Symptoms of cervical spondylosis in the elderly

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Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical syndrome, is the general name of cervical osteoarthritis, proliferative cervical spondylitis, cervical nerve root syndrome and cervical disc prolapse. It is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. It is mainly due to long-term strain of cervical spine, bone hyperplasia, or intervertebral disc prolapse, ligament thickening, resulting in compression of cervical spinal cord, nerve root or vertebral artery, There are a series of dysfunction of clinical syndrome.

Symptoms of cervical spondylosis in the elderly

Cervical spondylosis refers to a series of clinical syndromes caused by degenerative changes of cervical intervertebral disc, cervical hypertrophic hyperplasia and neck injury, or intervertebral disc prolapse, ligament thickening, stimulation or compression of cervical spinal cord, cervical nerves and blood vessels.

The main manifestations are neck and shoulder pain, dizziness and headache, numbness of upper limbs, muscle atrophy, spasm of both lower limbs in severe cases, difficulty in walking, even quadriplegia, dysuria and paralysis. The incidence rate of male is higher than that of female. This aspect of treatment effect is quite good has wokahn.

The symptoms of cervical spondylosis are very rich, diverse and complex. Most patients begin with mild symptoms, and then gradually worsen, and some patients have more severe symptoms. Often with one type, combined with several other types, called mixed type of cervical spondylosis.

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Most of them are mild at onset and are not valued by people. Most of them can recover by themselves. Only when the symptoms continue to worsen and can not be reversed, can they affect work and life. If the disease is not cured for a long time, it will cause psychological damage, insomnia, irritability, anger, anxiety, depression and other symptoms.