helped for swallow problems with acupuncture

by dr win Huang

acupuncture can help these patients who result from neuromuscular disease or obstructions. especially for these problems which include brain injury, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke. we have practised and studied the problem in acupuncture for many years, we choose good points in acupuncture for swallowing problems due to neuromuscular disease.

we are helping one case who is a 7-month girl, she can not swallow herself, so the doctor put a tube from her mouth to her stomach for food.

her swallowing problem is the reason that she could not breathe in labour for about several minutes, doctor treated her breath with electrotherapeutics, and then she can swallow milk. if mum feeds milk from the mouth, she will vomit it, so the doctor thinks that her brain has a big injury due to labour.

we are helping her with acupuncture, we hope that she can swallow herself in future. acupuncture three sessions a week, about 30 minutes one session. choose head acupuncture and special points.

we will tell the result after treating for one month.

Swallowing problems (dysphagia) happen before food reaches the oesophagus and may result from neuromuscular disease or obstructions. Patients experience difficulty starting a swallow; food goes down the wrong pipe, or there is choking and coughing. This may result in poor nutrition or dehydration, aspiration (which can lead to pneumonia and chronic lung disease) or embarrassment in social situations that involve eating. Conditions that may cause oropharyngeal dysphagia include Alzheimer’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, Zenker’s diverticulum, cervical osteophytes or other obstructions.

 

I have done acupuncture for 31 yrs, I got a doctoral degree in acupuncture from a Chinese university in 1995, and I had acupuncture work experience in a big hospital in China, and I have the Chinese medicine clinic in Mt Albert Auckland NZ from 2002, so if you would like to choose an acupuncturist to fix your problem, please come to my clinic, you will have an excellent choice.

If you would like to make an appointment please call us on (09) 8150518 or visit us at 1054 new north road, mt Albert. if you require more information you may e-mail us at hwenchuan@sina.com

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