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Spinal diseases affect 70% of the world's population. Pain reduces social activity and leads to temporary disability. The process can occur in different parts of the spine. Often the cause of ailments is destruction of the lower back, which characterizes lumbosacral radiculitis.

What vitamins help with osteochondrosis?

One of the contributing factors in the appearance and progression of osteochondrosis is an unbalanced diet and improperly dosed physical activity. And if degenerative changes are already visible on an MRI of the spine or make themselves felt by back pain, a feeling of numbness or tingling in the extremities, a neurologist can prescribe vitamin therapy for you - injection or drip administration of B vitamins. A regimen of vitamin injections is developed individually depending on your needs , complaints and health status of each patient. So, to maintain muscles and muscle corset, vitamin B6 injections are given. This vitamin is also needed for the normal functioning of the nervous system, so when there is compression of the nerve roots, it is advisable to use drugs containing pyridoxine. Vitamin B1 injections have a positive effect on the functioning of the entire central and peripheral nervous system. Especially injections of this vitamin are beneficial for improving the functioning of the nerves responsible for nutritional processes in tissues. A neurologist will prescribe a course of vitamin B12 injections for the prevention and treatment of demyelination (the process of destruction of nerve cells and damage to the nerve sheath). In addition to B vitamins, vitamin D is sometimes prescribed for degenerative changes in the spine. Vitamin D or calciferol is a vitamin that determines the ratio of calcium and phosphorus in the body. The positive effects of vitamin D are still being studied. Thus, D-vitamin therapy is even used to prevent the development of cerebral atherosclerosis and slow down the aging of the body. The form of taking this vitamin is through the mouth (orally). These vitamins are produced in oil and water solutions. Thus, by undergoing inexpensive complex treatment with vitamins for osteochondrosis, the patient can reduce or completely eliminate symptoms such as:

• numbness in the limbs;
• tingling or nagging pain in the arms and legs.

What is sciatica?

A disorder in which inflammation and compression of the spinal nerve roots occurs is called radiculitis (radiculopathy). The most common types of lesions are:

• lumbar (less popular name - lumbago);
• lumbosacral – the most common.

They differ only in the location of the pain - closer to the sacrum of the spine or to the upper part of the lower back.

Sudden lower back pain usually appears after active movements and temporarily subsides after pain relief. Then, after a short period of calm, it arises again, and each time it becomes stronger and longer lasting.

B vitamins in the form of injections

B vitamins can be taken by mouth or orally, as well as parenterally or by injection. In order for the body to take the maximum dose of vitamins, neurologists recommend injecting them. Injections are usually performed in the gluteal muscle. You should know that vitamin injections are somewhat painful, so it is best to do them in a medical clinic. The treatment course of vitamins is 10-20 injections.

If you have such an opportunity, it is best to take vitamins by injection for medicinal purposes, since their bioavailability or absorption by the body is higher when administered by injection.

For neurological problems, it is vitamin injections or droppers that are used, since it is necessary that the maximum possible amount of the drug enters the body and immediately begins to act by combining with blood proteins. As already noted, the most important vitamins for spinal health are B1, B12, B6 and B9. To prevent diseases of the central nervous system with food, a person can consume them if he adds the following products to his diet:

• B1 (thiamine) is found in chicken, liver and grains.
• B6 (pyridoxine) is found in eggs, shrimp, oysters, tuna, ham, chicken, minced beef and lamb, liver, cottage cheese, cheese, and nuts.
• B9 (folic acid ) contains greens, bananas, avocados.
• B12 (cyanocobalamin) contains salmon, liver, lamb, shrimp, sardines, cod, tofu, kelp.

Technology of cervical spine blockade

If it is necessary to eliminate pain in the cervical spine, the patient is seated and asked to tilt his head forward. The medical worker disinfects the skin, and the doctor performing the procedure finds the inflamed vertebra and inserts a needle two centimeters from it 3–3.5 cm deep on one side or the other of the spine.

Compatibility of B vitamins in injections

B vitamins are antagonists, therefore, if you are prescribed drugs separately, and not in a complex, ready-made drug, they should be injected every other day. Otherwise, their effectiveness is lost. It is for this reason that B vitamins cannot be mixed in one syringe. Complex solutions work a little differently. Currently, pharmaceutical companies have learned to produce complex preparations of B vitamins, which contain special stabilizing substances that prevent the antagonists in the ampoule from being destroyed.

