Symptoms and treatment of spinal stenosis?

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Spinal stenosis is a kind of disease that causes the shortening of spinal canal, compression of dural sac, spinal cord or nerve root, resulting in a series of neurological dysfunction such as pain, numbness, limb weakness, claudication, dysuria and so on. Spinal stenosis can be divided into cervical spinal stenosis, thoracic spinal stenosis and lumbar spinal stenosis. From the etiology mainly divided into congenital spinal stenosis and acquired spinal stenosis. So spinal stenosis symptoms and treatment? Come and study with me.

Symptoms and treatment of spinal stenosis?

First of all: Patients with spinal stenosis can be treated by surgery and conservative treatment. If it is a general developmental spinal stenosis, patients who do not reach the surgical level can generally accept non-surgical treatment, such as drug treatment. The common drugs are Shujin Jianyao pills, Gukang capsules, Jingfukang granules and so on.

Secondly: limb activity, defecation and defecation dysfunction, limb weakness, muscle atrophy, severe stenosis, paraplegia, incontinence and so on can appear under the influence of slight external force. The perineal area was numb and the sexual function decreased. Pain, numbness, cervical spinal stenosis often appear neck pain, mostly soreness, swelling pain. Numbness of limbs, radiating pain of upper limbs, discharge like and burning like pain.

Finally: thoracic spinal stenosis often appears chest back pain, pain is often persistent, difficult to relieve. The trunk below the segment of spinal canal stenosis is numb and often has a sense of band. Both lower limbs feel numb and weak. Because the anatomical structure of thoracic spinal canal is narrower than that of cervical spinal canal and lumbar spinal canal, numbness and weakness of lower limbs appear earlier. The gait was unstable and lame.

matters needing attention

Patients with spinal stenosis should pay attention to the diet, try to light diet, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and should choose some easier to digest food. Do not eat those greasy, spicy, stimulating food, eat more mushrooms, carrots, bean products and so on.