Changjiang Daily Wuhan Client March 28 (Correspondent Xie Jingzheng Chen) 58-year-old Ms. Yuan suffers from anxiety and insomnia for a long time. She sleeps at most two or three hours a night, and takes medicine and physical therapy repeatedly. It is still invalid, and work and life have been seriously affected. On March 21, she went to Tongji Tianyou Hospital/Wuhan University of Science and Technology Affiliated Tianyou Hospital for insomnia. After diagnosis and treatment by Director Lei Gang, Deputy Chief Physician Wang Xiaoping, and Physician Zhang Shuijie of the First Ward of Neurology Department, stellate ganglion block was performed on her.
Patient is undergoing stellate ganglion block.
During the operation, under the guidance of fluoroscopy, from positioning, disinfection, drape, puncture to the successful completion of the block, the whole process took 10 minutes. Ms. Yuan had no special discomfort during the operation, and the operation was successfully completed. After the treatment, Ms. Yuan felt that it was easier to fall asleep and her insomnia was improved. In order to consolidate the treatment effect, the hospital will carry out a one-course block program for Ms. Yuan.
Director Lei Gang introduced that after a lot of repeated treatment and observation by neurologists, stellate ganglion block plays an important role in improving the sleep quality of patients. This treatment method can not only treat intractable insomnia, but also solve many common discomforts and diseases in people’s daily life, such as headache, insomnia, juvenile acne, women’s dysmenorrhea, menopausal syndrome, hand sweating, allergic rhinitis, etc. It has a wide range of indications, covers a variety of diseases, and has few side effects and is simple and easy to operate.
Stellate ganglion block may be an option for patients with long-term insomnia or those who do not get much improvement with medication. Before surgery, some routine tests such as neck physique, blood routine and coagulation function are required. According to the standard course of treatment, the vast majority of patients can obtain long-term sleep improvement.