What symptom is cervical canal narrow

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Recently, I feel that if I can't lift my arm, it will be very painful if I lift it slightly. I can't lift heavy objects at all. In addition, I feel that my legs and feet are not very sharp. I didn't know that I had cervical spinal stenosis until I went to the hospital for a comprehensive examination a few days ago. Now let me tell you what symptoms of cervical spinal stenosis are.

What symptom is cervical canal narrow

First, the concept of cervical spinal stenosis, as the name suggests, is that the diameter of cervical spinal canal decreases in all directions, or the volume decreases. It can effectively reduce the space of blood supply and spinal cord stenosis. Therefore, cervical spinal stenosis is the general name of various diseases causing spinal cord compression, not a single specific disease.

Second: cervical spinal stenosis can cause numbness of limbs, decrease of strength of limbs, pain, skin allergy and other symptoms due to compression of cervical spinal cord. At the same time, it can also affect defecation, which may cause incontinence and difficulty in defecation. There will also be neck tightness, neck pain, discomfort, limited activity.

Third: cervical spinal stenosis mostly starts with numbness and tingling in the limbs, which is often aggravated from the arm, and gradually decreases the grip strength of both hands, the feeling of holding objects, the feeling of chest band, the feeling of stepping on cotton pile in the lower limbs, the instability of standing and walking, the heavy gait, and the difficulty of starting. Severe cases of lower limb spasm, paralysis, constipation, urinary incontinence.

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For patients, cervical spinal stenosis is particularly harmful, the initial symptoms are also very obvious, if the patient can not control the disease as soon as possible, when the disease is particularly serious, it may be life-threatening, so early detection and early treatment is very good for the control of the disease.