- What is Calcification of the Neck?
This term "calcification of the neck" among the public means, in the eyes of doctors, new bone formations or In medical terms, they are “osteophytes”, “epin”s.
So why do these bone formations appear?
These are the vertebrae. It is a solution found by nature to the pain caused by excessive mobility, medically known as "instability". In other words, nature is trying to find a solution similar to modern medicine's fusing of bones with screws and rods, that is, "fusion", "instrumentation" as doctors call it, or "platinum surgery" as it is called among the public. Sometimes, similar excessive ossification may occur due to the deterioration of the systems that regulate the calcium rate in the body.
However, these new bone formations compress the nerves, resulting in "canal narrowing", "spinal stenosis" or It can also cause complaints similar to >"cervical disc herniation"
Ultimately, there is no other solution than cleaning these bones, that is, surgery. Of course, the surgery that needs to be performed can sometimes vary from simple and harmless closed surgeries to open and complex surgeries; In other words, the patient may also need platinum surgery.
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