Are you suffering from regular neck pain? Also feel numbness, tingling, weakness in the neck and arms. Get yourself examined, these are classic symptoms of cervical disc degeneration. Go to your physician or specialist and get yourself diagnosed. The physical examination begins with the patient’s history of symptoms physical examination to measure neck extension and flexibility. During the exam, patients may be asked to perform certain movements and report whether the neck pain increases or decreases.
For examining further, X-Ray, MRI and possibly a CT scan will be taken. These diagnostic images can confirm whether and where degeneration is occurring, and can identify other conditions (such as calcification or arthritis) that could be causing the symptoms.
Cervical disc degeneration can also contribute to spinal stenosis (more specifically, the development of cervical stenosis) and other progressive conditions, as well as a more sudden disc herniation.
The preliminary treatment involve applying ice or heat, pain control medication, exercises and in some cases using traction. Also cervical collar, cervical pillows, are used for alignment of neck. On case all this fail to give adequate relief surgery can also be considered. There are different types of surgeries, which one to be used depends on patient’s history and body type.
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