According to the survey, motor neurone disease is a neuromuscular disease. Its occurrence often causes patients to suffer from hoarseness, nasal sounds, coughing when drinking water, difficulty swallowing and salivation, etc., which seriously affects the normal life of patients. Therefore, treatment is very critical in the face of the threat of motor neuron disease.
Be alert to symptoms and seize the opportunity for treatment
Motor neuron disease is a group of chronic progressive degeneration that mainly damages the anterior horn of the spinal cord, the motor nuclei of the pontobulbar cranial nerves and the pyramidal tract. The main clinical manifestation of the disease is paralysis caused by damage to upper and lower motor neurons. If the symptoms of motor neurone disease can be detected in time, not only can the disease be prevented from becoming a further threat, but the opportunity for treatment can also be grasped and health can be achieved as soon as possible.
The common symptoms of motor neuron disease are as follows:
1. It usually starts with weakness and gradual muscle atrophy of small muscles in the hands, which can affect one or both sides, or start from one side. It starts on one side and then spreads to the opposite side. At the same time, muscle atrophy extends upward, gradually affecting the forearm, upper arm and shoulder girdle. Muscle strength is weakened, muscle tone is reduced, and tendon reflexes are weakened or disappeared. Fasciculations are common and can be limited to certain muscle groups or widespread. They are more likely to be induced by tapping them with your hands.
2. Hoarseness, tongue muscle atrophy, unclear speech, difficulty swallowing, saliva leakage, choking when eating or drinking, difficulty breathing, and difficulty in coughing up sputum.
3. Patients with upper motor neuron type mainly present with limb weakness, tightness, and poor movement. Experts point out that because the disease often invades the corticospinal tract of the lower thoracic spinal cord first, symptoms first start with the lower limbs and then spread to the upper limbs, with the lower limbs being the most severe.
4. Unilateral or bilateral hand muscle weakness with obvious tremor and thenar muscle atrophy.
5. The upper limb muscles and scapular muscles atrophy, difficulty in raising hands, weakness in combing hair, spastic paralysis of lower limbs, slow walking, and scissor-like gait.
Patients with the above symptoms should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. If motor neurone disease is not treated for a long time, it will lead to limb contracture, deformity, joint stiffness, and gradual loss of body movement functions. This leads to bed rest and brings a huge burden to the family. Only with early detection and timely treatment can the deterioration of the condition be controlled in time.
How to treat motor neuron disease
In the face of the threat of symptoms of motor neuron disease, treatment is very critical. However, although there are many methods to treat motor neuron disease, most of them focus on relieving symptoms and cannot completely eliminate the root cause of the disease. They only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.
1. Drug treatment: mainly drugs that improve symptoms and are suitable for patients with milder conditions. Generally speaking, the principles of medication are as follows: antispasmodic drugs can be used to relieve stiffness in patients with increased muscle tone; anticholinergic drugs can be used in patients who are easily fatigued and have excessive salivation; antibiotics can be used in patients with respiratory tract infections; psychological Patients with heavy burdens and unstable moods can be given antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs to improve their mood. In addition, adrenocortical hormone also plays a certain role in this disease.
2. Use non-surgical treatments such as massage, physiotherapy, passive movement and brace application to prevent limb contracture: Motor neuron disease is a type of degenerative disease of the nervous system. Surgical treatment is ineffective and may even worsen the condition. Therefore, patients can cooperate with appropriate activities, but excessive exercise, inappropriate rehabilitation, and physical therapy will aggravate the condition and should be carried out under the instructions of a physician.
Traditional Chinese medicine deals with motor neurons
Although many studies have shown that lentiviral infection, immune dysfunction, genetic factors, heavy metal poisoning, nutritional and metabolic disorders, and environmental factors can induce movement. Hypotheses of neuronal disease, but none have been proven. In the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and treatment of limb paralysis, it is called "impotence", "impotence refers to the weakness of the feet and the inability to move, as if it means to abandon it." The root cause is the deficiency of the liver and kidneys plus the intrusion of external evils into the "lung heat, leaf scorch" and kidney water. Even more deficient, water does not cover the wood, so oxygen is consumed and the essence is injured, the muscles and bones lose their nourishment, and the veins are not harmonious and the symptoms of this disease appear.
The first step is to strengthen the spleen and stomach: the human body’s qi and blood are transformed from food by the spleen and stomach, so the spleen and stomach are the foundation of tomorrow. The five elements of the spleen and stomach belong to earth and belong to the middle burner. They are both responsible for the transformation of qi and blood. Therefore, the spleen and stomach are both the "source of qi and blood biochemistry". It is believed that the qi and blood of the human body (equivalent to what we call energy) are It is transformed from food by the spleen and stomach. It is also said that the spleen and stomach are "the acquired foundation" and the foundation of human survival. The spleen governs transportation and transformation, which means that the spleen has the physiological function of converting water and grain (diet) into essence and transferring the essence to the whole body.
It enables the human body to have a good absorptive capacity, able to complete the digestion and absorption of food and its subtle distribution, with smooth blood circulation, smooth joints, strong muscles and bones, well-developed muscles, and powerful limb movements.
The second step is to replenish the liver and kidneys. "Liver and kidneys have the same origin": There is a close connection between the liver and the kidneys. The liver stores blood, the kidneys store essence, and the essence and blood nourish each other. Under normal physiological conditions, liver blood depends on the nourishment of kidney essence. Kidney essence depends on the continuous replenishment of liver blood, and liver blood and kidney essence complement each other and transform into each other. Essence and blood are both derived from the essence of water and grain digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach, so it is called "the source of essence and blood". When the spleen and stomach function is relatively weak or the transportation and transformation ability is acceptable, the problem of liver and kidney insufficiency can be taken into account. According to the patient's personal condition and physical condition, one or two steps can be performed at the same time.
The third step is to repair the righteousness, strengthen the foundation and strengthen the body’s immunity: There are two sentences in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine: "the righteousness is within the body, and the evil cannot be affected." Qi must be weak." "Zhengqi" refers to the body's resistance. Traditional Chinese medicine attaches great importance to the "righteousness" of the human body. It is believed that under normal circumstances, as long as the human body's righteousness is strong, such as normal functions, abundant qi and blood, and strong defensive qi, the invasion of external evils can be defended and the disease is less likely to occur.