Bone Spur (Bone Spur) is not a medically accurate term because it is neither completely composed of bone nor sharp as a thorn. The correct medical name is bony warts. Bone spurs are caused by the wear and tear of cartilage in joints due to various reasons, and contribute to the repair, hardening and proliferation of the bones themselves. It is a natural aging phenomenon. Generally, long bone spurs indicate that the person's spine has entered the aging stage. However, bone spurs are not just for the elderly. Due to changes in work patterns, many people have to sit and stand for long periods of time. If coupled with incorrect posture, it is easy for the spine to degenerate prematurely at a young age and induce the occurrence of bone spurs. Why do osteowarts and bone spurs develop? Bone spurs are a phenomenon that accompanies the degeneration of the spine. As age increases, the structure of the spine of the human body will also degenerate. When the joint between the bone and soft tissue is exposed to pressure, tension, and damage for a long time, the spine will become damaged. The cartilage between the spine and the spine gradually loses moisture and elasticity, causing degenerative changes in the bones. This degenerative change in the bones will lead to bone hyperplasia and the formation of bone spurs. In addition, repeated activities or inappropriate movements often cause excessive wear and tear on the bones and soft tissues of the joints, leading to the growth of bone spurs. What are the symptoms of bone warts? Bone spurs may not necessarily cause symptoms. It depends on whether they compress the nerve roots or the spine. If not, there will be no uncomfortable symptoms. On the contrary, if the bone spur happens to compress the nearby nerve roots or the spine, you may have symptoms such as stiffness and inability to bend flexibly, pain, redness and swelling, paralysis, joint deformation, and muscle weakness. Who is prone to bone spurs? The human spine is prone to degeneration under repeated use over a long period of time. Due to age, middle-aged and elderly people are more likely to develop bone spurs than young people. However, as life and work patterns change, some working groups such as housewives, teachers, financial workers, etc. must sit or stand for long periods of time, maintain the same posture for a long time or have incorrect postures, and repeatedly use certain joints. Computer workers, factory workers, etc. may cause excessive wear and tear on the bones and soft tissues of joints due to overuse and improper use. Therefore, bone spurs can happen to everyone. Where do osteowarts often occur? The joints of the human body are prone to lesions if they move for a long time. Bone spurs generally occur in joints that move frequently. Because these joints are used repeatedly for a long time, they are prone to wear and degeneration. The places in the body that are prone to the growth of bone spurs include the cervical spine, lumbar spine, knee joints, and heels. In addition, the fingers and elbows are also areas where bone spurs are prone to occur. What are the complications of bone warts? Bone spurs can cause complications such as sciatica, disc herniation, lumbar stenosis, and degenerative knee arthritis. These complications can cause discomfort in patients' lives and even affect their quality of life. For minor complications, you can rest, take medicine, or follow the advice of a physical therapist and do some physical therapy to relieve the symptoms. However, when complications are severe, further surgical treatment is required. How to prevent the occurrence of bone warts. It is not difficult to prevent the occurrence of bone spurs. Try to avoid sitting or standing for long periods of time. If unavoidable, you can move your muscles and bones in a timely manner. You should also pay attention to your sitting and standing postures to avoid increasing the number of bones due to incorrect postures. lumbar spine load; develop regular exercise habits; daily diet can also help prevent the occurrence of bone spurs, so you can eat more foods rich in antioxidants; bioflavonoids can prevent free radical damage, slow down inflammatory reactions, Accelerating the recovery of sports injuries and strengthening the formation of colloids can also achieve prevention purposes by supplementing these substances. Is it necessary to have an operation for bone warts? Bone spurs formed in the cervical and lumbar vertebrae will cause pain and numbness in the upper or lower limbs if they compress the nerve roots or spinal cord. Most of these bone spurs are caused by the degeneration of the spine in the elderly or laborers. , but not all bone spurs will compress nerves. Pain and numbness in the upper or lower limbs can be treated with medication or physical therapy first. If the symptoms are severe enough to affect the quality of life, it is not too late to consider surgery.
