Cervical spondylosis syndrome - dizziness, high blood pressure: "Vertebral artery type" cervical spondylosis
Medical record:
The patient is a 60-year-old man who had fainted twice before. He received treatment at a hospital in Foshan, China. The doctor diagnosed him with... "Hypertension" and "Meniere's syndrome" refer to fainting spells of unknown cause. In Hong Kong, this is called...
He was diagnosed with "ear fluid imbalance." The doctor prescribed many blood pressure medications, but his blood pressure remained unstable, causing him frequent dizziness, lethargy, and requiring him to rest in bed until his symptoms stabilized. He often experienced cyanosis (blue lips), nausea, and vomiting. Recently, his condition worsened, with him frequently fainting suddenly; this had happened twice already, causing great concern for his family. The elderly man went to the hospital again for further examination, but the treatment was ineffective. The doctor simply increased the dosage of his blood pressure medication. Having no other option, the old man sought help from our clinic and specially invited me to travel by boat to Shunde to treat him.
During the examination, I noticed the elderly man's face was extremely pale and swollen. I took his pulse and listened to his heart, discovering his blood pressure was indeed very high. Examining his spine, I found his cervical and lumbar vertebrae were excessively straight, lacking sufficient physiological curvature. Palpating his neck, shoulders, and back revealed his muscles were very tense and inelastic. Then, pressing on his cervical spine, I found a hard nodule and tenderness at the second cervical vertebra. This indicated a deviation in the second cervical vertebra, compressing the vertebral artery, leading to insufficient blood supply to the brain, causing high or unstable blood pressure, resulting in headaches, dizziness, and in severe cases, even fainting. Clinically, some patients have also suffered strokes or tinnitus due to this cause.
After identifying the cause, I immediately diagnosed the elderly man with "vertebral artery type" cervical spondylosis. Treatment for this condition must target the cervical spine. Therefore, I used manual repositioning techniques. First, I relaxed the stiff muscles in his neck, back, shoulders, and lower back. Then, I used acupuncture on the "bladder meridian" points on both sides of the cervical spine to unblock the meridians. Finally, I corrected the deviation of the second cervical vertebra, relieving the compression symptoms. After the treatment, the elderly man's headache symptoms immediately disappeared, his complexion became rosy, he regained his energy, felt relaxed, and his vision improved significantly. That evening, after returning home, his blood pressure returned to normal, and he no longer needed to take antihypertensive medication. This proves that as long as the diagnosis is correct, the treatment is not complicated.
Clinical manifestations:
1. Dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting, positional vertigo, or postural fall.
2. Deafness, tinnitus, and difficulty moving the tongue.
3. Abnormal blood pressure; if blood supply is insufficient for a long period, symptoms of damage to the cerebellum and occipital lobe of the cerebrum may appear.
Source: *The Complete Book of Pain* by Zhang Yong
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