The vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis may cause cerebral infarction. Cervical spondylosis is a disease based on the pathology of degenerative changes in the cervical intervertebral discs, and the main clinical manifestations of patients are head and neck pain, stiffness and discomfort. Vertebral artery-type cervical spondylosis is a special type of cervical spondylosis, mainly cervical degenerative lesions of the intervertebral disc synapse compression of unilateral or bilateral vertebral artery, the patient may manifest as dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other transient ischemic manifestations of the posterior circulation, and in severe cases, it may lead to cerebral ischemia and cerebral infarction. Patients with cervical spondylosis should correctly recognize the disease, seek medical diagnosis as soon as possible, and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment.