Be alert to symptoms and seize the opportunity of treatment.
Motor neuron disease is a group of chronic progressive degenerative diseases, which mainly damages the anterior horn of spinal cord, the motor nucleus bridging cranial nerve and pyramidal tract, and the paralysis caused by upper and lower motor neurons is the main manifestation. If we can find the symptoms of motor neuron disease in time, we can not only avoid the further threat of the disease, but also grasp the opportunity of treatment and get health as soon as possible.
Common symptoms of motor neuron diseases are as follows:
1, usually begins with weakness of the small muscles of the hand, and the muscles gradually shrink, which can spread to one or both sides, or spread from one side to the opposite side. At the same time, muscle atrophy spread upward and gradually invaded the forearm, upper arm and shoulder strap. Muscle strength is weakened, muscle tension is reduced, tendon reflex is weakened or disappeared. Muscle bunching is common, which can be confined to certain muscle groups or widely existed. It is easy to induce by slapping with hands.
2, hoarseness, atrophy of tongue muscles, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, saliva outflow, coughing when eating or drinking water, difficulty breathing, and difficulty expectoration.
3. Patients with upper motor neuron type are mainly characterized by weakness, tension and ineffective movements. Experts pointed out that because the lesions often invade the lower thoracic spinal cord tract, the symptoms start from both lower limbs and then spread to both upper limbs, of which both lower limbs are the most important.
4. Unilateral or bilateral hand weakness with obvious tremor and thenar muscle atrophy.
5. Muscle atrophy of upper limbs and scapula, 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 neuron disease is not treated for a long time, it will lead to limb contracture, deformity, joint stiffness, gradual loss of body motor function, leading to bed rest, which will bring great burden to families. Early detection and timely treatment can control the deterioration of the disease in time.
How should motor neuron diseases be treated
Facing the threat of symptoms of motor neuron disease, treatment is very important. However, although there are many methods to treat motor neuron diseases at present, most of them mainly relieve symptoms, which can not completely eliminate the root cause, but only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.
1, drug therapy: mainly drugs to improve symptoms, suitable for patients with mild illness. Generally speaking, the principle of medication is as follows: patients with increased muscle tension can use antispasmodic drugs to relieve stiffness; Anticholinergic drugs can be used for patients with fatigue and excessive saliva secretion; Patients with respiratory tract infection can use antibiotics; Patients with heavy psychological burden and emotional instability can be given antidepressants and anxiolytics to improve their mood. In addition, adrenocortical hormone also plays a role in this disease.
2. Non-surgical treatments such as massage, physical therapy, passive exercise and stent application are used to prevent limb contracture: Motor neuron disease is a neurodegenerative disease, and surgical treatment is ineffective or even aggravates the condition. Therefore, patients can cooperate with appropriate activities, but excessive exercise, improper rehabilitation and physical therapy will aggravate the condition and should be carried out under the orders of doctors.
Chinese Medicine Coping with Motor Neurons
Although many studies have put forward the hypothesis that chronic virus infection, abnormal immune function, genetic factors, heavy metal poisoning, nutritional and metabolic disorders, environment and other factors can induce motor neuron diseases, they have not been confirmed. The TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment of limb paralysis is called "flaccidity", and "flaccidity means that the foot is flaccid and can't move, such as flaccidity and abandonment". The root cause is deficiency of both liver and kidney, and exogenous pathogenic factors invade the "lung-heat leaf coke", which makes the kidney water more deficient, so the water does not contain wood, so the oxygen consumption is fine, the bones and muscles are dystrophy, and the veins are not harmonious, resulting in the symptoms of this disease.
The first step is to strengthen the spleen and stomach: the qi and blood of the human body are transformed from the spleen and stomach into food, so the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow. The five elements of the spleen and stomach belong to the soil and belong to the middle energizer, and * * * bears the heavy responsibility of transforming qi and blood, so the spleen and stomach are both "biochemical sources of qi and blood", and it is believed that the qi and blood of human body (equivalent to what we call energy) are all transformed from food by the spleen and stomach. It is also said that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow and the foundation of human survival. Spleen governs transportation, which means that the spleen has the physiological function of transforming Shui Gu (food and drink) into fine substances and transferring them to the whole body. Make the human body have good absorption ability, complete the digestion, absorption and fine distribution of food and drink, smooth blood circulation, sparse joints, strong bones and muscles, and strong limb movement.
The second step is to supplement the "homology of liver and kidney": liver and kidney are closely related, liver stores blood, kidney stores essence, and essence and blood coexist. Under normal physiological conditions, liver blood should be nourished by kidney essence. Kidney essence depends on the continuous supplement of liver blood, and liver blood and kidney essence are mutually transformed. The essence and blood are all derived from the absorption of Shui Gu subtle by the spleen and stomach, so it is called "the essence and blood are homologous". The deficiency of spleen and stomach function is mild or the transport ability is acceptable, which can take into account the deficiency of liver and kidney, and can also be carried out simultaneously according to the patient's personal situation and physique.
The third step is to restore healthy qi, strengthen the foundation and strengthen the body's immunity: there are two sentences in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine: "Healthy qi exists inside, and evil cannot be done", and "evil combination leads to qi deficiency". "Righteousness" is the resistance of the body. Motherland medicine attaches great importance to the "healthy qi" of the human body, and believes that under normal circumstances, as long as the healthy qi of the human body is vigorous, such as normal function, abundant qi and blood, and solid defense of qi, it will defend against the invasion of external evils and is not easy to get sick.