please describe the symptoms of spinal syntosis

[earleanp]

what is spinal syntosis

[caregiver222]

One of the problems in interpreting medical diagnosis is that the terms are not in a common dictionary. The Internet has resolved some of the difficulty, but it pays to purchase a good medical dictionary, such as "Stedman's", which has all of the terms nicely explained. They are available second-hand quite reasonably.

Spinal stenosis can be compared to a railroad tunnel with a train track running through it.

The walls of the "tunnel" become smaller and the train has difficulty in moving through the tunnel without scraping the walls.

Scraping the walls causes inflammation, which causes localized swelling, which reflects itself in pain.

There are three basic approaches. Medications to control pain, which block pain receptor sites. These tend not to do so well because the pain comes from glial cells.

Procedures to "open up" the passageway. These man take the form of surgery or forceful manipulation through the limits of pain. These "range-of-motion" treatments are controversial. Then there is surgery.

The third approach is to use anti-inflammatory medications to reduce swelling and "tone down" the inflammatory reaction. This approach uses steroids and other medications such as Ibuprufin.

There is anecdotal evidence that dietary restrictions may help. specifically the avoidance of nightshades in the diet, as well as keeping blood glucose levels down because high glocose affects osmolality, which causes pressure on nerves.

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Hello, Thank you for posting your question to the forum. Spinal stenosis usually occurs mostly in old people (age >50). Sometime young people with spine injury or a narrow foraminas at spines are also at risk and disorders like arthritis and scoliosis may cause spinal stenosis as well. If stenosis is not severe, symptoms could appear gradually or not at all. Common symptoms include pain in your neck or back, numbness or tingling, weakness or pain in your arms or legs, and leg problems. Common treatments include pain killer medications, physical therapy, back or neck braces and surgery. Hope this helps.