Bone spurs often appear in knees, lumbar vertebrae, heels, cervical vertebrae and other parts. The symptoms of bone spur can generally explain that bone spur has been compressed to nerve roots or vertebrae, which are manifested as stiff body, difficulty in bending, pain, redness, paralysis, joint deformation, muscle weakness and so on.
First, the symptoms caused by bone spurs are divided into two types:
1, the compression of the spine, when the spine is compressed, the patient will feel inconvenient to move, the limbs will be stiff, and the strength of the limbs will become worse.
2. Nerve roots are compressed. When nerve roots are compressed, patients will feel numbness and tingling in their limbs. This numbness sometimes follows the distribution areas of nerves, or produces abnormal feelings in these areas. Once this symptom persists for a period of time, these nerves may weaken and atrophy.
Second, the symptoms of bone spurs in different parts
1, symptoms caused by calcaneal spur:
Long bone spurs on the calcaneus can cause the same symptoms of redness and swelling, pain or paralysis in heels and feet, and even inability to walk on the ground. This kind of pain is especially obvious when you get up and stand up in the morning. However, after walking for a period of time, the pain will be relieved.
2, knee spur symptoms:
If there is a bone spur on the knee joint, it will cause the knee joint to be deformed, red and swollen, and the feet will be soft when going down the stairs. This symptom will be more serious when going down stairs, and the knee joint will make a gurgling sound when walking.
3. Symptoms caused by lumbar spine spurs:
The part where the bone spur grows may not be painful, but it is another matter to press the nerve. When lumbar spine spurs compress nearby nerves, patients will not be able to flex flexibly and will be insensitive. This kind of pain will radiate to the buttocks, inner and outer thighs, calves and other places, causing pain and numbness. If you are standing for a long time, it may aggravate the pain.
4. Symptoms caused by cervical spine spurs:
Neuralgia or paresthesia of the upper limbs will start from the scapula of the back of the neck and produce paralysis or tingling sensation along the shoulders, arms and fingers, which may be aggravated when the neck rotates; The muscle strength of the arm will be weakened, and there may be a situation where it cannot be exerted. The long-term existence of this symptom may cause muscle atrophy; It will also cause a decline in nerve reflex or no response; Even lead to spinal cord lesions, long-term paralysis of lower limbs, incontinence.
Bone spurs can cause sciatica, disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative knee arthritis and other complications, leading to discomfort in patients' lives and even affecting their quality of life. For minor complications, you can rest or follow the advice of the rehabilitation teacher and do some physical therapy to relieve the symptoms. However, when the complications are serious, further surgery is needed.
Treatment of bone spur
Many people will question, as a kind of hyperplasia, can bone spurs be eliminated with drugs? The answer is no, but the clinical symptoms caused by minor bone spurs can be completely solved by drugs, joint injection, physical therapy, physical therapy and other methods; Arthritis caused by severe bone spurs can only be solved by joint cavity cleaning and artificial joint surface replacement. The specific treatment method is:
(1) physiotherapy method:
Physical therapy can improve local blood circulation, relax spasmodic muscles and relieve symptoms. Methods High frequency (microwave, ultrashort wave), low intermediate frequency electrotherapy (such as TENS, intermittent electrotherapy, computer intermediate frequency), ultrasound and magnetic therapy can be used. It can accelerate the regression of inflammation and edema and relax muscles.
(2) Plastering treatment:
It can make up for the shortcomings of direct current drug iontophoresis, soften bone spurs, eliminate inflammation and quickly eliminate the pain of patients.
(3) traction therapy:
This is also a common treatment method for cervical hyperosteogeny, that is, through the mutual balance of traction and anti-traction, the head and neck are relatively fixed in the physiological curve state, thus gradually changing the abnormal cervical curve phenomenon, but its curative effect is limited and it is only suitable for mild patients.
(4) Massage therapy:
Massage function and indications Chinese medicine believes that cervical hyperosteogeny is caused by long-term neck fatigue, disharmony between qi and blood, exogenous cold and obstruction of meridians. Massage therapy can reconcile qi and blood, dispel cold, relax muscles and collaterals, thus achieving the effect of spasmolysis and pain relief.
(5) Surgical treatment:
According to experts, surgical treatment is not the main treatment for bone spurs, but for some patients with severe illness and severe pain, bone spurs must be removed by surgery.
How to prevent or delay the occurrence of bone spurs?
