" Though it was a depressing and fatalist diagnosis, it didn't appear uncommon. My closest male friends, also former competitive athletes, had all started creaking and groaning after age 30. The aches were turning into surgeries, small training injuries had become chronic pain, and we all recognized the pink elephant in the room: it was going to get worse. Much worse. For me, the straw that broke the camel's back was a series of high-dose prednisone prescriptions and epidural injections in 2009. It started with an innocuous shoulder impingement. MRIs showed no shoulder issues but uncovered cervical spine degeneration in five discs. "This is something you'll just need to live with" was the concluding remark, delivered with an inappropriate smile, from a spine surgeon who works with NHL and NFL teams. None of his recommended drugs or injections would x the problem. They were nothing more than Band- Aids designed to mask symptoms, to dull the senses
eraldatud. Väline kiht liibub vastu lülisambalülisid ning sisene kiht ümbritseb seljaaju või pehmet kesta. Välise ja sisese kihi vahel on ajuvedelikuga täidetud tühik. Selle tühiku ladinakeelne nimetus on cavum epidurale. Sellel tühikul on teatud osa traumaatiliste verejooksude ja anesteesia korral. Koljuõõnes puudub kõvakelmet ümbritsev epiduraalruum. Sellele vaatamata räägitakse kõvakelme ja kolju vahelise verejooksu korral epiduraalsest verejooksust. Epidural – dura mater’i vastu liibuv Ventriikel – vatsake Ajuvatsakeste süsteem Ajuvatsakesed ehk ventriiklid kujutavad endast kesknärvisüsteemis asuvaid tühikuid, mis on täidetud ajuvedelikuga (liquor cerebrospinalis). Peale vatsakeste on pea- ja seljaajus teisigi tühikuid, mis on täidetud ajuvedeliku e liikvoriga (liikvortühikud). Ajuvatsakesi on neli, neist I ja II vatsake suurajus on külgvatsakesed. Vatsakestevaheliste
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