Types and symptoms of back pain

Vertebral syndrome

Vertebral syndrome is a symptomatic complex of pathological conditions caused by diseases of the spinal column. It can be formed by a variety of pathological conditions, but general is the presence of pain by the type of lumbargia or radiculgia, changes in mobility, spine configuration, posture and gait, there may be changes caused by damage to the spinal cord, spinal nerves and their roots.

Analysis of clinical manifestations of lumbar spinal stenosis

Lumbar spinal stenosis (PSS), being well determined from the morphological point of view, is heterogeneous in clinical manifestations. Polymorphism of clinical syndromes in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis suggests diffuse morphological changes in the structures of the spinal canal and their ambiguity.

Scoliosis: what causes and how to recognize?

Scoliosis - persistent curvature of the spine, in which its position is significantly different from normal. Specialists distinguish several types of scoliosis: C-shaped, when the spine has one bend to the side, S-shaped, if the spine has two bends in and Z-shaped, which is the most rare and has three or more bends in different directions.

Injury of the cervical spine

Injury of the cervical spine, especially in adults, should be attributed to the most severe variants of trauma.

Spinal stenosis and back pain

Under the stenosis of the spinal stenosis (English spinal stenosis) is understood the narrowing of its lumen at any level. In practical work, doctors use the classification of stenoses of the vertebral canal, based on pathogenesis and localization of stenosis.

Degenerative and dystrophic diseases of the spine and back pain

Despite the etiological differences in the genesis of degenerative (involutive, associated with aging) and dystrophic (metabolic) lesions of the musculoskeletal system, the traits peculiar to each of these processes are not clearly visible in the clinical and radiological picture of the disease to date.

Tumors of the spine and back pain

The last decade is characterized by an increase in the total number of oncological diseases, an increased level of their diagnosis and treatment. The possibilities of magnetic resonance imaging and radioisotope scanning make it possible to establish the localization and prevalence of tumor lesion early enough, including the appearance of clinical symptoms of the disease.

Inflammatory diseases of the spine and back pain

The urgency of the problem of inflammatory, especially infectious, lesions of the spine is determined not only by the fact that in these diseases, two basic functions of the spine are violated: ensuring a stable vertical position of the trunk and protecting the spinal nerve structures.

Spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis and back pain

Spondylolysis (verbatim: "resorption of the vertebra") - the term adopted to denote the defect of the interarticular part of the arch of the vertebra. The term reflects an X-ray symptom rather than the anatomical nature of the pathology, since in most cases the presence of this bone defect is due to the not acquired "resorption" of a certain zone of the vertebra, and its vicious development - dysplasia.

Diastematomyelia

Diastematomyelia is a combined defect in the development of the spinal canal, consisting in its separation by bone, cartilaginous or fibrous spines or septa, accompanied by splitting and / or doubling of the spinal cord, its elements and membranes.

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