Tuberculosis is a chronic respiratory infectious disease that, once diagnosed, requires prompt treatment.
Drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis mainly include isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, sodium p-aminosalicylate, etc., these drugs have certain side effects and adverse reactions, which will make patients have symptoms such as peripheral neuropathy caused by drugs.
"Acupuncture can effectively alleviate local pain, numbness or paresthesia caused by peripheral neuropathy, promote nerve regeneration, and is an effective means to accelerate nerve regeneration and improve the recovery of nerve function." On December 15, Zhang Zhiming, deputy director of the Rehabilitation Treatment Center (Pain Department and Rehabilitation Department) of Hunan Chest Hospital, introduced.
Recently, the department relieved the pain of a patient with peripheral neuropathy caused by long-term use of anti-tuberculosis drugs through personalized traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment.
"A month ago, I was so numb that I couldn't sleep for one night, but after the comprehensive acupuncture treatment of the rehabilitation center, I can finally sleep until dawn." Chen Dan (pseudonym), who was treated at the rehabilitation center, said gratefully.
Chen Dan is a native of Linxiang, Hunan. Two years ago, she was found to have drug-resistant tuberculosis during a physical examination, and received anti-tuberculosis treatment according to the course of treatment in the drug resistance specialty of Hunan Chest Hospital, and her condition improved significantly compared with before.
However, what Chen Dan did not expect was that more than two months ago, there were symptoms such as numbness, cold pain and discomfort in her legs below the knees, especially in her big toes, and the symptoms of numbness were particularly obvious, which made her feel uncomfortable all night.
During this period, she took medicine and used folk remedies, but the effect was not ideal.
"I thought it wasn't a big deal, so I asked my family to find me a home remedy, but I didn't expect it to have any effect." Chen Dan said.
In November this year, when Chen Dan came to the hospital for a review, he told his attending doctor about his situation.
According to her description of her condition, the doctor suspected that it was caused by long-term use of tuberculosis drugs, and in a subsequent review, it confirmed the doctor's inference that Chen Dan was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy caused by drugs.
Considering Chen Dan's condition, the doctor organized medical staff from relevant departments of the hospital to consult with him.
Peng Dinggui, a doctor at the rehabilitation treatment center, learned about Chen Dan's condition and medical history and recommended that he receive personalized traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment.
After receiving Chen Dan's approval, in order to better help her alleviate discomfort such as leg numbness and cold pain, the rehabilitation treatment center formulated personalized Traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment plans such as acupuncture, limb pressure, and acupuncture point application for her.
Through 4 systematic treatments, Chen Dan's numb, cold and uncomfortable feet were greatly relieved.
"The patient's course of illness is short, timely medical treatment, through acupuncture and other comprehensive treatment can solve these problems very well."
Zhang Zhiming introduced that while treating diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer, it is often caused by the toxic side effects of drugs, peripheral neuropathy, numbness and discomfort at the end of the limbs, which belongs to the category of atrophy in traditional Chinese medicine, and can nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish blood and tendons, and dredge meridians through acupuncture.
Zhang Zhiming said that pain will interact with the disease, pain will not only bring physical discomfort and psychological impact to people, some local pain can not be timely and correct control, but also may form a stubborn refractory pain disease.
Therefore, if the body is in pain and discomfort, it should seek medical treatment in time and treat it dialectically to avoid long-term illness.
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Hunan Medical Chat Special Author: Yu Xiaoyu, Hunan Chest Hospital
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