Forced prone position

Introduction Forced prone position: In order to reduce the tension of the back muscles, take a prone position.

Cause

Found in spinal diseases.

an examination

Related inspection

Spine flat film

Symptoms: cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis. Main symptoms: can not stand upright, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, memory loss, neck and shoulder pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, weakness of the lower limbs, severe cases may lead to paralysis.

Auxiliary inspection:

1. Spinal X-ray film.

2. cT, MRI.

3. Tomography, computed tomography (cT), nuclear magnetic resonance (MRl), myelography, other cerebral blood flow maps, electromyography, evoked potentials, etc. as functional tests.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of forced prone position:

(1) Compulsive squatting: In short-distance walking or other activities, due to dyspnea and palpitations, the distance between the body position and the knee position is taken to relieve the symptoms.

(2) Compulsive lying on the face: The prone position can relax the back muscles and be seen in spinal diseases.

(3) Forced sitting position (sitting breathing, orthopenea): sitting position, hands on the knee or supporting the bed, so that the diaphragmatic muscles decrease, the lung volume and the lower limbs return to the heart, the blood volume is reduced, the burden of the heart is reduced, and the heart and lung dysfunction are seen. .

(4) Forced lateral position: pleural inflammatory disease patients are more unilateral to the affected side, mainly to relieve chest pain; a large number of pleural effusion patients with multiple sided to the affected side is mainly to reduce breathing difficulties.

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