Be careful of cervical disc herniation.
A herniated or “ruptured” disc is a common source of neck pain and arm pain. Discs are the shock-absorbing pads that are between vertebrae, the series of small bones that make up your spine. Your cervical spine is located in your neck. At the cervical spine, the discs and joints allow your neck to move and provide stability for your head. The discs also act as a cushion to protect the cervical vertebrae.
Symptoms of cervical disc herniation
- Neck and back pain may be due to swollen cervical discs pressing on the nerves in the upper neck.
- Have had recurrent pain in the neck for more than 2 weeks.
- When sitting or changing positions, I feel pain in my neck, which may affect my daily life.
- Coughing, sneezing, and straining can cause deep pain due to pressure within the spinal cord.
- Pain and numbness from the shoulder, arm to the fingers is caused by the neck disc pressing on the nerves. If the symptoms are severe, the arm will become numb and weak, making it impossible to control the use of the hand.
Diagnosis of cervical disc herniation
Doctors will use MRI and CT scans to check the function of the cervical nervous system to see how severe it is. If it is mild, doctors will treat it with medication and physical therapy. If it is severe, surgery may be required.
Treatment of cervical disc herniation
- Medication: Doctors will use a variety of painkillers, including steroid injections into the neck muscles, to relieve the patient’s pain.
- Physical therapy using hot compresses or exercises to relieve pain.
- Alternative treatments such as acupuncture . For this treatment, patients should see a specialist to consult on the method and the treatment must always be under the supervision of a doctor.
- Surgery is currently performed by endoscopic means, mostly through the front of the neck, without the need to cut muscles. After the surgery to remove the herniated disc that is pressing on the nerves, the doctor will insert a standard fixation device (Cervical Fusion). For those whose bones are not severely degenerated, the สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน doctor will insert a mobile artificial bone (Cervical Disc Replacement) to reduce the burden on the next joint.
- Posterior cervical spine surgery using the PSCD technique, short for Percutaneous Stenoscopic Cervical Decompression, to expand the cervical spine canal. The doctor will use a high-resolution endoscope into the space within the cervical spine to remove the herniated disc that is pressing on the nerves.