What are the symptoms of cervical spondylosis in women?

Many female friends like to watch TV series and they can watch them all day long during their rest time, but they don’t realize that such behavior is very detrimental to the health of the cervical spine. When female friends suffer from cervical spondylosis, the physical symptoms are actually quite obvious, such as difficulty swallowing, abdominal distension and constipation, visual impairment, etc., which have a great impact on their health.

What are the symptoms of cervical spondylosis in women

Symptoms of cervical spondylosis 1: Difficulty swallowing

The upper end of the esophagus is adjacent to the sixth cervical vertebra. When hyperplasia occurs in the sixth cervical vertebra, it will compress and irritate the esophagus, and even cause inflammation and edema around the esophagus, causing symptoms such as foreign body sensation and difficulty swallowing when eating. People who work in front of computers for a long time and suffer from neck and shoulder pain, if they have difficulty swallowing and a foreign body sensation, should suspect the possibility of cervical spondylosis.

Symptoms of cervical spondylosis 2: abdominal distension and constipation

For some patients with cervical spondylosis, the adjacent cervical sympathetic nerves are stimulated and damaged, and the feeling of discomfort can be transmitted to the brain, causing the excitability of related nerves to increase, slowing down the motility of the gastrointestinal tract controlled by them, and causing discomfort such as abdominal distension and constipation. Therefore, for patients with unexplained stubborn constipation, it is important to promptly detect clues and identify the cause.

Symptoms of cervical spondylosis 3: visual impairment

Some patients with cervical spondylosis experience decreased vision, eye pain, photophobia, tearing, unequal pupils, and even narrowed visual field and sharp decrease in vision. This is related to the autonomic nervous system dysfunction caused by cervical spondylosis and the ischemia of the occipital visual center of the brain caused by insufficient blood supply to the vertebral basilar artery.

What can't you eat if you have cervical spondylosis?

In addition to reasonable treatment, attention should also be paid to dietary adjustments in the acute phase of cervical and lumbar spondylosis. Some friends do not follow a diet plan and still eat some soup and beer, which results in edema in the vertebral lesions and aggravates the symptoms. Any food that nourishes yin can increase the moisture in the body. Common foods include: Tremella soup, duck bone soup, herbal tea, pork rib soup, beer, etc. Patients with low back and leg pain will feel heaviness and discomfort in their limbs after eating it, and the pain may even be aggravated.

Any food with anti-diuretic function can also cause edema in the vertebral lesions and aggravate the symptoms. Many finished melon seeds contain licorice, which can "retain water". Drinks containing sodium benzoate, such as Sprite, often cause decreased urination and increased water content in the body after drinking, which can also aggravate symptoms.