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Symptoms of disease - violation of the spinal circulation

Violation of the spinal circulation meet often enough. Their study has acquired particular relevance in connection with the development of vascular surgery.

Chronic ischemic lesions of the spinal cord are described under the name of dyscirculatory (vascular) myelopathy, or chronic spinal vascular insufficiency. They are characterized by a gradual intensification of signs of defeat of the front horns spinal cord. The developed paresis of the hands and feet (with amyotrophy, fibrillar twitching), gradually growing to the point of paralysis. In some cases the process of spreading and on the muscles of the language. The disease resembles a chronic form of polio or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Along with anterior horn meets form, characterized by a primary lesion of the pyramidal tract in the thoracic region of the spinal cord. When this develops spastic lower paraparesis, then paraplegia.

Violation of the spinal circulation system in the rear of posterior spinal arteries can cause syndrome of syringomyelia. Depending on the localization of ischemic lesions in the spinal cord may occur and other syndromes, including posterior pole.

Acute violations of the spinal circulation also often are ischemic character. These may be transient or persistent character.

Passing of the spinal circulation are characterized by the emergence of pain and feelings of numbness in the neck and arms, and weakness in the limbs, especially the top, in the defeat of the top of the vascular pool. The defeat of the lower basin is accompanied by acute pain in the lumbar area and legs, paralysis of the legs and infringement of functions of pelvic organs.

Symptoms of functional disorders of the spinal cord and roots develop in several minutes and quickly pass without leaving a trace, but may remain the lungs of the changes in the reflex area, violations of the sensitivity, retain in several days and more.

Most often passing of blood circulation repeated. Often, these repetition arise when walking, which is the basis for determination of a state as intermittent spinal lameness. Passing violations preceded by persistent violations of the spinal circulation.

Spinal ischemic strokes are developing acute. The grounds of the defeat of a spinal cord is usually preceded by pain in the area of innervation of the neck, lumbar or sacral roots. In some patients, for several months or years before the onset of stroke occurred passing of the spinal circulation.

Symptoms most often represents the failure of the medium-thoracic section of the spinal cord, i.e. the zones adjacent circulation. Arise paralysis of the legs, conducting sensitivity disorders at the segment level Tru-The violates the functions of pelvic organs. When localization of process in the cervical there are panplegia, a higher level of disorders of sensitivity and infringement of functions of pelvic organs. Spinal a heart attack at the level of the lumbar thickening is accompanied by sluggish lower paraplegia with violation of the sensitivity in the legs and paralysis of sphincters. In any localization of ischemic disease stroke sharply suffers trophic of tissues, what is manifested in the rapid development of pressure ulcers in the area of sacrum and buttocks, on her heels on the back.

Spinal stroke runs hard. Developing bedsores, as well as pielotsistit are the source of sepsis, which makes the forecast is unfavorable for life. In case the disease remain persistent residual effects in the form of violations of the functions of the spinal cord.

Hemorrhachis nontraumatic etiology is rarely seen. Bleeding occurs into the gray matter in connection with which arise flaccid paralysis and dissociated disorders of sensitivity at the level of affected segments. The cord of the spinal cord suffer less, so conductor disorders are less pronounced.

Which diseases there is violation of the spinal circulation

The main causes of the violation of the spinal circulation:

Violation of the spinal circulation divided into hemorrhagic and ischemic and the combination. They also include malformations of the circulatory system of the spinal cord (aneurysms, vascular malformations of the spinal cord).

Among the reasons for the violation of the spinal circulation significant place belongs to atherosclerosis, especially in combination with arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

Often violation of the spinal circulation is connected not so much with atherosclerotic lesions of the spinal vessels, but with the presence of atherosclerosis plaques in the arteries, which are located outside of the spinal column.

The heavy defeat of a spinal cord sometimes arise in case of pathology of the aorta (thrombosis, coarctation).

Cause ischemic processes in the spinal cord may be trauma of the aorta or its branches in operations on aorta or close to it are located the bodies.

Violation of the spinal circulation may also be the result of inflammatory processes in the membranes of the spinal or epidural tissues or as a result of the impact on the blood vessels of tumors. Very often spinal ischemic process is associated with osteochondrosis of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal column. In osteochondrosis of the anterior spinal artery can squeezed in her intervertebral disc. Still more likely to be subjected to compression of radicular-spinal artery in the intervertebral the hole.

Violation of the spinal circulation can be also explained by arteriovenous malformations. They often are located in the cervical and at the level of thoracolumbar transition and represent a tangle of abnormal blood vessels, the size of which may vary widely. Education of this kind may occur subarachnoid hemorrhage or ischemic injury of the substance of the spinal cord as a result of mechanical compression.

In some cases spinal infarction is a complication of stratifying aortic aneurysm.

As a rule, violations of the spinal circulation of ischemic type occur much more often than the hemorrhagic type.

Causes of violation of the spinal circulation can be compression vascular lesion: compression of the aorta and its branches tumors and tumor entities, compression of radicular arteries hernia of intervertebral disc in osteochondrosis of the spine, epidural or subdural tumor, cicatricial-adhesive process in the membranes of the spinal cord abnormal vertebrae, epidural inflammatory infiltrate, bone fragments with a damaged spine.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a violation of the spinal circulation

• Neurologist
• Neurosurgeon

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