Osteochondrosis, especially in the acute stage, is bedridden for a long time. Acute pain prevents you from getting up, movement causes pain, inhalation of acute pain responds to the chest. Effective treatment of osteochondrosis with folk remedies does not bring relief or reduce the anti-inflammatory process. When the disease causes an acute attack, see a doctor immediately who will prescribe effective medications.
Injection treatment
Effective treatment for acute pain in osteochondrosis - injections. Intramuscular administration of drugs quickly relieves the onset of pain, relieves the inflammatory process in the affected area. Medicine is constantly evolving, medicines and medical equipment are being developed. The main task is to find and use effective medications that alleviate the patient’s condition during seizures and minimize the consequences of the disease.
Scientists are putting a lot of effort into research into osteochondrosis. It is related to the fact that in recent years the disease has become "younger", manifesting in almost every second person.
Depending on the severity of the pain syndrome, your doctor will prescribe a basic series of intramuscular injections of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
The results of the injections are quickly available and the pain is relieved. Therapy is relevant in severe pain syndrome. Such drugs should not be used as prophylaxis.
Treating Your Disease - Drug Blockade
Effective treatment of osteochondrosis with injections may not bring relief. The main accompanying factor is severe dystrophic disorders of articular cartilage. Your doctor will prescribe a course of special drug blockade.
Drug Block - Introducing drugs to the affected area. A targeted blow relieves the patient from severe pain during the attack by special means.
Drugs that are not the same as intramuscular injections are used for blocking. Blockade is a painkiller hormone complex. The main operation is performed by a hormonal drug that relieves inflammation in the affected area.
Drug blockade is an effective treatment for osteochondrosis.
Types of drug blockades
Drug blocks are divided into groups:
- is injected in the direction of the nerve branches of the spinal region;
- is injected in the direction of return of the branches of the spinal nerves.
Medication blocking is performed by a qualified professional. You cannot perform the procedure at home. Improper, awkward dosing of drugs can have serious consequences.
A nurse working in a treatment room cannot prevent a patient with osteochondrosis. Not eligible, no qualifications.
Conservative therapy
An effective treatment for cervical osteochondrosis, the manifestation of the disease in the lumbar region - conservative therapy. Special methods for treating osteochondrosis:
- Towing the spine with special equipment.
- Traction therapy.
- Massage, manual therapy sessions.
- Physiotherapy, physiotherapy exercises.
If the measures do not work, the drug blocks do not alleviate the patient's condition, the doctor will consider the remaining option - surgery.
There are special clinics that perform operations successfully. In severe cases, in order to save the patient from the disability, doctors recommend that they perform surgery, replacing the destroyed disc with an implant.
Effective treatment of the disease is possible by timely access to a doctor. By recognizing the disease at an early stage, you can effectively eliminate the consequences and complications of the disease.
You can't die from osteochondrosis, you can get a disability.
Homeopathy and treatment
In the homeopathic treatment of osteochondrosis, the homeopathic doctor first examines the patient.
It is important to determine the cause of the disease. The course of homeopathic medicines is aimed at eliminating the cause - the culprit in the progression of the disease.
This fact distinguishes the homeopathic method from the classical methods of struggle. The consequences of osteochondrosis are severe pain, overload of the muscles in the affected area.
During treatment, doctors use special homeopathic medicines, each type depending on the area of the lesion. The duration of treatment of articular cartilage dystrophy with homeopathy is longer than with drug therapy. After a month of taking homeopathic medicines, you can feel relief.
Osteochondrosis and pregnancy
Seizure of osteochondrosis, manifestations during pregnancy. Virtually all medications are contraindicated for women during this period. Due to the fact that they negatively affect the development of the fireplace. The same goes for women who have recently become mothers. Treatment of osteochondrosis during lactation has the same contraindications as during pregnancy.
In severe cases, it is worth finding medications that are used without fear during pregnancy. Your doctor will never prescribe a medication that should not be used during pregnancy.
Physiotherapy for osteochondrosis
When treating osteochondrosis, it is recommended that you see a doctor as soon as you experience signs of discomfort in the spine. The doctor will differentiate the hernia from osteochondrosis, prescribe a medication, special exercises.
Don't forget about physiotherapy: electrophoresis procedures, magnetotherapy, shock wave therapy - effective treatments for the disease.
The complex of procedures is aimed at relieving inflammation, restoring damaged muscles, improving blood circulation and accelerating tissue regeneration.
Prevention
The point is not to cure the disease, but to prevent it, to avoid unpleasant consequences and complications. In osteochondrosis, physiotherapy exercises are effective as a prevention against recurrent seizures.
When a person tries to influence the disease, he changes his lifestyle, he gets rid of bad habits. This is often not enough. Doctors recommend that tests be performed if osteochondrosis is detected at an early stage, starting the procedure. Clinics have medical equipment to recover from osteochondrosis and stop the progression of the disease at an early stage.