular heart rate, atrial fibrillation, etc. It can also cause chronic gastritis and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Cervical spondylosis is associated with more than forty kinds of clinical symptoms and diseases, involving multiple systems such as cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, neurological, and urinary. Clinical difficulties such as diabetes, hypertension, gastric ulcer, gastritis, constipation, and impotence are also inseparable from the effects of cervical spondylosis. How does cervical spondylosis occur? The cervical spine is between the head, which is frequently active and heavy, and the thoracic spine, which is relatively stable due to the lack of activity and weight, and is relatively weak anatomically, lacking other bony protection all around, plus the micro-external force of long-term poor working and living posture, which makes the normal anatomical relationship here easily change and affects the “cervicothoracic hub The stability of the “cervicothoracic junction”. Postural strain, overexertion, especially the soft tissues around the lower neck are prone to strain lesions, qi and blood stagnation; thus making soft tissue damage in the neck, aggravating the occurrence of cervical spondylosis. 1, age factor: with age, human degeneration begins at the age of 25, with the wear and tear of the human body ministries are also increasing, degenerative changes in the cervical spine is the most critical reason for the development of cervical spondylosis. 2, bad posture strain: the head and neck in a single posture position for a long time, such as long time engaged in low work; lying in bed watching TV, reading; high pillow, sitting position to sleep; sleeping on the sleeper car, sleep when the muscle protection is poor, prone to cervical spondylosis. 3, head and neck trauma: on the basis of cervical spine degeneration, strain and instability, head and neck trauma is more likely to induce cervical spondylosis, 50% of medullary cervical spondylosis is related to neck trauma. Most often seen in some people with cervical osteophytes, cervical disc bulge, soft tissue lesions in the spinal canal, when the cervical spinal canal is in a narrow critical state, sports, braking situation, easy to trigger the emergence of cervical injury and cervical spondylosis. 4, chronic infection: inflammation stimulates the soft tissues of the neck or causes soft tissue lesions in the cervical occipital area through the lymphatic system. When there is acute or chronic inflammation in the throat or neck, cervical cervical spondylosis symptoms are easily induced due to inflammatory edema of the surrounding tissues; mainly seen in otitis media, periodontitis, pharyngolaryngitis, etc. Among them, chronic pharyngitis is an important pathogenic factor of cervical spondylosis, which can be aggravated by the interaction with soft tissue chronic strain inflammation. 5, wind, cold and wet factors: wind, cold and wet factors in the external environment can reduce the body’s tolerance to pain, which can cause muscle spasm, small blood vessel constriction, lymphatic reflux slowdown, soft tissue blood circulation disorders, followed by aseptic inflammation. 6, cervical spine structural dysplasia: cervical degeneration, scoliosis of the thoracic segment of the spine, various congenital malformations (vertebral fusion, skull base depression, congenital small spinal canal) are the basis for the pathogenesis of certain cervical spondylosis. According to statistics, degeneration accounts for 25% of those aged 40-50 years, and 85.5% of those aged 55 years or older have degeneration. The incidence of cervical spondylosis is one times higher than normal in people with narrow central spinal canal and nerve root canal. 7, metabolic factors: human metabolic disorders, especially calcium, phosphorus metabolism and hormone metabolism disorders, easy to produce cervical cervical spondylosis. 8, mental factors: bad mood can trigger and aggravate cervical spondylosis; and when cervical spondylosis is attacked or aggravated, the patient’s mood is even worse, and he or she is easily agitated and loses temper, and the symptoms of cervical spondylosis will be aggravated. Types of cervical spondylosis 1. Cervical cervical spondylosis: This type occurs mostly in people who have fallen pillow and is an early manifestation of other types. It is characterized by soreness and pain in the neck, corresponding pressure points, neck activity may be limited by a forced position, accompanied by stiffness of the shoulder and back, and some may have transient upper limb sensory abnormalities without muscle atrophy and abnormal skin sensation. 2, vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis: manifested as head and neck vertigo, nausea, vomiting, tinnitus, deafness, blurred vision, drifting walking, and even sudden fainting, etc. It is caused by cervical spine lesions stimulating and compressing the cervical vertebral artery, causing spasm of the vertebral artery and insufficient blood supply to the brain. Symptoms are closely related to insufficient blood supply to the vertebral artery, and headache and dizziness often occur due to sudden rotation of the neck, and sudden collapse may occur in serious cases. 3.Neurogenic cervical spondylosis: It is most common in clinical practice. Neck pain or headache, accompanied by radiating pain or numbness in one or both upper limbs and hands. It is caused by degenerative changes of the cervical spine, stimulation and compression of the spinal nerve or brachial plexus nerve, pain, numbness, abnormal sensation and radioactive pain along the nerve distribution area in the neck, shoulder and arm, and the pain is mostly stabbing or burning pain, which is aggravated when coughing or sneezing. 4.Sympathetic cervical spondylosis: caused by the stimulation of sympathetic nerve fibers after cervical spine degeneration. The symptoms are complex and variable, and are mostly subjective: such as headache, tinnitus, hearing loss, cold and chill in the limbs. This type of cervical spondylosis has no obvious signs, and the X-ray only shows degenerative changes of the cervical spine or even no abnormalities, so it is not easy to diagnose this type. The main manifestations are headache, occipital pain, blurred vision, swelling and pain in the eye sockets, rapid heartbeat, disturbed heart rhythm, increased blood pressure, pain in the precordial region, hiccups without any cause, cold limbs, sweating in the neck, hands and feet, etc. 5, spinal cord type cervical spondylosis: unilateral or bilateral lower limb impotence and numbness, heavy and tight legs, unstable gait, walking like stepping on cotton, unstable walking; upper limb numbness, cold limbs, muscle atrophy, weakened grip, unable to hold things, unable to complete fine movements; excessive sweating, etc. In severe cases, quadriplegia, incontinence or retention of urine and feces, sexual dysfunction and quadriplegia. 