How is a herniated cervical disc treated?

  Ms. Xu, from Anhui Province, is engaged in catering work in Beilun District, working up to 14 hours a day, but also need to frequently lower their heads. The left shoulder and arm pain has been more than half a year, has been thought that because of the muscle strain caused by turning the pot, so did not pay attention to. In the past month, the pain has become more and more severe, “I don’t know how to put my arm to be comfortable”. And gradually appeared numbness and weakness of the limbs, even up the stairs also have no strength, when walking “light, soft, the soles of the feet like stepping on cotton”, when walking “unconsciously to the side, can not walk straight line”. After a period of rest, the symptoms did not ease, so Ms. Xu was examined at the local hospital and considered to be cervical spondylosis, and the doctor recommended surgery.  The MRI image of the cervical spine showed that the cervical 4-5 intervertebral disc was significantly retroverted and compressed the spinal cord. After understanding her condition, Ms. Xu learned that she was suffering from spinal cord-type cervical spondylosis, and that conservative treatment was ineffective and might delay her condition, so she decided to take surgical treatment.  After thorough preparation before surgery, the doctor performed anterior cervical surgery for Ms. Xu under general anesthesia. The surgery went smoothly, taking only an hour or so, with less than 10 ml of intraoperative bleeding, and Ms. Xu felt most of her symptoms relieved after the surgery. On the second day after the surgery, Ms. Xu was able to get out of bed and walk. One week after the surgery, the stitches were removed and the wound healed well, with only a scar that matched the texture of the skin, which was hard to find without looking closely.  Cervical spondylosis is generally divided into several types: cervical, nerve root, spinal cord, vertebral artery, esophageal, and mixed types.  Most of the cervical spondylosis encountered clinically is cervical cervical spondylosis. It is often caused by bad habits such as prolonged prostration, low head work, playing mahjong, playing computer, looking at cell phone, lying in bed and watching TV. The symptoms can be relieved soon by changing these bad postures.  Neurogenic cervical spondylosis is caused by the compression of the nerve root on one side by the bone flab or intervertebral disc. It manifests as pain and numbness in the stripes of one upper limb and partial muscle weakness. In the early stage, it can be relieved by traction and medication, etc. If conservative treatment is ineffective, surgery can be considered with satisfactory surgical results.  Spinal cord cervical spondylosis is caused by the compression of the spinal cord by the bone or disc tissue, often with numbness and weakness of the limbs, unstable walking, and a feeling of constriction in the chest, and once the diagnosis is clear, surgery is often required. This is because long-term compression of the spinal cord can lead to ischemic necrosis, resulting in permanent dysfunction.  Tendon sheath cysts are clinically common. It is not painful and does not affect function. However, it affects the aesthetics, and there is a fear that it will not be removed until it is removed.  There are many treatments for it, but it often recurs. The cause is the accumulation of synovial fluid from the joint or tendon sheath injury. I have seen people who have had multiple surgeries and then relapsed, and the scars have grown and are very scary. I once suffered from this disease myself, and when it was slightly larger, the diameter was half an inch long. I pressed and squeezed it with my thumb and gradually increased the force, and in a flash it was like a balloon bursting, and the lump disappeared. After more than five years, it recurred and was cured by the application of this method. Therefore, when I met with them in my outpatient clinic, I applied the method of pressing and squeezing, and nine out of ten patients were cured. Patients are instructed to press the affected area frequently by themselves, and in their spare time, they are often used to choke the pressure to reduce the chance of recurrence. If the patient does not heal, he can often be cured by a coarse needle puncture and fluid injection with a little hormone.