The main symptom of spinal tuberculosis?

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The most common cause of spinal tuberculosis is bone and joint tuberculosis. Among them, vertebral tuberculosis accounted for the majority, and adnexal tuberculosis was very rare. In the whole spine, the range of motion of the lumbar spine is the largest, and the incidence of tuberculosis of the lumbar spine is also the highest, followed by the thoracic spine and the cervical spine. Tuberculosis of the sacral and caudal vertebrae is very rare. The main symptom of spinal tuberculosis? Let's talk about it

The main symptom of spinal tuberculosis?

Pain: the general symptoms such as dull pain and low fever often appear at the same time, and aggravate when they are active, shaking in the car, coughing and sneezing. It was alleviated after bed rest; The pain can radiate along the spinal nerve at night. The upper cervical spine radiates to the posterior occipital part, the lower cervical spine radiates to the shoulder or arm, and the thoracic spine radiates along the intercostal nerve to the upper and lower abdomen,

Abnormal posture: it is caused by paravertebral muscle spasm caused by pain. Cervical tuberculosis patients often have torticollis, head forward tilt, neck shortening and both hands holding the jaw. The posture of raising chest and protruding abdomen is common in thoracolumbar or lumbosacral structures.

Spinal deformity: pay attention to the disappearance of physiological protrusion in cervical spine and lumbar spine, and the increase of physiological protrusion in thoracic spine. From top to bottom, check whether each spinous process has abnormal protrusion, especially the limited angular protrusion of the foot. This is more common in spinal tuberculosis, which is different from the arc protrusion and round back formed by young vertebral epiphyseal chondropathy, ankylosing spondylitis, and poor posture.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to dietary fiber, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, food can not be too fine, in order to avoid constipation; Appropriate amount of carbohydrates, too much carbohydrates lead to too much calories, increase body fat; Vegetable oil, such as peanut oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil and soybean oil, should be used more in diet. In order to lubricate the intestine and relieve constipation; Avoid tea, spinal tuberculosis patients to eliminate alcohol, coffee and spicy food.