What symptoms will thickening of the yellow ligament of the cervical spine cause?

In today's life, cervical spondylosis has become a relatively common disease. Many patients with cervical spondylosis are caused by some work habits, just like an occupational disease. When cervical spondylosis occurs, it will cause other symptoms, which will harm the patient's health. Thickening of the yellow ligament of the cervical spine is one of these diseases. At this time, it is necessary to actively seek treatment and not delay the condition.

What symptoms does thickening of the ligamentum flavum cause?

1. Hypertrophy of the yellow ligament can cause spinal stenosis and symptoms of spinal stenosis. Since the yellow ligament is in the spinal canal from the cervical vertebra to the lumbar vertebra, the manifestations are not exactly the same in different locations and degrees. Mild hypertrophy of the yellow ligament may be asymptomatic, while severe ones may cause symptoms of cervical spondylotic myelopathy and lumbar spinal stenosis.

2. Symptoms of cervical spondylotic myelopathy are: early numbness, pain, stiffness, trembling, weakness, shivering, difficulty walking in bilateral or unilateral lower limbs, followed by numbness in bilateral upper limbs, weakened grip, and easy loss of items.

3. When the above symptoms worsen, there may be symptoms of constipation, difficulty urinating, urinary retention or urinary incontinence, or bedridden, and may also be complicated by sympathetic nervous system symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, dysphagia, abnormal facial sweating, etc.; Lumbar spinal stenosis is manifested as: there are often no symptoms when still or resting, but after walking a certain distance, symptoms such as lower limb pain, numbness, and weakness appear, and the patient needs to squat or sit down to rest for a period of time to relieve the symptoms before continuing to walk. As the disease worsens, the walking distance becomes shorter and the rest time becomes longer.

What to do if the cervical ligamentum flavum thickens

1. Conservative treatment is not recommended for patients with cervical spondylosis and thickening of the yellow ligament of the thoracic spine, because conservative treatment is only effective for early symptoms and is not very effective for symptoms of patients in the middle and late stages. However, conservative treatment can be used as an auxiliary treatment method.

2. Patients are generally recommended to use minimally invasive treatment. Minimally invasive surgery has the advantages of rapid results, significant effects, high safety, and low recurrence, and is deeply loved by patients. Minimally invasive surgery also has the advantages of few side effects and low treatment costs, and has always been recommended by patients.

3. If minimally invasive surgery cannot effectively treat the patient's symptoms, the patient needs to go to a regular hospital for surgical treatment. Although surgical treatment is more effective, it has greater side effects and the patient's recovery period is relatively slow. Therefore, patients should receive treatment early and avoid minimally invasive surgery.