There are various symptoms in diseases of the spine. The person may experience stiffness, limitation in movement and deformity, but the pain takes on the greatest importance due to the discomfort and disability experienced by the sufferer.
The vertebrae are the bones that protect the spinal cord. Each vertebra has a thick, drum-shaped area in front called the vertebral body. Between the vertebrae are spaces that allow nerves (nerve roots) to pass from the spinal cord to other parts of the body.
What is anterolisthesis?
In anterolisthesis, the superior vertebral body is abnormally positioned compared to the vertebral body below. More specifically, the upper vertebral body slides forward over the lower one. Slippage often occurs as a result of bone fractures.
The amount of slippage is rated on a scale of 1 to 4. Grade 1 is mild (20% slippage), while grade 4 is severe (100% slippage).
Symptoms
Symptoms can vary depending on whether the slip is enough to compress the nerve roots (the part of the nerve that leaves the spinal cord to connect to other parts of the body) that go from the spinal cord to other parts of the body. In this case, the symptoms will be different depending on where the affected area is located.
Symptoms may include movement or trouble feeling sensations (such as hot, cold, pain, etc.), loss of bowel or bladder control, pain, and poor posture.
Diagnosis
A doctor will take the patient’s medical history and perform a physical exam, including checking the patient’s reflexes. X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will also show slippage of the vertebrae.
Role of homeopathic treatment
The role of homeopathy lies in the fact that it can restore the lost balance in the human body, which is in a state of disease. Homeopathic remedies act on the psychoneuroendocrine axis. In other words, it stimulates the human body, which in turn will take care of the disease.
So the first step in treatment is a correct medical history. The human body is a complex network and the human mind can play an important role in defining any disease. So we have to know the emotional nature in detail all the events that have occurred that have affected the patient have to be mentioned in detail.
Patients must give all the details avoiding any conflict. The emotional aspect, the intellectual achievements, any conflict should be explained as best the patient can. As it is important to know the causal factor that has caused the present situation
In homeopathy, symptoms are listed in a book known as a repertory. (It is an index of symptoms and the remedies that can cure that symptom are noted.)
So, if we take, for example, the previous chapters of any repertory and look up the symptoms of the patient, we can get the exact symptom or a similar expression and the remedies that are listed against these symptoms have the ability to cure them.
In addition to this, we have sophisticated homeopathic software, which helps to go through the huge database and find the correct expression of the disease.
If we consider a remedy, say Calcarea flur, in this remedy we find the symptoms of joint erosion, joint cracking, destruction is as if the subject of the remedy.
At the mental level the patient is very aggressive, choleric and destructive. So this remedy has the ability to act on diseases that have progressed to the level of destruction (degenerative diseases) and when administered in the indicated case it will relieve the patient both physically and mentally.
So we have to understand that homeopathic remedies act at a very deep level and if the line of treatment is handled properly we can obtain surprising results.
As anterolisthesis is a mechanical disorder in advanced cases where the patient has to undergo surgery, in such cases homeopathic medicines will help in speedy recovery. It will also help relieve pain.