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What are some of the symptoms of cervical arthritis?

4 Responses to “What are some of the symptoms of cervical arthritis?”

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  • mrconservative56:

    Chronic neck pain, particularly with motion
    Muscle weakness, with numbness in the neck and arms, perhaps also the hands and fingers
    Tenderness to the touch at the neck itself
    Pain that radiates down the arm
    Stiffness which limits movement of the neck
    Headaches
    Loss of balance

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  • Belle:

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    Signs and Symptoms
    While cervical arthritis tends to affect men more regularly than women, its symptoms may be similar to those produced by two conditions seen more frequently in women: rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. Symptoms of cervical arthritis may include:
    Chronic neck pain, particularly with motion
    Muscle weakness, with numbness in the neck and arms, perhaps also the hands and fingers
    Tenderness to the touch at the neck itself
    Stiffness which limits movement of the neck
    Headaches
    Loss of Balance.
    Degeneration of the cervical vertebrae can produce numerous different conditions affecting the spinal cord and nerve roots. Bony ridges, called osteophytes, regularly develop on the vertebrae as a result of arthritic change, reducing interval for the spinal cord and limiting movement of the neck. The facets of the vertebrae (those parts that interlock with each other, forming joints in the structure of the spine) may also show wear and tear.

    Occasionally one of the soft disks cushioning the vertebrae may division, resulting in a herniated disk. When this happens, there is usually pressure against the spinal cord or nerve roots also. A herniated disk is a distinct problem, but, usually occurring as a single instance, whereas cervical arthritis is a progressive, chronic process that waxes and wanes over time. Cervical disc hernias usually result in prominent arm and hand pain rather than neck pain.

    About 5-10% of patients who have symptomatic cervical arthritis develop myelopathy, or compression of the long tracts of the spinal cord. This may produce symptoms of weakness and spasticity, loss of sensation or of one’s sense of position in interval, and incontinence. As weird as it may seem, neck and radiating nerve pain is unusual in these cases.