How to determine if you have cervical spondylosis

  How to determine whether you have cervical spondylosis cervical spondylosis symptoms are the following, where there is 1 of them, that is to say, suffering from cervical spondylosis.  1. Cervical type: pain in the back of the neck, which can be relieved by pulling the head and neck upward by hand, but aggravated by putting pressure downward.  2.Nerve root type: Neck pain is accompanied by radiating pain and/or numbness in the upper limbs (including the hands).  3. Vertebral artery type: When the eyes are closed, the head and neck are rotated to the left and right, causing migraine or vertigo.  4. Spinal cord type: Neck pain is accompanied by muscle weakness and pain in the upper and/or lower extremities.  5.Spinal cord type with spinal stenosis When the neck is lowered, the whole body suddenly becomes numb or has an electric-like sensation.  If you have one or two of the following symptoms, you may have cervical spondylosis, but to confirm the diagnosis, you need to go to the hospital for further examination to clarify the diagnosis.  1.Simple neck discomfort, pain or stiffness, a feeling of discomfort in any position of the neck, may be cervical type.  2.There is a feeling of banding in the torso, i.e., as if the body is entangled by a cloth belt, which may be the spinal cord type.  3.Tingling sensation in the fingers and unexplained numbness in the upper limbs, especially in the fingertips, may be of the nerve root type.  4.Suddenly kneeling down when walking or a feeling of “stepping on cotton” when walking (may be spinal cord type).  5.Inconsistent holding of objects in the hands and sudden dropping (may be spinal cord type).  6.”Heart disease” with normal ECG and “stomach disease” with no abnormality detected in internal medicine (probably vertebral artery type).  7.Swallowing difficulty with neck pain (probably esophageal type).  8. Frequent headache or dizziness (probably sympathetic).