Technology for blocking the lumbar and lumbosacral spine

The patient lies on his stomach. The skin is treated with an antiseptic solution. The doctor finds the vertebral process in the area where pain is localized and inserts a needle 2-3 cm from the center line of the spine, always at a right angle. The drug is administered after the needle is immersed 3–4 cm. Typically, injections are made on both sides of the spine.

If it is necessary to numb the sacral region, the patient should lie on his side and pull his knees to his chest. This ensures an increase in the spaces between the processes of the vertebrae and increases the convenience of manipulation.

Vitamin B12 in neurology

A person should especially monitor the level of vitamin B12 in his body. The fact is that it is an important metabolic substrate for various biochemical reactions in the body. For example, this vitamin serves for the synthesis of red blood cells, enzymes, methionine acid, nucleic acids, and activation of blood clotting. The body takes vitamin B12 from food, and some of it is also produced by special bacteria in the intestines. The body's daily need for this vitamin is very small, but it is essential for the process of hematopoiesis and the healthy functioning of the central nervous system. B12 has the ability to accumulate in the human liver in reserve, so its deficiency is a very serious symptom of diseases such as anemia, damage to nerve tissue or polyneuropathy, stroke due to excess homocysteine ​​in the blood. If a person, for one reason or another, begins to lack vitamin B12, he suffers from systematic weakness, shortness of breath, loss of sensation in the limbs, a limping gait, “cotton leg” syndrome, memory deteriorates, and chilliness in the arms and legs may occur. Often the tongue is an indicator of a lack of vitamin B12 in the body. In a patient in such a situation, the doctor may observe a smooth, bright crimson, varnished tongue with atrophy of the papillae. In neurology, B12 deficiency leads to the fact that the nerve roots of the spine do not receive enough nutrition, and degenerative changes occur in the myelin sheath of the nerves. Due to a lack of vitamin, the membrane is poorly formed, the nerves begin to transmit information incorrectly, that is, they conduct impulses poorly, as a result of which a person loses sensitivity in the legs and arms. The consequences of an acute lack of vitamin B12 can lead to the development of paresis and complete paralysis. These are of course extremes, but still... Insufficient levels of vitamin B12 can also lead to stroke. This occurs due to excess levels of homocysteine ​​in the blood. As a result, the inner linings of the arterial vessels begin to collapse, and cholesterol begins to integrate into these lacunae, forming an atherosclerotic plaque. As a result of this, blockage of first small and then large vessels occurs, thrombus formation and, as a final result, myocardial infarction or stroke.

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What can cause the pathological condition?

Most often, radiculitis is a consequence of other pathologies of the spinal column, these can be: osteochondrosis, scoliosis, intervertebral hernias, malformations of the musculoskeletal system, tumors, osteophytes, injuries of the vertebrae and muscles. Inflammation may develop as a result of intoxication of the body after infectious and viral diseases (influenza, tuberculosis, meningitis).

Sharp pain symptoms in the back can occur after lifting weights, unsuccessful movement, a long stay of the body in a stationary state, or after hypothermia. The influence of stress, nervous overexcitation, age-related changes and bad habits (harmfully affecting the blood supply to the cells of the spine) cannot be ruled out.

Vitamin B6 and carpal tunnel syndrome

Sometimes it happens that a person wakes up with a feeling of numbness in the fingers. Neurologists call this condition tunnel syndrome. The cause of this disease lies in the wrist area, where there is a special canal (tunnel) through which the median nerve passes. It innervates the second, first and third fingers of the hand, and thanks to this nerve, these three fingers sense and carry out movements. In people with a certain type of activity, when the load is placed on the hand or the work is accompanied by vibration, the transmission of impulses along the median nerve is disrupted, and the fingers become numb as a result. To treat carpal tunnel syndrome, the doctor may prescribe a course of vitamin B6 injections and physical therapy. Using a needle, a drug containing B6 is injected directly into the tunnel, as a result of which inflammation, numbness and pain go away. Typically, for carpal tunnel syndrome, 3 to 5 injections are given, and such therapy has a very long-lasting effect.

Types of injections and features of their purpose

In the treatment of the pathological condition, drugs of various spectrums of action are used; at the same time, different types of injections for radiculitis can be chosen. They are divided according to the method of introduction into the body:

• intramuscularly (they are placed in most cases in the upper gluteal quadrant);
• intravenously (via the cubital vein);
• intraosseous (into the vertebral body, this option is prescribed in special cases);
• in the form of an injection into the membrane of the spinal cord (prescribed in particularly complex, severe cases);
• in the form of a pain blockade (an anesthetic is injected directly into the lesion).

