The medulla oblongata paralysis can use acupuncture treatment

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China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Cerebrovascular disease morbidity is high, the medulla oblongata paralysis (also called bulbar paralysis) is a kind of complications after a stroke. Heilongjiang university of Chinese medicine affiliated hospital, director of the second two ward SunYuanZheng acupuncture professor said that in the lower end of the brain stem the medulla oblongata brain, belong to the part of the central nervous system. With the medulla oblongata attack people usually pronunciation difficulties, speak not clear, can't easily swallow food, so that the food especially liquid food choked.

        The medulla oblongata paralysis in stroke (stroke) in patients with higher incidence, etiology, including multiple cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage with cerebral infarction, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, the brain stem empty disease, the skull base arachnoid inflammation, myasthenia gravis, etc. Many patients eat suffocate suffocate, the nutrition supply difficulties, often to insert the tube; Because of doctors, family communication has obstacles, often make depressed patients; And serious illness because involves difficulty breathing, had to breathe on machine; And about half of those who are in no reason, difficult to control of the strong strong cry smile attacks.

        SunYuanZheng said that at present in clinical, Chinese acupuncture society will be available for the medulla oblongata paralysis acupuncture treatment alone the characteristics of disease, not only its curative effect affirmation, and often can be available. Its principle is in the throat, tongue body, neck and other neighboring place to find out. Through the acupuncture points and nearly department nerve stimulation point, can make of the destroyed neural reflex arc to set up, and the function of nerve tissue lesions to step up.

        The specific methods to see, the domestic widespread use of the item with the method of TiZhen needle ministries. Traditional Chinese medicine in heilongjiang sophomore court acupuncture two ward as an example, through the acupuncture bilateral wind pool, supply of blood, "Ming acupuncture point to improve vertebrobasilar arteries supply of blood; Cooperate with bilateral swallowing, LianQuan, the way JinJin, cure choke point, local irritation management of swallowing and pronunciation muscles. With facial paralysis, add "wind, to warehouse, buccal car acupuncture point; Accompanied by chewing obstacles and express, ophthalmic acupuncture point contents; With the strong strong cry smile, and god court, curve is bad, the five place acupuncture point; With body paralysis, add QuChi, shut, and the valley, HouXi, HuanTiao, YangLingQuan, foot three mile, hang a bell, the chivalrous streams, such as emmeniopathy acupuncture point.

        At the same time, the experts according to the principle of TCM syndrome differentiation, add brain begin to fill kidney essence, benefit qi and activate blood circulation, eliminating phlegm to validates several groups of acu-points, to enhance the curative effect. If the patient temperament depression, desirable, god of court, YaMen, "wind and other acupuncture point; Kidney essence virtual kui add kidney yu, three Yin/acupuncture point; The debility blood stasis and close yuan, the foot, three mile acupuncture point; Qi stagnant resistance and LianQuan, FengLong bladder, such as sun hole. The use of these acu-points, can directly with technique, many can get satisfactory effect.

        Acupuncture operation, also need to pay attention to art; method: the wind pool acupuncture point between the micro down, to penetrate into the 1.5 inch laryngeal tuberculosis direction; Blood supply to puncture point about 1.5 inches, stab to the opposite lip place; Swallowing acupuncture point to the handle gently and pushed open the common carotid artery, acupuncture towards the three points, twisting turns 5 ~ 10 seconds after a needle; LianQuan acupuncture point, and the way JinJin point of cricoid cartilage and base of tongue, to the 1.2 "thorn direction, twisting turns 10 seconds after a needle. Add in the local area with equal acu-points, every time 30 minutes, can enhance the curative effect.

        SunYuanZheng points out, as the ball after stroke paralysis is one of the complications, so for stroke the heal itself also is very important. Stroke is qi deficiency in within, on the basis of LaoJuan in internal injuries, anger, sorrow is hushed into dads scoffing thick flavour, and hobbies such as alcohol and tobacco incentives, and then cause viscera imbalance between Yin and Yang, qi and chaotic, the straight ChongFan inverse brain, into the brain attack resistance or blood pulse overflow pulse caused by brain outside. So the clinical treatment of the medulla oblongata paralysis, should cooperate with some eating stasis tongluo, blood circulation, flat liver Yang formulas of the dive, medicine and can strengthen the needle curative effect.

        For patients to the medulla oblongata paralysis, early should promptly swallowing function rehabilitation training, this time they have not forget his own swallow habit, and swallow muscle group also did not appear with atrophy of waste. Before and after the training, physicians to recover any psychological counseling, in order to reduce the patients psychological burden. Family members to do the oral nursing, strengthen oral cavity mucous membrane, tongue and masticatory muscle massage, repeatedly urging its pronunciation movement, can improve the swallowing the activity ability of muscles. At the same time, strive to make they successfully with feeding, swallowing every link, reduce aspiration pneumonia, asphyxia, malnutrition the risk of complications.

        SunYuanZheng special emphasis on, can eat the medulla oblongata of active paralysis patients, and from a few food began to paste is given priority to, before swallowing breathe in and then breathless, swallow the food again expiratory. And in the feed a former, check the patient's mouth is empty, dry food should become soft with again after feeding, after feeding let patients take sitting position 10 to 15 minutes, bedside sputum suction device for, in order to have urgent need. According to the calculation of heat daily need sugar, fat and protein quantity, protein to total energy 15% ~ 30%, 25% ~ 30% of fat and carbohydrate 55% ~ 60%, can choose the food have rice, porridge, eggs, pork liver, green vegetables, carrots, food should be processed into paste, but shall not be too thin, in case after feeding reverse flow, cause people to suffocate and lung infection.