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Are you the one who eats, sleeps, and goes to the bathroom with your phone? Are you a person who bows your head in front of your family, friends, and loved ones and immerses yourself in the online world? If so, pay for your own actions! Today, The Taiyi sister will tell you about a disease caused by playing mobile phones - cervical spondylosis!
Cervical spondylosis: it is a disease based on the pathology of degenerative changes in intervertebral discs.
Due to long-term strain of the cervical spine, bone hyperplasia or disc prolapse, and thickening of ligaments, the cervical spinal cord, nerve roots, and vertebral arteries are compressed, the sympathetic nerves are stimulated, and a series of functional disorders and other clinical syndromes appear.
The occurrence of cervical spondylosis is closely related to the patient's occupation.
People who use computers and mobile phones for a long time, such as office clerks, typists, and desk workers, are more likely to suffer from cervical spondylosis than the average person.
Depending on the tissue and structure involved, cervical spondylosis can be divided into four types.
First cervical radiculopathy
This type has the highest incidence, accounting for 60% to 70%. The main lesion is the narrowing of the intervertebral foraminal, resulting in compression of the cervical nerve roots, most common in the 4th to 7th cervical vertebrae. The highest incidence is between 30 and 50 years old.
Second cervical myelopathy
This type is the most dangerous, mainly due to cervical spine lesions leading to spinal cord compression, inflammation, edema, etc. The highest incidence is between the ages of 40 and 60.
Third sympathetic cervical spondylosis
Formed mainly due to cervical spine lesions that stimulate the sympathetic nerve endings around the cervical spine. The highest incidence is between the ages of 30 and 45.
Fourth vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis
Insufficient blood supply to the brain due to bone spurs compressing the vertebral arteries or vascular lesions. It mostly occurs in the 30s and 40s.
The data shows that cervical spondylosis is getting younger and younger, and it is also a problem that we must pay attention to. Currently, 80% of cervical spondylosis is caused by chronic strain. Chronic strain injuries include the following three aspects:
First, poor sleep position
Poor sleep positions such as pillows too high and too low cause the cervical spine to be in a non-physiological posture, and the brain cannot be adjusted in time when it is in a resting state. Long-term maintenance of this position can easily lead to imbalance in the balance of paranocular muscles, ligaments and joints, aggravate the load of intervertebral disc tissue, and thus accelerate the degeneration of the cervical spine.
Second, poor work and life posture
Long-term maintenance of the state of bowing head and flexing the neck, the internal pressure of the intervertebral disc is much higher than the normal position, which will inevitably cause strain regression of the muscles and ligament tissues in the back of the neck.
Third, excessive physical exercise and excessive neck movements
Moderate physical activity contributes to health, but beyond the tolerable range of the cervical spine can also lead to strain of the cervical spine.
The symptoms of cervical spondylosis are complex. Generally, symptoms such as neck and back pain, stiffness, numbness and weakness of limbs, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, etc., may occur, and in severe cases, even blurred vision, tachycardia, difficulty swallowing and other symptoms.
Cervical spondylosis has brought great trouble to our lives, don't wait until it is too serious to be cured before regretting that it was not taken seriously. If we are already suffering from cervical spondylosis, what should we do in our daily lives?
First, change your habits of life and work
Try to play less mobile phones and computers, if you really need to work, you must maintain a good sitting posture to avoid the cervical spine for a long time to maintain a flexed neck posture.
Second, exercise the shoulder and neck muscles
Swimming is a good exercise for exercising the shoulders and neck, in addition to doing some head and neck forward flexion, posterior extension and rotation activities, but also to alleviate the discomfort of the cervical spine.
Once the youth is gone, there is no looking back, and all that remains is our body, living well, wonderful life. Pay attention to the "Tai Doctor Talk", care about yourself and your family!