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Cervical intervertebral disc degeneration and dizziness

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World J Clin Cases. 2021 Mar 26;9(9):2146-2152. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i9.2146.

ABSTRACT

Clinical studies have found that patients withcervical degenerative disease are usually accompanied by dizziness. Anterior cervical surgery can eliminate not only chronic neck pain, cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, but also dizziness. Immunohistochemical studies show that a large number of mechanoreceptors, especially Ruffini corpuscles, are present in degenerated cervical discs. The available evidence suggests a key role of Ruffini corpuscles in the pathogenesis of dizziness caused by cervical degenerative disease (i.e. cervical discogenic dizziness). Disc degeneration is characterized by an elevation of inflammatory cytokines, which stimulates the mechanoreceptors in degenerated discs and results in peripheral sensitization. Abnormal cervical proprioceptive inputs from the mechanoreceptors are transmitted to the central nervous system, resulting in sensory mismatches with vestibular and visual information and leads to dizziness. In addition, neck pain caused by cervical disc degeneration can play a key role in cervical discogenic dizziness by increasing the sensitivity of muscle spindles. Like cervical discogenic pain, the diagnosis of cervical discogenic dizziness can be challenging and can be made only after other potential causes of dizziness have been ruled out. Conservative treatment is effective for the majority of patients. Existing basic and clinical studies have shown that cervical intervertebral disc degeneration can lead to dizziness.

PMID:33850933 | PMC:PMC8017505 | DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i9.2146

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