Thoracic- This is a dystrophic change in the intervertebral discs, located in the thoracic column.Treatment of the disease is necessary to start immediately after diagnosis, as the disease can quickly enter a chronic form.
The main symptoms of the disease are the limitation of shoulder waist mobility, shortness of breath, stomach discomfort and chest pain that distributes in the heart.The danger to the patient is that the symptoms of osteochondrosis are often confused with cardiovascular disease;Therefore, therapy is performed by the wrong disease.
The causes of osteochondrosis
Toracic osteochondrosis occurs as a result of pathological changes in vertebrae and intervertebral discs, as well as harmed blood supply and nutrition.In addition, the disease can be caused by the deformation of the spine.
Especially, people who are in a sedentary position suffer from the symptoms of mammary osteochondrosis.Basically, these are office workers and students of different ages.Due to the constant sitting without observing the correct position of the body, the cargo in the vertebrae increases significantly, which causes its deformation.
The causes of disease disease:
- increased load in the spine that occurs when lifting weights
- Age -related changes in the body
- overweight
- Vertebral Column Department injuries
- Predisposition at the genetic level
Depending on the stage of symptoms, it is divided into 2 clinical cases.In the first case, the pain appears suddenly and has an acute shape (the "side" and so fully).In the second case, the pain is long and is usually accompanied by stiffness in the cervical and thoracic spine.Pain for mammary osteochondrosis limits the mobility of the back and also proved the difficulty breathing.
The treatment of thoracic osteochondrosis is performed using complex methods and schemes, whose compilation depends on the stage of the disease, its course and causes.Only a highly qualified expert is able to deal with this task.
Disease stages
The first stageIt is characterized by the appearance of local pain due to muscle weakening (thoracalgia).In addition, in the first stage, there is a tension of the backyard muscles of the back, which leads to increased pain and the limitation of spine mobility.
The second stageIt is accompanied by an increase in pain syndrome, as nerve roots are involved in the inflammatory process.Also at this stage, protrusion and/or intervertebral disc hernias (MPD) appear.
The third stageIt causes constant pain that occur in the area of the affected nerve.There is a change in march, dormancy in the limbs, appearance of headaches, difficulty breathing, and heart rate failure.This is due to the manifestation of significant deformations of the disk and the intervertebral column.The risk of kidnapping increases markedly (the kidnapping is the separation of hernia and its movement along the spine, which impairs the nerve roots associated with the spinal cord).And this in 90% of cases leads to surgery.
OnInternship roomDiseases disturb the functions of the intervertebral disc.The bone growth of vertebral bodies begins to connect nearby vertebrae.Spine osteochondrosis usually causes a violation of blood supply in the spinal cord.This stage of the disease is the most dangerous, because without timely therapy leads to disability.
Treatment
Before proceeding with treatment, the diagnosis is made to detect the stage of the disease (initial, acute or chronic).Depending on existing symptoms, therapy methods are selected.
The treatment of thoracic region osteochondrosis is more effective in the early stages, when pathological changes are not so clearly expressed and reversible.
The main sign that the disease has moved to the acute stage is the incessant painful sensations;Back muscles, chest and spine.At this stage in the development of osteochondrosis, the doctor's priority task is to relieve pain.