At the time of the 18th century, osteochondrosis was healed with hot baths with mustard.Now the treatment methods are much larger, starting from warming ointments ending with surgery.
Osteochondrosis is a disease that impresses increasingly young people.The wrong lifestyle leads to it - there is little movement, constantly sitting position, excess weight, etc.Previously, people aged 45+ suffered osteochondrosis, now it is often diagnosed in thirty years.
What is osteochondrosis
With osteochondrosis, degenerative damage to the intervertebral discs occurs.If the disease is not treated, then over time the disk will collapse, overflow with bone tissue and the spine will lose mobility.In addition, with degenerative changes in the disk, the contents of the nucleus flows, forming an intervertebral hernia.The protrusion of the disk and hernia cause severe pains that you have to stop by novocaine.
The contents leaked from the disk affects the nerve endings of the spine, squeezing them.This violates the work of all internal organs.With cervical osteochondrosis, blood supply to the brain worsens, strong migraines occur, vision sits.With the lumbar-cross, the legs suffer-they go numb and swell, joints and bones are destroyed, a heap spur may occur.In severe cases, paralysis occurs.Osteochondrosis of the thoracic region causes diseases of the stomach and heart.In some cases, a person develops osteochondrosis of several spine, which requires immediate treatment.
How to treat osteochondrosis
First of all, when exacerbating the disease, it is necessary to remove the pain syndrome.If analgesics do not help, it is necessary to make a novocaine injection.The next stage is the unloading of the spine.The first 4-6 days with exacerbation of osteochondrosis, bed rest is required.
The main stages of treatment of osteochondrosis are as follows:
- Provide the patient with bed rest to remove the load from the spine.
- Eliminate pain with analgesics - tramadol, non -foopam, etc.
- Eliminate inflammation using NSAIDs - diclofenac, ketoprofen, pyroxycam, meloxicam, etc.
- With pronounced, impenating pain, it is necessary to add a injection with novocaine or glucocorticoid.These drugs act for a long time, helping the muscles relax, which leads to a decrease in pain.
- If pain in osteochondrosis prevents sleeping, you need to take sleeping pills.
- If hypertension of the back muscles is detected, then miradelaxants are prescribed.
- DiMity is used to remove switch edema.
- After acute pain is stopped, you can use ointments and gels with an anti -inflammatory effect.Means not only contain anti -inflammatory and analgesic components, but also the hydrolyzate of collagen.The hydrolyzate of collagen restores the destroyed tissues of the spinal disk, helping to get rid of osteochondrosis.
- To restore the blood supply to the spine, antioprotectors and venotonic drugs are prescribed that eliminate congestion in the bloodstream, as well as nicotinic acid, which is a vasodilating agent.
- In advanced cases, osteochondrosis, with paralysis, is only helped by the operation.
In addition to all of the above for the treatment of osteochondrosis are effective:
- physiotherapy;
- acupuncture;
- mud;
- Baths.
Particular attention should be paid to gymnastics for osteochondrosis.It is gymnastics that helps strengthen the muscles of the back that support the spine.Using exercises, osteochondrosis can be cured if you start to perform them in time.