Symptoms and treatment of breast bone necrosis disease

Osteochondrosis is one of the most common, well-studied but difficult to treat musculoskeletal system. This is more than just back pain and a lot of discomfort: over time and if left untreated, osteonecrosis can lead to the development of serious defects and significantly reduce the patient's standard of living. . So getting this seemingly fearless disease is very serious even at the first sign of it.

The symptoms

Bone necrosis is very often undiagnosed for a long time. Bone necrosis syndromes may not even point directly to the spine, they are disguised as other diseases. And the patient "suppressing" the pain syndrome with pain relievers, blaming everything for the migraine - for best and for the worst - he's being treated for a completely different illness, without seeing improvement. good for many years.

In the early stages of the disease's development, bone necrosis is manifested only by mild pain and discomfort after intense physical activity or long sitting in an uncomfortable position on a table. The disease develops over the years, gradually all symptoms intensify. Characteristic features of thoracic bone necrosis include:

• numbness and tingling in the hands and feet. Especially after a long time in a pose or sleep. This is one of the first signs of spinal problems. After rubbing, the numbness and discomfort quickly passed and was not heavy;
• A cold, goosebumps sensation in the hand area, often - in the hands or in each finger, less often - in the affected area of the back;
• Painful feelings often have "mistakenly" localization. Pain can occur both in the affected spine and to the chest, like pain in heart disease, which can occur with breathing. Therefore, when diagnosing bone necrosis with pain in the heart area, an ECG will be a mandatory study - to rule out ischemic disease. In addition, pain usually appears in the collarbone area (intercostal pain) or left arm;
• painful sensations often intensify at night;
• Patients are also often tormented by migraine-like headaches. They can occur both on one side of the head and cover the entire head;
• general decline in happiness, mood;
• Thoracic necrosis is rarely accompanied by spinal cord compression. But if this happens, the symptoms will be more obvious: the feeling of pain becomes stronger, accompanied by severe disturbances in the work of internal organs.

All symptoms of osteonecrosis are a result of compression of nerve roots that travel along the spine. Depending on the area and extent of compression, symptoms can vary widely, so it is very important to study the instrument and make a primary diagnosis from the very first suspicion of osteonecrosis. body.

Osteoblastoma rarely occurs spontaneously - the chest is inactive and less stressed, which is often associated with cervical bone tumors.

Treatment for bone tumors

Like all degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system, osteonecrosis is treated very hard and long term - there is no simple and quick cure. You should be prepared for this. Degenerative changes in the disc cannot be reversed. The ideal option is to prevent the development of the disease at an early stage, when the process of osteonecrosis does not impose any restrictions on the patient's lifestyle. At the earliest stage, it is only necessary to make slight adjustments to the patient's lifestyle: increase physical activity, complete the diet. But it is very rare to give a diagnosis at the beginning of the development of pathological changes.

Traditional complexes of bone necrosis therapy include:

• Drug treatment. . . It includes several ingredients:
1. with severe pain syndrome, the patient is prescribed analgesics. Usually these are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Less commonly used are steroid, opioid and opiate anti-inflammatory drugs. They are more powerful, but have many limitations in their use;
2. a required part of treatment is taking supplements and vitamins that help strengthen the skeletal system;
3. Muscle relaxants help reduce muscle tension. But it must be said that intermittent medical exercise, taking muscle relaxants is strictly contraindicated;
4. Administration of chondoprotectors helps to accelerate the healing process in the affected area, although specialists' attitudes towards such drugs are very vague.
• Treatment without medicationIt is much more important to successfully treat osteonecrosis.
1. First of all, one should focus on the systematic and correct implementation of the complex of remedial fitness. Therapeutic exercise aims to strengthen the muscles around the spine, speed up local blood circulation, and with regular exercise, can significantly improve the patient's condition;
2. Physiotherapeutic treatments help relieve pain and muscle tension. They work in a similar way to anti-inflammatory analgesics, but have much less contraindications;
3. massage therapy. Both traditional massage therapy and many alternative therapies are practiced, the main criteria for selection are the professionalism of the therapist and the consultation of the attending physician;
4. manual therapy;
5. traction (pull therapy) on a special simulating device. Gentle spinal traction allows you to relieve muscle tension and relieve symptoms of pinched nerve roots;
6. You should also change your approach to your diet, making it more balanced.

Therapeutic exercises for breast necrosis

You can exercise health both in the special room at the hospital and at home. The more frequent and regular training sessions are, the more effective they are. You should conduct classes several times a day, a mandatory part of the complexity is the morning exercise. Each exercise session should be from 5 (in the initial phase) to 40 minutes, the number of repetitions for each exercise should be between 5 and 20. Here is a set of approximate exercises:

1. Lie on your back, the surface should be flat and sturdy, for convenience you can lay out a gym mat. Bend the knees, then simultaneously stretch them towards the nose and toward the knees. Hold on top for a few seconds, return to starting point, switch legs;
2. A common exercise - familiar to everyone from the age of "cats". Walk on all fours and keep your head down. As you inhale, bend your back as much as possible and raise your head. Then, when you exhale, arch your back and lower your head;
3. In the middle of the workday, you can take a break for a simple exercise: take turns lifting each shoulder as high as possible, while one side lifts and the other down;
4. Sit in a chair with your back touching your shoulder blades (a regular office chair will), pressing your back against the back of the chair. Then raise your arms and bend your upper back as much as possible;
5. Do some circular motions as wide as possible with your arms outstretched. Performed while sitting on a hard, upright chair or standing;
6. Stand upright with feet shoulder-width apart. Wrap your arms behind your shoulder blades. Lean back as much as possible in the chest area, against your arms;
7. In addition, from standing position, bend as much as possible, chin towards chest, shoulders towards each other. Hold down in the lowest position for a few seconds. Then do a back movement: straighten your shoulders as much as you can, bring your shoulder blades together, and tilt your head back. Exercise is performed at a slow pace and rhythmically.

Thoracic bone tumors can grow very slowly, without causing much anxiety in the long term, but as a result, patients face many limitations in their daily lifestyle and their living standards continually decline. Therefore, if you experience initial discomfort and mild pain, you should consult your doctor.