Importance of the cervical spine

The cervical vertebra not only protects our reserve strength, but also maintains the movement of the head. When there is a problem with the cervical vertebra, it will cause the cervical vertebra to become stiff, the neck cannot move, and the whole head will feel extremely numb. Cervical spondylosis may even affect blood supply to the brain, causing paralysis. Therefore, the importance of the cervical vertebra is very important.

The current medical capabilities are as follows:

A person can have a heart, lung, or kidney replaced, but not a cervical vertebra. In other words, assuming that failure of an organ in the body is inevitable, there is still a glimmer of hope if any one of the heart, lung, or kidney is completely damaged. Of course, the prerequisite is that the matching is suitable and the person is very good at making money. But if the cervical vertebra is completely damaged, even if you are an ATM, you can only report to God - brain death can be called a "vegetative state", but if the cervical vertebra dies, the person can only be a "dead person"! Therefore, if you want to live a good life and live a long life, protecting your cervical spine is your duty.

However, in modern society, almost everyone who studies or works is likely to suffer from cervical spondylosis. It seems that if you don’t have cervical spondylosis, you would be embarrassed to say that you have studied and worked hard.

Now let’s talk about why it is so easy to get cervical spondylosis!

The cervical vertebra accounts for more than N "most...". It is one of the most flexible and most active parts of the spine, one of the most important parts of the human nerve center, and a necessary path for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular circulation, with densely distributed nerves and blood vessels. Because there is more work to do, there is more fatigue; because of the rich content, the functions are complex and powerful. Once you suffer from cervical spondylosis, it will inevitably affect the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems and the central nervous system, causing various symptoms of cervical diseases, which involve an extremely wide range of aspects and seriously affect the patient's ability to work and live. If a child has cervical spondylosis, his learning ability will be greatly reduced.

So, what is cervical spondylosis? As the name suggests, it refers to cervical vertebra disease and its corresponding manifestations.

The medical term definition is as follows: Cervical spondylosis, also known as cervical spondylosis, is a general term for cervical osteoarthritis, hypertrophic cervical spondylitis, cervical radiculitis, cervical disc herniation, etc. It is a disease based on degenerative pathological changes. It is mainly caused by long-term strain of the cervical spine, bone hyperplasia, or intervertebral disc herniation, ligament thickening and secondary spinal canal stenosis, which stimulate or compress the adjacent nerve roots, spinal cord, vertebral arteries and cervical sympathetic nerves and other tissues, resulting in a clinical syndrome with a series of symptoms and signs.

Is cervical spondylosis serious? This requires understanding the dangers of cervical spondylosis.

As a pain doctor, I have seen countless patients with cervical spondylosis. Among them, someone discussed traveling abroad yesterday and came to the hospital today; they used to love driving, and drove back to their hometown to visit their parents last month, but now they can’t even turn the steering wheel, and those who can turn the steering wheel can’t turn their necks. A road expert can instantly become a road killer, and their parents have to travel thousands of miles to see them; they used to love reading, but now they feel sleepy after reading for less than ten minutes... their hands and feet are sore and numb, their neck is stiff, and they feel tired whether they do anything or not. All these are related to cervical spondylosis. However, many people are not afraid of cervical spondylosis, but are most afraid of Alzheimer's disease. Little do they know that if the cervical spine is damaged, the brain is also prone to damage! However, if the brain is damaged, the cervical spine may not necessarily become damaged.