The treatment method, type of injection and pharmacological groups of drugs depend on the patient’s condition and on what type of radiculitis is diagnosed: discogenic (an attack provoked by a pinched root) or infectious (developed as a result of an infection entering the body that has affected nerve tissue).

Important! To prescribe the most effective treatment, it is necessary to determine the cause of the pathology. This will quickly relieve pain and prevent relapse.

How to measure your B vitamin levels?

A deficiency of B vitamins can occur due to a number of reasons:

• nutritional deficiencies due to a strict vegetarian diet;
• problems with the absorption of vitamins in the intestines due to atrophy of the mucous membrane or diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• helminthiasis;
• Smoking and alcohol also reduce the level of B vitamins in the body.

You can measure your vitamin B12 and vitamin D levels with a simple blood test. A referral for this test can be issued by a physician, or the patient can do it independently at any medical clinic in St. Petersburg that provides laboratory testing services.

Final recommendations for patients

Treatment of any back disease is a whole complex of specific measures; it is not enough to know the name of injections for radiculitis; you need to clearly understand which of them will be effective in your case, what dosage should be administered, and what combination of them is permissible.

In addition, injections for radiculitis are not the only means of therapy; a number of measures are needed, including:

• physiotherapeutic procedures (electrophoresis, exposure to the inflamed area with pulsed ultrasound or dynamic currents, ultraviolet irradiation of the lumbar area, laser therapy, Ozokerite applications);
• wearing a medical corset;
• acupressure, acupuncture;
• special exercises from exercise therapy;
• sodium chloride or hydrogen sulfide therapeutic baths;
• spinal traction is also possible.

Radiculitis is characterized by a chronic course with periods of exacerbation, during which time the patient is recommended to remain in bed. For greater effectiveness, along with injections for radiculitis, medicinal products for external use are used (this can be Diclofenac gel, Virapin ointment and others).

Vitamin B17 and cancer treatment

Recently, scientists in search of a cure for cancer are increasingly paying close attention to vitamin B17 (amegdalin), which is found in flax seeds, millet and fruit seeds. Medical debate about the benefits and harms of this substance in the treatment of oncology does not subside. There are a number of studies that suggest that vitamin B17 helps in the fight against cancer. This opinion is shared by a number of medical specialists (American Dr. Krebs and Edward Griffin, Italian Dr. Guidetti), who consider cancer to be a disease caused by a lack of certain elements in the body. They claim that daily consumption of 7-10 apricot kernels prevents the development of cancer. And if cancer has already developed, then with dosed use of vitamin B17, tumor development decreases and the formation of metastases is stopped. But at the moment there are no generally accepted clinical studies confirming the therapeutic effect of vitamin B17 in the treatment of cancer. There are also a number of statements by the American oncologist Lester M Crawford that there is no scientific evidence that drugs with vitamin B17 (for example, laetrile) can cure cancer. Moreover, he believes that B17 is a dangerous compound that contains the deadly component cyanide. But, despite the skepticism of official medicine about the ability of vitamin B17 to help treat cancer, doctors do not give up attempts to study B vitamins as a promising group of substances in the treatment of cancer. Now active experiments are being conducted with vitamin B1.

Author: Telegina Natalya Dmitrievna

Therapist with 25 years of experience

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Contraindications to the procedure

A back block, even with severe pain, cannot be done if:

• bleeding disorders, in particular with hemophilia or the patient taking anticoagulants;
• infectious disease;
• myasthenia gravis;
• sick sinus angle syndrome;
• severe cardiovascular diseases;
• severe bradycardia, arterial hypotension;
• disruption of hematopoietic processes;
• allergies to novocaine or lidocaine;
• epilepsy;
• increased vascular tone;
• pregnancy and lactation;
• serious kidney disease;
• liver failure;
• mental disorders.

Also, the procedure is not performed on patients who are unconscious. Even if the patient has not previously experienced an allergic reaction to the drugs used, allergy tests are performed immediately before the blockade to determine sensitivity to them. For this purpose, the skin is lightly scratched with a scarifier and a drop of the drug is applied to this area. In the absence of redness, swelling and other signs of allergy, blockade injections using it are allowed.

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