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Watch out for cervical spondylosis when you feel numbness in your hands or arms. Which type of cervical spondylosis can cause numbness in your hands or arms? Orthopedic experts tell you that it is cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. This disease is a common and frequently-occurring clinical disease and one of the types of cervical spondylosis. Its attacks mainly start in young and middle-aged people. Therefore, young and middle-aged people should pay attention to preventing the onset of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. How to treat cervical spondylotic radiculopathy has attracted widespread attention. What is cervical spondylotic radiculopathy? What are the symptoms?
Experts from Chongqing Friendship Orthopedic Hospital said that cervical spondylotic radiculopathy is due to degenerative changes in the cervical spine and the formation of bone hyperplasia in many locations, especially the narrowing of the cervical intervertebral foramen. This compresses the cervical nerve roots and produces clinical symptoms. Common symptoms include intermittent or persistent dull or severe pain in the neck and occiput or neck and shoulders, burning or knife-like pain along the direction of the affected cervical spinal nerves, or an electric shock-like or acupuncture-like string of numbness. At the same time, the upper limbs feel soft, numb, and insect crawling. My symptoms are similar to cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, how should I treat it? Click to consult an orthopedic expert directly
So how to treat cervical spondylotic radiculopathy?
Clinical practice has found that most patients with this disease do not There is bone hyperplasia and cervical intervertebral foraminal narrowing, but there are typical clinical manifestations. According to this skeletal theory, surgical removal of osteophytes to relieve the mechanical compression of the affected nerves is the radical cure for the disease. However, common massage, traction and drugs cannot effectively cure it.
Although open surgery can directly relieve nerve compression, open surgery is extremely traumatic for patients with cervical spondylosis, and the treatment process will damage peripheral nerves and tissues, so it has certain risks. It is generally not recommended for patients clinically. The therapy. In view of the disadvantages of these therapies, the minimally invasive therapy of Beijing Mailui Orthopedic Hospital has solved the problem of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.
Experts from Chongqing Friendship Orthopedic Hospital recommend the use of radiofrequency thermocoagulation target surgery for the treatment of cervical spondylosis. This technology is accurately positioned under the guidance of the arm, and is aimed at the pathology of the nucleus pulposus protruding from the rupture of the annulus and compressing surrounding nerve tissue. The degeneration, coagulation and shrinkage of the nucleus pulposus in the protruding part are reduced in size and the compression is relieved to achieve the purpose of treatment.
A minor illness is delayed and left untreated, while a serious illness suffers from untreated symptoms. The symptoms of cervical spondylosis are complex and diverse, but they are easily ignored by everyone. If you experience dizziness, neck and shoulder pain, numbness in the upper limbs, inability to concentrate, etc. at work or in life, you must be wary of cervical spondylosis. If you want to know more details about the prevention and treatment of cervical spondylosis, you can directly consult the experts of our hospital. Maybe a sincere Communication changes patients' lives.