6, mixed cervical spondylosis: Although the clinical cervical spondylosis is typed according to different manifestations, it is rare to see the onset of cervical spondylosis monotypic, and the actual patients often have more than two types of cervical spondylosis at the same time, so it is called mixed cervical spondylosis. For example, the neurogenic type combined with vertebral artery type, vertebral artery type combined with sympathetic type, etc. How to prevent cervical spondylosis? ”Ten office workers, nine cervical spondylosis”, more and more office workers are plagued by cervical spondylosis. At present, there is no thorough and effective treatment for cervical spondylosis in the medical field, and in general, cervical spondylosis focuses on prevention. First, correct poor posture and posture: when working, studying, surfing the Internet and watching TV, sit with your head, neck, shoulders and back in the right position, do not shift your head and shrug your shoulders; stand with your head up and chest up. When talking, reading, walking, keep the spine straight, head up, eyes level, shoulders naturally drooping. Some people are used to hunching their backs when standing and stretching their necks forward, which will increase the force on the neck. Raising the head and chest can reduce the burden on the neck. Second, correcting bad habits. 1, bad habits: when sleeping, the pillow is too soft, supine too high, side too low; sleep over the hard wooden bed; leaning over the bed to play computer, reading cell phones, reading newspapers, watching TV, etc., are bad habits, over time will occur or aggravate cervical spondylosis. 2, the right pillow: 1/3 of life spent in sleep; a close fit for the cervical spine physiological curvature of the pillow, can be relieved of neck muscle, ligament fatigue during sleep. Pillow is very important, pillow core to wood cotton, buckwheat bark is good, the filling should be appropriate to maintain a certain amount of hardness and elasticity. Pillows with too much elasticity can easily cause fatigue and damage to the neck muscles. If there are conditions, it is best to use a unique viscoelastic, slow rebound and temperature-sensitive polyurethane (according to the temperature and pressure and sink, but will not rebound) for the pillow core. In accordance with the principle of “supine low, side lying high”. Pillow in lying supine, the height should be equivalent to their fist, the pillow should be padded below the neck; side lying, the pillow height to stand up a half-fist height (10-15 cm) is appropriate. Those who are used to lying on their back should fill the pillow to the gap between the face and shoulders, and it is best to pad a small pillow under the neck to maintain the physiological bending of the cervical vertebrae, to reduce and eliminate soft tissue tears caused by excessive strain on the soft tissues of the neck. Third, strengthen the neck and shoulder muscle exercise, avoid long-term the same posture. Long-term fixed a work and life posture, is a bad posture, can make the neck muscles in a single position under the action of microscopic external force, is to cause normal anatomical changes in the neck. Therefore, long-term ambulatory workers, should regularly change the neck position, on time to do the neck and shoulder muscle exercise, such as double upper limbs of the forward flexion, back extension, rotation movement, not only can relieve fatigue, so that muscle development, toughness, but also conducive to the stability of the neck section of the spine, enhance the ability of the neck and shoulder to comply with sudden changes in the neck. The rest and activity time should be increased, and swimming after work is also a good way to exercise the neck and shoulder muscles and prevent and relieve neck strain. Fourth, the combination of work and rest to reduce the intensity of neck labor. Pay attention to the combination of work and rest of cervical activities, reduce the intensity of neck labor, is the main measure to prevent cervical spondylosis. Strain is one of the main causes of cervical spondylosis, labor or work, to avoid head and neck weight; walking to prevent the cervical spine flash, contusion, to avoid strain, daily life to prevent the pillow, so as to avoid cervical ligament injury, so that the stability of the cervical spine is damaged, triggering or aggravating cervical spondylosis. Fifth, the neck warmth. Neck warmth can effectively prevent the occurrence of cervical spondylosis. Pay attention to neck warmth in the cold winter days, because the neck muscles are exposed and their blood circulation is slow, which can lead to local swelling. In addition to a scarf around the neck during the day, hot water bags, hot cloth bags (red beans or soybeans or large salt grains into a long cloth pocket, sealed and put in the microwave oven for a few minutes to heat) can be used at night. Every day when sleeping pillow under the neck, to feel warm, can increase local blood circulation, relieve neck discomfort. Sixth, active treatment and adjustment of triggering factors: cold, poor mood, metabolic disorders, menopausal syndrome and other factors can trigger or aggravate the condition of cervical spondylosis, such as cervical spondylosis should maintain an optimistic spirit, establish the idea of fighting hard against the disease, and cooperate with the doctor’s treatment. At the same time, read more books about cervical spondylosis and master with scientific means of prevention and treatment. At the same time, early, thorough treatment of neck and shoulder, back soft tissue strain, to prevent its development into cervical spondylosis. Seven, pay attention to avoid neck trauma: do not doze off when riding in a car, go out on long-distance car is best to wear a good blowing neck pillow, in order to prevent cervical spine whipping injury caused by emergency braking. Labor, sports to avoid head and neck weight, excessive fatigue; walking, work to prevent sudden neck flash, contusion. Eight, received Chinese medicine conditioning: black sesame, dogwood, raw earth, walnut, with kidney marrow effect, usually a reasonable amount of taking can have delayed kidney and joint degeneration, strong muscles and bones.