What symptoms does cervical spondylosis cause?

People nowadays should often suffer from cervical spondylosis, especially those who sit frequently and those who work in offices. Everyone should have something to say about the effects caused by cervical spondylosis. The pain and numbness make us very uncomfortable, especially in cold weather, the symptoms caused by cervical spondylosis are more obvious. So do you know what symptoms cervical spondylosis causes?

There are many symptoms caused by cervical spondylosis. The most common one is probably soreness and numbness. People who sit often are more likely to suffer from cervical spondylosis. We should pay attention to the effects of cervical spondylosis and know what symptoms it causes.

Clinical manifestations

The clinical symptoms of cervical spondylosis are relatively complex. The main symptoms include neck and back pain, upper limb weakness, numbness of fingers, lower limb weakness, difficulty walking, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and even blurred vision, tachycardia and difficulty swallowing. The clinical symptoms of cervical spondylosis are related to the site of the lesion, the degree of tissue involvement and individual differences.

1. Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy

(1) It has typical radicular symptoms (numbness, pain), and the range is consistent with the area innervated by the cervical spinal nerves.

(2) Positive head pressure test or brachial plexus traction test.

(3) The imaging findings are consistent with the clinical manifestations.

(4) Pain point blocking has no significant effect.

(5) Diseases other than the cervical spine, such as thoracic outlet syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and frozen shoulder, which are the main causes of upper limb pain.

2. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy

(1) Clinical manifestations of cervical spinal cord damage.

(2) X-rays show bone hyperplasia at the posterior edge of the vertebral body and spinal canal stenosis. Imaging confirmed the presence of spinal cord compression.

(3) Excludes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord tumors, spinal cord injury, multiple neuritis, etc.

3. Vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis

(1) A history of cataplexy. Accompanied by cervical vertigo.

(2) The neck rotation test is positive.

(3) X-rays show segmental instability or bone hyperplasia of the axis joint.

(4) Often accompanied by sympathetic nervous system symptoms.

(5) Exclude vertigo caused by eyes or ears.

(6) Except for the insufficiency of the basilar artery caused by compression of the vertebral artery segment I (the segment of the vertebral artery before entering the transverse foramen of C6) and the vertebral artery segment III (the segment of the vertebral artery before leaving the cervical vertebrae and entering the skull).

(7) Vertebral arteriography or digital subtraction vertebral arteriography (DSA) is required before surgery.

4. Sympathetic cervical spondylosis

The clinical manifestations include a series of sympathetic nervous system symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, numbness of hands, tachycardia, precordial pain, etc. X-rays show instability or degeneration of the cervical spine. Vertebral arteriography was negative.

What symptoms does cervical spondylosis cause? Let’s take a look at the above symptoms and see if you have such symptoms. If so, it means that you have cervical spondylosis and you should seek treatment as soon as possible. Many people with cervical spondylosis think that it does not have much impact on their daily life, so they do not seek treatment, which will result in greater harm.