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Cervical spondylosis and ossified posterior longitudinal ligaments

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Symptom of cervical spondylosis and ossified posterior longitudinal ligaments

The first symptoms are numbness in the arms or hands and pain in the neck or shoulders. Fine movements with the hands gradually become more difficult, and they have less strength. As the condition gets worse, walking becomes difficult, and patients need to hold on to a handrail when climbing stairs. With further progression, they become unable to walk or use the toilet by themselves.

In most cases, the symptoms progress gradually, but sometimes an incident such as a fall may cause them to become rapidly worse, although this is rare. If the pressure on the spinal cord is very severe, a minor fall or similar event may compress the spinal cord to the extent that it becomes impossible to move the arms and legs, and caution is therefore required.