1. Pay attention to keep proper weight to reduce the pressure on joints;
2. Necessary physical exercise, especially the exercise of muscles around joints, to increase joint stability;
3. Try to avoid the overload movement of joints, avoid long-distance running on hard roads, and avoid inappropriate climbing movements to reduce the wear of joint surfaces;
Pay attention to keep warm, especially when changing seasons. Don't let electric fans and air conditioners blow joints directly in summer;
When there is joint pain, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time and exercise under the guidance of a doctor. Most patients with osteoarthrosis can alleviate symptoms and reduce and delay the occurrence of bone spurs.
A folk prescription for treating bone spur
As the saying goes, folk prescription can cure all diseases. The following is a folk folk folk remedy of 10 spur. You might as well try them:
(A) white vinegar therapy
Soak Niuhuang Jiedu Pill (sugar-coated tablets in a bag of one or two yuan) in white vinegar, make it into paste, and apply it to your knees.
After use, the skin will have some burning sensation, so it is recommended to treat it in spring and autumn. If the skin is allergic or tender, you should add less Niuhuang Wanjie. It will be effective in a short time.
Laramia therapy
Use Lala Miao, a small handful with a tender tip of about 3 cm above, mash it, apply vinegar to the affected area, and fix it with gauze.
Change the dressing once a day for a week. Don't walk all the time, go upstairs to reduce the joint load. )
(3) Piercing Qiong therapy
6-9g of Chuanxiong powder, proper amount of Shanxi mature vinegar, and a little medicinal vaseline. Mix the powder with Shanxi mature vinegar into paste, and then add a little medicinal vaseline and mix well. Apply the prepared ointment to the hyperplastic part of the patient, cover it with 1 layer of plastic paper or gauze, and seal the gauze with wide adhesive tape. Change medicine every 2 days 1 time, 1 time is1course of treatment.
(4) Treatment of raw material black
50g of radix aconiti and 50g of radix aconiti kusnezoffii. Treatment: grind the above medicinal materials into fine powder, put them into gauze bags, sew them and apply them to the pain, and change them every other day, 1 time.
(5) Drug washing method
1, 30g each of Radix Clematidis, sawdust, Cinnamomum camphora and Kowloon, 500ml of rice vinegar. Soak the first four herbs in water, then decoct the juice, concentrate slightly, add rice vinegar, stir well, and soak the affected part 15-20 minutes after heating, twice a day 1-2 times. 60 grams of Gleditsia sinensis, human hair 16 grams. Take the decoction with water and bathe the affected area twice a day. 2, Ailanthus altissima leaves fumigation
Take 250g of Ailanthus altissima fresh leaves or dry leaves 1 00g, add about1000ml of water, boil to get juice, add acetic acid150g, and fumigate the affected area with hot air100g? Twice, 20 days is 1 course of treatment.
The mechanism of Yougule intravenous physiotherapy patch is to activate the active factors of traditional Chinese medicine through local application and acupoint application, promote the activation of osteocchoroidal cells, communicate with large circulation, improve microcirculation, repair damaged tissues, remove blood stasis and detumescence, dissolve needles and activate collaterals, relax tendons and activate collaterals, dispel cold and relieve pain by electrostatic current impact. Hospital experts unanimously recommend this method to thoroughly treat bone spurs and hyperosteogeny.
(6) earthworm sugar regulation therapy
Usage: Add some sugar to several live earthworms to make them become mucus, apply it to the affected area, cover it with clean white paper, wrap it with white cloth, heat it to a proper temperature with warm water bag, and heat it repeatedly until the mucus dries. Twice a day. This prescription is effective in treating hyperosteogeny.
(7) Hot baking and hot coating methods
Replace the desk lamp with a 100 watt bulb and bake the knee joint. When you feel hot, rub it on the affected area with a cotton ball stick and bone spur analgesic solution, and bake it for 30 minutes every day. After a week, it improved and the effect became more and more obvious.
(8) Dog bone therapy
Take dog bone 150g, mash it and fry it yellow, soak it in 500ml white wine (above 50 degrees), and rub the affected area with ginger dipped in wine for 3 days, once a day (1 time is best to drink this wine at the same time), and it will be cured for half a month.
(9) safflower vinegar therapy
Take 50 grams of safflower (available in Chinese medicine shops) and soak it in 500 ml of rice vinegar. 1 week later, it can be used to rub the affected area to soften, eliminate and heal it. If it is serious, it will be better to do it several times before using it.
(10) peanut oil racket.
Apply peanut oil to the affected area and pat 15 minutes or more. If you beat it repeatedly, it will appear red and black in the first 2-3 days, and then it will gradually reduce swelling and relieve pain.