Thoracic osteochondria- This is a dystrophic change in the intervertebral discs found in the thoracic spine.The treatment of the disease is required to start immediately after diagnosis, as the disease can quickly become chronic form.
The main symptoms of the disease are the limitation of shoulder zone mobility, shortness of breath, stomach discomfort and chest pain that give to the heart.The risk for the patient is that the symptoms of osteochondrication are often confused with cardiovascular disease, so treatment is performed by the wrong disease.
The causes of osteochondicity
The thoracic osteochondria results as a result of abnormal changes in vertebrae and intervertebral discs, as well as the weakened supply and nutrition of blood.In addition, the disease can be caused by the deformation of the spine.
Especially often, people who are in a sedentary position suffer from the symptoms of breast osteochondicity.Basically, these are office workers and students of different ages.Due to the continuous session without the proper position of the body, the load on the vertebrae increases significantly, which causes them to be deformation.
The main causes of the disease:
- Increased load on the spine that occurs when weights are raised
- Age -related changes in body
- overweight
- Injuries to the part of the spine
- predisposition to a genetic level
Depending on the stage of the symptoms, it is divided into 2 clinical cases.In the first case, the pain suddenly occurs and has an acute shape (the so -called "lateral").In the latter case, the pain is long and is often accompanied by stiffness in the cervical and thoracic spine.Pain for breast osteochondria reduces back mobility and also causes difficulty breathing.
The treatment of osteochonda of the thoracic area is performed using complex methods and shapes, the collection of which depends on the stage of the disease, the course and its causes.Only a specialist is able to deal with this project.
Stages of the disease
The first stageIt is characterized by the onset of local pain due to muscle weakening (thooccia).In addition, in the first stage there is an intensity of the paranormal muscles of the back, which leads to increased pain and limiting spine mobility.
The second stageIt is accompanied by an increase in pain syndrome, as nerve roots are involved in the inflammatory procedure.Also at this stage, protrusions and/or intervertebral disc hernias (MPD) appear.
The third stageIt causes constant pains occurring in the area of the affected nerve.There is a change in walking, numbness at the edges, the appearance of headaches, difficulty breathing and the failure of the heart rate.This is due to the manifestation of significant deformities of the intervertebral disc and spine.The risk of isolation increases abruptly (isolation is the separation of hernia and its movement along the spine, which injures nerve roots associated with spinal cord).And this in 90% of cases lead to surgery.
OnFourth stageDiseases disturb the functions of the intervertebral disc.The growth of the bones of the vertebral bodies begins to connect the nearby vertebrae.The spine osteochondria often causes a violation of blood supply to the spinal cord.This stage of the disease is the most dangerous, since without early treatment it leads to disability.
Treatment
Before proceeding with treatment, a diagnosis is made to detect the stage of the disease (initial, acute or chronic).Depending on the existing symptoms, treatment methods are selected.
The treatment of osteochondrality of the thoracic region is more effective in the early stages, when pathological changes are not expressed so clearly and are reversible.
The main sign that the disease has gone to the acute stage is incessant painful sensations.Muscles of back, breast and spine.At this stage in the development of osteochondrialism, the doctor's priority task is to relieve the pain.