Do not ignore cervical spondylosis for dizziness

      Many patients with dizziness see a neurologist first, and are usually admitted to a neurologist for inadequate blood supply to the basilar artery. CT and MRI of the skull are checked, and some even undergo invasive DSA imaging. Some patients even seek medical help from multiple sources, but the treatment is not effective and they finally give up. Recently, we have been to the neurology department for many times, and in fact, many of them are vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis. After being referred to our department for treatment, all of them got significant relief.  The vertigo caused by vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis, also called cervical vertigo, is mostly caused by cervical disc degeneration, osteophytes and cervical instability. Cervical vertigo is a vertigo syndrome caused by impaired blood flow in the extracranial segment of the vertebral artery due to cervical lesions, also known as vertebral artery compression syndrome, vertebral artery ischemia syndrome and posterior cervical sympathetic nerve syndrome. Cervical vertigo is common in middle-aged and elderly people, and is characterized by sudden onset of vertigo mainly during head and neck activities, such as back and forth flexion and extension of head and neck and left and right rotation, which usually lasts for a short time and is relieved with the recovery of neck position. Cervical vertigo is mainly central vertigo, which can be accompanied by a series of symptoms and signs of brainstem ischemia.  Therefore, don’t ignore cervical vertigo for dizziness