What are the symptoms of cervical radiculopathy?

The common symptoms of radiculopathy are different from those of other types of cervical spondylosis. The most obvious difference is the location of pain. Some patients may also experience breast pain. Let’s learn about the detailed symptoms together!

pain

1. The pain mainly occurs in the neck, shoulders, back, head, upper limbs and hands. The pain often manifests as dull pain, burning pain, or dull pain, electric shock, etc.

2. In the acute phase, the pain can cause some patients to become restless, unable to sleep day or night, and even bang their heads or hands against the wall. Neck pain occurs when coughing or defecating. Some patients may experience chest and breast pain.

numbness

1. Numbness and pain are located in the same area and can occur at the same time. But numbness often occurs in the fingers or forearms, and the degree varies. Some patients only experience swelling and numbness in their fingertips, while severe cases may cause numbness in the hands, forearms, upper arms, shoulders, back, head and neck, making them more susceptible to burns and scalds.

2. Numbness often worsens at night, and patients may also experience limb soreness and discomfort when they experience numbness.

Other symptoms include dizziness, heaviness in the head, soreness and stiffness in the neck, and a feeling of heavy pressure on the back. If accompanied by autonomic nervous system or vascular insufficiency, the hands and upper limbs will become cold, hot, the skin will be flushed, pale or swollen, and the nails may even become dull and deformed.

Radicular dysfunction.

Those who are previously compressed will have an obvious increase in muscle tone in the early stage, but it will soon weaken and muscle atrophy will occur. The affected area is also limited to the muscle group innervated by this spinal nerve root. In the hands, the thenar and hypothenar muscles and interosseous muscles are the most obvious. It also needs to be distinguished from trunk and plexus muscular atrophy and from muscle strength changes caused by spinal cord lesions. If necessary, electromyography or cortical evoked potential tests can be performed for identification.