In addition, after the 1980s, the use of pure natural blue shark cartilage powder to promote human cartilage regeneration, eliminate the growth environment of bone spurs from the inside, and achieve complete treatment of bone spurs has become a new attempt in advanced countries. In Europe, the extract of shark cartilage powder has been recognized as a joint medicine. In the United States, the OAM (Office of Alternative Medicine) has also researched and popularized shark cartilage powder as a part of alternative medicine, while in Japan, pure natural serratus As a part of alternative medical treatment, shark cartilage powder has been used clinically to treat bone spurs, and statistical data has been summarized that the optimal dosage is 7.5g/day, which brings new hope to patients to completely solve the problem of bone spurs. Bone hyperplasia: In the early stage of bone hyperplasia, blood stasis and pathogenic factors are mostly combined and coagulated but not dispersed. Treatment should be to remove blood stasis and exorcise evil spirits, relax muscles and unblock meridians. You can take traditional Chinese medicine 10 grams of peach kernel, 5 grams of safflower, 15 grams of angelica root, and 15 grams of rehmannia glutinosa. Grams, 5 grams of Chuanxiong, 10 grams of red peony root, 10 grams of Trichosanthes pricifolia, 10 grams of Curcuma zedoary, 15 grams of Clematis, 10 grams of Dilong, 5 grams of earthworm, 10 grams of Aspergillus acuminata, 5 grams of raw licorice, decoction in water. , 1 dose per day. In addition, grind 5 grams each of scorpion and centipede into powder, and take 2 grams every night. If you take it for one month, the condition will be significantly improved. To consolidate the effect, you can take Liuwei Dihuang Pills, 2 times a day, 10 grams each time. , take it continuously for 3 months. If the patient is already in the late stage of bone hyperplasia, it is mostly caused by liver and kidney deficiency, and deficiency is mixed with excess. Those with deficiency are divided into yin deficiency and yang deficiency, and those with excess are divided into blood stasis and dampness and heat. , the condition is more complicated. People with Yin deficiency show dry mouth and hard stools, thin body and dizziness; People with Yang deficiency show chills in the limbs, long and clear urine, impotence and slippery diarrhea; People with damp heat often have joint swelling, effusion in the joints, and fluctuations when pressing. , poor flexion and extension. The main treatment is to nourish the kidneys and soften the hardness. The following traditional Chinese medicines can be used: 15 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 grams of Cornus officinalis, 10 grams of Chinese yam, 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 10 grams of Ginseng thorn, 10 grams of Pangolin, and 15 grams of Clematis. 5 grams of raw licorice. For yin deficiency, add 10 grams of Anemarrhena, 12 grams each of turtle shell and turtle shell; for yang deficiency, add 10 grams of dried ginger and 15 grams of Futian; for cases of stasis, add 10 grams of peach kernels and 5 grams of safflower; for damp-heat conditions Or add 10 grams of Atractylodes and 10 grams of Phellodendron. Surgery and drug treatment of bone spurs. The generation of bone spurs is a phenomenon in which the spine strengthens itself in response to degeneration. Generally speaking, if there is no pressure on the nerves, there is no need to worry too much. As age increases, everyone will have bone spurs to some extent, and the presence of bone spurs on X-ray does not necessarily require treatment. Only when the bone spurs compress the nerves and cause other symptoms, further treatment is required. If the symptoms of bone spurs are not very serious, you can use simple analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, sedatives and muscle relaxants or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics, such as aspirin, pranax, etc., to reduce pain and relieve symptoms. ease. Rehabilitation treatment: Hot compresses, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, head traction and other methods can also be used to treat bone spurs. Hot compresses are used to increase blood circulation in local diseased tissues and improve muscle ischemia; electrical stimulation and ultrasound are used to promote blood circulation in deeper muscle structures; head traction can open nerve holes, increase local blood circulation and reduce joint pain. The role of burden. Surgical treatment: When drug treatment or rehabilitation treatment for more than 3 months still fails to improve symptoms, further surgical treatment is necessary. In the early stage, posterior decompression surgery can be performed to remove the bone spurs that compress the nerves. These surgeries include laminectomy, discectomy and vertebral body resection; in the mid-term, spinal internal fixation surgery can be performed to fix the spine with internal fixation gas, plus Autologous bone transplantation is used to achieve bone fusion; in addition, the use of "vertebral body cage" can achieve the effects of nerve decompression and spinal correction at the same time. For long-term degenerated spines, during surgical repair, the deformed spine can be restructured to reduce the load on the diseased area; if the joints have been completely destroyed, artificial joint replacement surgery is necessary to restore the function of the joints. .