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What Could Cause Spondylosis And Ostearthitis ?
I do have a question of you dont mind.. for months I have woke up with extremely bad headaches along with throwing up. when I move my neck a certain direction it feels like I someone has put something extremely hot on the back of my neck that radiates to both shoulders. I am in extremely pain and it feels like my head will fall off my shoulders at any time and I am seeing black spots that show up in my vision. I went to the ER the other night and they did a CT scan and tests. I have to have an MRI done asap. the ER doctor said It showed that I have Degenerative Disk in C23,C34,C45. I have a hump on the back of my neck which is very painful to touch and feels like there is fluid in it, the report also showings of Spondylosis and Osteoarthritis.. I am not for sure what any of this means.. I am 41 yrs old. I have worked all my life and I cant walk to long or sit at long periods of time.. its affecting my nerves and emotions badly.. Is this something that could disable me? Thank you.... Angelia S.
Wed, 12 Feb 2014
Hello Ms Angelia
What actually is happening with you is that your nerves coming out of the spinal cord at the level of cervical spine, that is the neck region , are getting compressed
because the nerves are getting compressed the nerves gets irritated soon and u experience pain
Starting from the neck to shoulders
now what u should do is check if there is any muscle weakness or sensory loss in your upper limbs and ask your doctor if the compression is significant which warrants surgery
if u want the conservative approach
then start using cervical collar and do isometric neck exercise and shoulder girdle strengthening
as far as drugs are concerned take a good analgesic with muscle relaxant, and neurotropic drugs as methycobalamine and gabapentin for osteoporosis take calcium supplementation with vitamin d supplementation
in case you have any further query do write in again
Dr Devesh
What actually is happening with you is that your nerves coming out of the spinal cord at the level of cervical spine, that is the neck region , are getting compressed
because the nerves are getting compressed the nerves gets irritated soon and u experience pain
Starting from the neck to shoulders
now what u should do is check if there is any muscle weakness or sensory loss in your upper limbs and ask your doctor if the compression is significant which warrants surgery
if u want the conservative approach
then start using cervical collar and do isometric neck exercise and shoulder girdle strengthening
as far as drugs are concerned take a good analgesic with muscle relaxant, and neurotropic drugs as methycobalamine and gabapentin for osteoporosis take calcium supplementation with vitamin d supplementation
in case you have any further query do write in again
Dr Devesh
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