Can cervical spondylosis cause headache symptoms?

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2025-05-23 03:42:03 Views: 20 times

Cervical spondylosis can cause headache symptoms. Cervical spondylosis belongs to clinical degenerative disease, according to the cause of disease, can be divided into nerve root type cervical spondylosis, spinal cord type cervical spondylosis, vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis and sympathetic type cervical spondylosis, of which vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis due to degenerative proliferation, resulting in vertebral artery stenosis, cerebral blood supply deficiency can show dizziness, headache clinical symptoms; Sympathetic cervical spondylosis due to degenerative hyperplasia segment instability and other factors, stimulate the sympathetic nerve endings around the vertebral body, most patients show symptoms of sympathetic nerve excitation, a few patients show sympathetic nerve inhibition, clinical symptoms can include dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, arrhythmia, palpitation, chest distress and shortness of breath.

Can cervical spondylosis cause headache symptoms?



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