Chest pain while degenerative disc disease: causes, treatment, folk remedies

Chest pain in osteochondrosis have different manifestations. They are easy to confuse with heart disease, and sometimes pain when breathing starts, or is localized between the shoulder blades, causing numbness in the hands. Patients identificeret appeared discomfort, as a feeling of a stake in the chest. Patients complain of unpleasant sensations in the esophagus or breast. Occasionally the pain irridium into the abdominal cavity. These symptoms are a result of the pinched nerve endings.

Causes of pain

Can osteochondrosis sick chest? Of course, Yes. Changes occur in overweight patients, especially if a person leads a sedentary lifestyle. Often, osteochondrosis of the thoracic provoke infectious diseases in the chronic stage, or metabolic disturbances. Soreness may occur in scoliosis, which may be a precursor of chondrosis. Chest pain in osteochondrosis is the cause of prolonged static postures.

The intervertebral discs in osteochondrosis deformed. With the development of the disease the discs begin to bulge, appear bony growths (osteophytes). All this leads to the fact that zaselyalsya nerve endings and blood vessels are compressed. The person begins to feel pain, increases muscle tone. If the pain develops in the chest, that means on this site of degenerative changes occur. The reasons for these changes:

• Inflammation of joints with dysfunction of the internal organs of the chest cavity;
• Atrophy and a degenerative process at the junction of the vertebrae and rib bones;
• Sharp turns of the torso provoke a strong stress on the vertebrae;
• Stress and inflammation of the muscles compounding process;
• Pain in the acute stage of the pathology or when the developing complications on the background of the disease.

Pain in sternum when degenerative disc disease does not appear immediately. They are localized in the chest, resembling symptoms of heart disease. They rarely Irigaray in the shoulder girdle, lower back, abdomen or flanks.

Symptoms of chondrosis of the thoracic are very diverse, and diagnose the pathology, after hearing the symptoms of the patient, and visually inspecting, it is almost impossible. Therefore, a number of studies for accurate diagnosis, so as not to confuse pain symptoms in breast osteochondrosis, for example, began a heart attack.

Symptoms of degenerative disc disease

The patient complains of discomfort on the inhale and exhale. Chest pain starts when the patient comes, arises, or performs other movements. Numb hands, pain often between the shoulder blades. Sometimes the nature of its symptoms similar to neuralgia.

Symptoms of degenerative disc disease is easily mistaken for heart pain. The nature of the sensations are similar. In addition, the discomfort develops in the left or right side.

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Usually symptoms appear at night, that scares people, because symptoms similar to a heart attack. The symptoms may resemble women pathology in the breast, and if the affected upper thoracic spine, it starts to hurt around the larynx and esophagus. The patient feels like his chest foreign body. Less chondrosis in the spine similar to appendicitis, cholecystitis, kidney. The doctors in the diagnosis examine the patient using ECG, to rule out the possibility of heart disease.

Doctors diagnose the pathology by using x-ray, CT, MRI and other methods.

Treatment

It is worth remembering that fully low back pain impossible to cure, because negative changes are destroying the biological mechanics of the affected spine. Treatment of pain in breast osteochondrosis should be comprehensive. With its help alleviated pain and eliminated the root cause of the disease.

To do this, use medicines, physiotherapy, specific exercises and correct nutrition of the patient. If a pathology causes of hernia, the patient shows an operation.

Medication

Doctors used to treat:

• Nonsteroidal funds, relieving inflammation and eliminating pain;
• Chondroprotectors to restore cartilagetissue;
• Muscle relaxants to reduce muscle tone;
• Medications to improve metabolism;
• Vitamin-mineral complexes.

Medication may be prescribed in pill form; intramuscular or intravenous (injection); and also be applied topically on the affected area. For very severe pain, when a person can not tolerate, the patient put a blockade novocaine. Do not self medicate and all medication is applied only as directed by your doctor.

Other treatments

Additionally, to relieve painful symptoms by a physician may be administered courses in manual therapy, therapeutic exercises. A set of measures for the relief of pain symptom is selected only by the expert.

• Physiotherapy. It can be vibratory, treatment shock-wave therapy, mud treatment, acupuncture sessions, laser treatment, and ultraviolet rays. All this contributes to the acceleration of tissue repair of the thoracic, relieves pain, reduces inflammation.
• The method of traction. With the help of this technique, the muscles and ligaments of the patient are stretched, which increases the distance between the vertebrae. It helps to eliminate compression of nerves and pain become less strong.
• Massage. Course of massage improves blood flow to the affected area.
• Gymnastics. Specially designed exercises helps to restore the correct operation of ligaments, muscles and joints. It is best to do gymnastics in the water, so often exercises combined with swimming in the pool.
• A course of manual therapy. This method is used only after a complete examination of the patient. Not to do procedures in acute pain. The goal of this therapy is to correct the deformation of the spine, to restore blood circulation in the affected area, to improve motor activity. Does not apply to people who have high blood pressure after injury of the spine, pregnancy, acute stage of chronic diseases, infections, problems with blood vessels. Not recommended in Oncology, Central nervous system, high intracranial pressure.

Health food

• It is also important proper nutrition that will speed recovery. Menu the patient needs to log in legumes, fish, dairy products, meat and other foods that contain a lot of protein. In addition, the diet need it is enriched with fresh seasonal vegetables and fruit. Method of cooking: steaming, conventional boiling and baking.
• Do not eat a lot of salt, to abuse spices and herbs. It is not recommended to eat a lot of smoked, pickled food, sweets.
• Food is divided into small portions. So, body weight easy is reduced, and the load pushing on the spine is reduced.
• Drink plenty of water, but avoid drinking coffee. Coffee leaches calcium from the patient's body, worsening his condition.
• Alcohol is also not recommended. Alcohol makes the body fully recover, disrupts the formation of cartilage.

It is very important to want and be able to eat properly, because from the power supply directly affects the speed of recovery of the spinal Department.

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Traditional methods of treatment

These recipes are not a panacea and will not replace medication and physiotherapy, but also can be used to improve the condition of the patient.

• Compresses on the basis of raw potatoes. Grate the potatoes, mix with honey in proportion 1 to 1. Stir the mixture and make it compresses. Causing it to two hours on the affected area. After the time potato honey paste is washed off with warm water.
• This recipe is used for both internal and external use. Take 50 grams. vodka, 150 grams of liquid honey, four teaspoons salt, one medium-sized radish. Grate the root on a fine grater and mix with the remaining ingredients. Slurry can be applied to the affected area, as rubbing. And you can drink for 7 days 2 times a day morning and evening. Take it 2 hours before meals, it effectively reduces aggravation.
• Rubbing of 250 grams of sunflower oil and fresh chopped oregano will also help to get rid of pain in the sternum when chondrosis.
• To treat low back pain can tea, present on the leaves of strawberries. For this plant steeped in boiling water and infuse for ten hours. Broth strain and drink as tea, several times a day.
• For the local treatment used ointment prepared from two teaspoons of lard (without salt) and the same number of dried hop cones.