Consider the symptoms, treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis, which is rare, since the spine is inactive in the thoracic region, rigidly fixed by the ribs. The main cause of development, manifestation of symptoms is scoliosis, curvature of the spine. The manifestations and development of the disease are formed at early school age.
The disease often occurs in drivers, office workers who have been sitting in awkward positions at the table for many years, who do not care about their posture. The thoracic vertebrae throughout the patient's life bend simultaneously with nerve fibers, ligaments, muscles. There is tension, pressure, additional load on the spine, this becomes the cause of the development of the disease.
The presence of signs of thoracic osteochondrosis is differentiated from the symptoms that appear. The disease is not pronounced, there are no acute persistent pains, there are unpleasant pains of a constantly aching nature. It is difficult for a doctor to diagnose thoracic osteochondrosis. Symptoms are similar to gastroenterological diseases, pain resembles angina pectoris, myocardial infarction.
Symptoms
Osteochondrosis of the thoracic spine has a bad effect on the liver, kidneys, and has a bad effect on the work of the pancreas. Often becomes the cause of heart and intestinal disorders. The disease manifests itself in a variety of ways, there is no way to correctly distinguish a set of symptoms that make it possible to diagnose correctly, in time - osteochondrosis of the thoracic region. The presence of characteristic symptoms:
- Unpleasant intercostal girdle pains, aggravated by deep inspiration.
- Burning in the chest.
- Numbness of the upper limbs, soreness when lifting up.
- Unpleasant pain in the stomach, liver, heart.
- The body bends are difficult.
- In men, it becomes the cause of impotence.
With the disease, characteristic strong, unpleasant intercostal pains appear. The patient has difficulty breathing, pain increases with hypothermia, body twists. The pain becomes intense, unpleasant at night. Similar to pain in the heart. With an exacerbation of the disease in women, osteochondrosis radiates to the chest, contributing to pathological changes in the female mammary gland. With an exacerbation, severe pain lasts for several days.
Symptoms, treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis due to the complexity of the diagnosis are determined, treated only by a doctor! Self-medication often leads to undesirable consequences, complications, and causes other diseases.
Dorsago and dorsalgia
Thoracic osteochondrosis of the spine is accompanied by 2 vertebral syndromes:
- Dorsago. There is a sharp, sharp pain in the sternum in those who work, bending over for a long time. Severe pain appears on ascent, making breathing difficult. Movement in the thoracic region is limited.
- Dorsalgia begins imperceptibly, gradually. Discomfort, mild pains appear, which intensify when the body bends, deep breathing.
It is indicated by muscle tension, which limits movement: upper dorsalgia - in the cervical region, lower - in the lumbar, thoracic region. The pain is aggravated by night rest, in the morning when walking it gradually disappears. The pain gradually increases when a person sits for a long time in an awkward position.
Complications
With the disease, other painful manifestations are noted that make it difficult to diagnose, violations:
- Upper thoracic segment - pain in the esophagus, pharynx, chest pain.
- Middle thoracic segment - pains appear in the right hypochondrium, similar to pain in gastroenterological diseases.
- Lower thoracic spine - sudden acute pain in the abdominal organs.
The pains are not seasonal, inaccuracies. Increased after physical exertion. Pain sensations subside after a full night's rest, often disappear completely.
If the disease is diagnosed and treated late, it becomes the cause of diseases, disorders of internal organs. A serious complication is the occurrence of pathology, violations of the coronary cardiac vessels, changes in the heart. Disorders appear in the duodenum, intestinal motility, gallbladder dyskinesia.
Diagnostics
The disease is poorly diagnosed. Symptoms of chest osteochondrosis are similar to those of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction. With thoracic osteochondrosis, there is no relief when taking heart medications. The patient's electrocardiogram is normal. The doctor will make the correct diagnosis of the disease when prescribing magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray studies to the patient.
Treatment methods
The goal that doctors set when carrying out the main therapeutic measures is aimed at eliminating acute, aching pain in the curved areas of the spine, neurological specific manifestations, and full recovery of the patient. Treatment:
- Medicines;
- Exercise therapy;
- Physiotherapy.
Medical treatment begins with the appointment of analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs by the doctor. Tablets for chest osteochondrosis - baralgin. Physio-, manual therapy, exercise therapy are prescribed by the doctor.
The goal of physiotherapy is to improve blood circulation, cerebrospinal fluid. Muscle tension is relieved, the inflammatory process decreases in the problem area, pain is eliminated. Exercise therapy is aimed at disease prevention, treatment. Therapeutic exercises relax, mobilize the deformed part of the spine.
The doctor prescribes exercise therapy in the acute period of the disease with a combination of muscle relaxation. After pain relief and disappearance, breathing exercises are prescribed. Reflex methods are used in the treatment of chest osteochondrosis. Thanks to the technique, the mobility of the back is restored.
Acupuncture (acupuncture) is aimed at getting rid of spasms, for muscle hypertonicity. With the help of acupuncture, an effect is performed that improves the functioning of blood vessels, has a beneficial effect on blood supply, nutrition of the tissues of the intervertebral discs.
The effectiveness of acupuncture increases in combination with moxibustion, physiotherapy, cupping massage, manual, vacuum therapy. The combination of methods of treating the disease gives efficiency and safety. They are considered the basis of a course prescribed strictly for each patient.
With the help of effective methods, doctors manage to return the intervertebral discs of problem areas to normal work, stop the progression, exacerbation of chest osteochondrosis. Progressive methods of treatment stimulate the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus and the annulus fibrosus disc.
Effective treatment technologies eliminate unpleasant, uncomfortable sensations of the disease - pain, prevent complications of osteochondrosis, in the absence of treatment they appear in the form of protrusion, hernias.
For a patient with thoracic osteochondrosis, preventive, therapeutic sparing gymnastics is important, complementing the medical, drug therapy prescribed by the doctor. It helps the patient to correctly, competently form the muscle corset in order to avoid relapses, complications of the disease.