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Cervical Spondylosis
Cervical spondylosis is a general term for age-related wear and tear affecting the joints in your neck. This condition usually appears in men and women older than 40 and progresses with age. Although cervical spondylosis affects both sexes equally, men usually develop it at an earlier age than women do.
Age-related wear and tear is probably the basic cause of cervical spondylosis. By age 30, many people show signs of vertebral and disk degeneration on X-ray, although symptoms don't appear until later in life. Specific changes occurring with age include: Drying and loss of elasticity in the spinal and cervical disks, bulging and sometimes herniation of disks so that disk material protrudes from between two vertebrae, stiffening of the ligaments connecting neck bones and muscles.
The signs and symptoms of cervical spondylosis are: stiff and painful neck, shoulder and arm or chest pain, tingling and pinprick sensations in the arms hands legs or feet, numbness and weakness in the arms hands legs or feet, lack of coordination, difficulty walking, abnormal reflexes, loss of bladder or bowel control, or urinary or bowel retention.
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