Inflammation of the spine, symptoms, treatment of folk remedies

Inflammation of the spine occur either due to infectious or degenerative-dystrophic process of the spine. Usually an inflammatory lesion affecting nerves, causing the patient to suffer from pain, restricted mobility and sensitivity. In the treatment of such symptoms, we cannot rely on our own strength and traditional recipes. If not treated inflammation of the spine, it can result in a number of severe complications. So if you suspect inflammation rather consult your doctor. After he establish a precise diagnosis, you will be offered appropriate in your case therapeutic methods.

Infectious inflammation

The spine is designed so that bacteria can easily penetrate into it. The vertebral bodies receive nutrients through a variety of capillaries, from passing through the spinal arteries. The intervertebral discs are involved in the circulation of the blood through the surrounding soft tissue. Before you get into the region of the vertebrae, the pathogen can infect the throat, urinary system and other organs. Risky factor is almost any infection. And then, through the circulatory system inflammation often extends to the back. In addition, the infection can get into, if there is any traumatic effects on the spine.

In a separate risk group are people whose immunity is greatly weakened. Here any infectious disease threatens to move quickly to the area of the spine.

In some cases it happens that due to lack of sterile tools and environment to medical malpractice inflammatory process starts after surgeries. Diagnosis is exposed in the matter of what kind of bacteria caused the inflammation, what are related symptoms and what part of the spine affected. Often on thoroughly leaves satisfied for a long period and a lot of effort doctor.

Aseptic inflammation

Aseptic inflammation of the spine occurs when vocalizes vitally called not infection. Besides bacteria, there are two types of sources of inflammation: degenerative and autoimmune.

Degenerative

Due to a variety of degenerative-dystrophic changes of intervertebral disks occur clips of the nervous tissue and tissues of other types. The bony body of the vertebrae begin to wear off due to the fact that the intervertebral discs are no longer keep them. In the result of inflamed intervertebral disc. Occur degenerative inflammation for the following reasons:

• Poor diet and excess weight. If the human body does not receive the nutrients required every day, the cartilage can start to dry out, lose their elastic properties;
• Physical stress, sudden movements. If a person constantly sits or Vice versa, transfers of heaviness and tired back muscles can cease to survive, and the vertebrae are excessively compress the intervertebral discs;
• Metabolic disorders. If you have changed your metabolism, cartilage can again stop to get all the necessary substances. This usually occurs at a later age in women often cause hormonal changes during menopause;
• Traumatic exposure. Occurs when a damaged vertebra or intervertebral disk. Disrupted the normal distribution of the load on the back, and there are clips of fabric.
• Curvature of the spine, displacement of the vertebrae. Normally, the vertebrae are positioned so that they do not affect each other. But if you change the position of the bone bodies, they can deform each other and the surrounding tissues, including the nervous.

Protrusion and hernia of extreme degree in the development of degenerative pathologies of the cartilage. Normal intervertebral disc is composed of soft nucleus pulposus and dense fibrous ring around. If the pressure of the bone on the cartilage becomes severe, the disc first bulges (protrusion), and then the annulus can rupture, and there will be a hernia. When the rupture disk pulp out of him and is pinching nerves. Starts strong inflammation.

• Also of interest: neurinoma of the spine.

Autoimmune

In autoimmune diseases, the body sends white blood cells to fightwith their own cells. For example, Bechterew's disease (ankylosing spondylitis) in the body contains a gene, which after contact with the infection of the cartilaginous tissue of the intervertebral discs begin to seem the body infection. He destroys it, and instead of cartilage growing bone. As a result, the spine is no longer able to move, and the patient freezes in one position, losing the ability to swivel and tilt the housing. The disease is accompanied by inflammation and pain.

Symptoms

The clinical picture of the pathology will depend to a greater extent than what is caused by inflammation as it occurs. If this is an infectious inflammation – which type of pathogen. If aseptic – what nerve roots are clamped, which vertebrae are affected, the innervation of any organs and muscle groups is disrupted. Infectious agents usually start the inflammatory process is very fast. Inflammation is growing more smoothly. But the symptoms are quite similar. First, there are such manifestations of the inflammatory focus, as pain, loss of sensation and mobility.

Pain syndrome is localized in the place of the deformed vertebrae, and in those areas that are associated with them through the nervous tissue. Hurts more in the moments of movements, particularly sharp – cough, sneeze, laugh.

When damaged or under pressure nerves, frequently this symptom loss of sensitivity, feeling of "running ants" - associated with the damaged spine area numb. After the long patient did not show any motor activity (work sitting or sleeping) in the back, manifested by stiffness, which disappears only if you have some time to move.

• I advise you to read: why numb back

How much severe the symptoms depends on the source of inflammation and how it managed to progress. The spine is the spinal cord, and is itself a place of a congestion of the nerve roots, so rooting sometimes begins where there is no waiting. Often the pain of the cervical irradiiruet in the hands, pain of the thoracic are taken for heart problems, and with the defeat of the lumbar spine begin to hurt the feet. Sometimes the patient seems to be that there is no connection between such irradiiruet pain and health back. Therefore, when expressed pain syndrome need to visit the doctor that will put an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Treatment

To treat inflammation of the spine must be based on the details of the diagnosis. Any inflammation can result in serious complications. Therefore, to determine the treatment and medicines only by a qualified specialist who will prescribe the appropriate method of treatment:

• Antibiotics are prescribed if the cause of the inflammation was the infection. If it was possible to identify specifically what organism was the cause of an infectious inflammation, recommended specific antibiotics. If you are not able to find out, antibiotics, acting on a large number of well-known agents of infectious process;
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which are used to subsided inflammation and decreased pain. But this treatment is often more symptomatic. Drugs such as Diclofenac and Ibuprofen are popular among the people, but still can not entirely rely on them if you get to know the doctor's opinion, decided that you have inflammation or clip the nerve.
• Immunosuppressants. If the body directs against itself, proper immunity, modern medicine offers a means of suppressing the immune system. Through this it is possible to prevent the active destruction of healthy cells, but of course, this therapy has many side effects. The body may be protected.
• Surgery. In diseases such as osteomyelitis, suppuration of the vertebrae on the inside are often pumped out by a surgeon. Intervertebral hernia in most cases requires surgery. But in General, the surgeon comes in, but only if originally there is no possibility to cure the disease by conservative methods. Or, if over a long period persist symptoms, and treatment without surgical intervention yields no results.

If you feel back pain, it is impossible to decide, for example, compresses or warming ointments. So, in most cases, the inflammation can not be treated with heat in the first two days – and many folk recipes in this sin tips.