The symptoms of spinal tuberculosis? Symptoms of spinal tuberculosis

by Symptom Advice on December 26, 2010

Of uncertainty. The patient fatigue, weakness, loss of appetite, afternoon fever, night sweats and weight loss and other symptoms of systemic poisoning. Occasionally a small number of acute exacerbation temperature around 39 ?, and more cold misdiagnosis or other acute infection. In contrast, No cases of fever and other symptoms mentioned above, only the sense of dull pain or radiating pain affected area is also often misdiagnosed as other diseases.

Second, the local symptoms

1, spine, limited mobility, along the spine Sudden pain with pressure, can have knock pain.

2, pain, pure pain, pain sense, activities and sports increased.

3, visible subcutaneous tumor-like streamer, iliac fossa abscess, and sometimes hip flexion deformity, fistula formation of holes around the occurrence of dermatitis due to stimulation.

4, according to the site of spinal cord compression level of a corresponding paralysis and paraplegia.

5, cervical and lumbar spinal deformity before the sudden disappearance of attention to whether the physical, physiological after thoracic whether the sudden increase. spinous process and whether the abnormal top-down highlight of each palpable, especially after the sudden angular limitations, this more common in spinal tuberculosis , and young vertebral epiphyseal rickets, ankylosing spondylitis, and poor posture after the conflict and a circular arc into the back is different. kyphosis, limited bending performance as the characteristics of spinal tuberculosis.

6, dull pain in the affected area with fever and other systemic symptoms occur more than the same time, in the event, the car shaking, coughing, sneezing increased, after bed rest to reduce; night pain increase, pain along the spinal nerve radiation, radiation to the upper cervical spine after occipital, radiating to the shoulder or under the arm of cervical, thoracic radiation along the first intercostal nerve, lower abdomen, often misdiagnosed as cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis and so on. 11 ~ 12 lower thoracic nerve along the buttocks radiating to the lower back or buttocks, Check this X-ray taken only when the lumbar spine film and more to the lower thoracic lesions are often missed. Lumbar spinal nerve plexus along the more radiation to the front of the thigh, even involve the back legs, often misdiagnosed as intervertebral disc herniation.

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