Syndrome of the vertebral artery. Cause and investigation.

Syndrome of the vertebral artery in modern medicine has a variety of names, for example, "cervical migraine" or "posterior parasympathetic syndrome", however, in any case it is a violation of the flow of blood to the brain in the basin of the vertebral artery.

Blood circulation of the brain

The brain is fed from two basins, the first of them includes carotid arteries, their main branches providing approximately 80% of the inflow of all blood. They are responsible for all circulatory disorders, in particular for strokes. Vertebral arteries are located in the vertebrob basilar basin and provide up to 20% of the inflow of all blood. They do not lead to strokes, but they can quite make the patient a deep invalid. Most often, the lesions of these arteries cause the patient headaches, dizziness, loss of consciousness, hearing, vision and coordination of movements.

Causes of cervical migraine

Most often, the cause of the syndrome is the instability of the cervical vertebrae, in other words, a violation of their position. Often, the cause of the disease becomes cervical arteriosclerosis of the brain vessels or cervical osteochondrosis, in any case, the occurrence of these diseases has the most adverse effect on the circulation in the cervical spine. Sometimes the causes of this disease are head and neck injuries, which have a very adverse effect on the circulation of the cervical region.

Syndrome of the vertebral artery. Symptoms.

The most common symptom that causes vertebral artery syndrome is headache. During an attack, painful sensations can often spread, irradiating either to the orbit, then to the cheek, then to the region of the nose, then to the parietal-temporal region of the head. Most often intolerable aching pain is localized on the one hand and causes unpleasant sensations when you touch the skin, when combing your hair. When tilting and turning the head, there is a crunch, tension in the neck and collar zone, and sometimes there is a burning sensation. Some patients report severe dizziness with nausea and vomiting, noise or a pulsating ringing in the ears.

Parasympathetic syndrome. Diagnostics.

Diagnosis of blood circulation in the vessels of the brain is performed with the help of ultrasound dopplerography (UZDG).

Parasympathetic syndrome. Treatment and prevention.

The main goal of treatment of the syndrome is to restore adequate blood circulation, eliminate the causes that cause spasm and irritation of blood vessels. For this purpose, methods of vacuum therapy, reflexotherapy, pharmacopuncture, bioresonance therapy, magnetotherapy are successfully applied. The complex of therapeutic measures necessarily includes vascular therapy, sometimes anti-inflammatory drugs and antidepressants.

Syndrome of the vertebral artery. Effects.

In the process of development of cervical migraine, an unfavorable outcome is quite possible, which is expressed by organic pathological disorders of the brain tissues. In this case, there may be atactic disorders, violation of articulation, nausea, vomiting. In the case of prolonged vascular spasms, development of a state of persistent ischemia may occur. In such situations, sudden falls occur, while the patient is conscious and can stand up independently in a few minutes. Sometimes there are fainting conditions that go faster when the patient is in a horizontal position. Such seizures are most often caused by paroxysmal ischemia of the brain.

Parasympathetic syndrome refers to emergency conditions that threaten the life and health of the patient. That is why it must be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner.