How is brachial plexus neuritis treated

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Paralytic brachial plexus neuritis is also known as neuralgia atrophy. The cause of it is not very clear. It may be related to infection, allergy and so on. Its main manifestations are pain, weakness and muscle atrophy of your shoulder girdle muscle. Brachial plexus neuritis is more common in adults, often in a cold, or after surgery, acute or subacute onset, the performance of one side of the neck, there are a few bilateral. Numbness and weakness of scapula or superior rectus muscle, muscle atrophy, proximal heavy, distal light, obvious tenderness in supraclavicular and infraclavicular fossa or armpit.

How is brachial plexus neuritis treated

First: if it is acute, brachial plexus neuritis patients, then it should rest, you can bend the elbow broad-band suspension in the chest to treat. Such patients can also carry out local physical therapy, such as wax therapy or ultrashort wave, and so on, all have good results.

Second: Patients with brachial plexus neuritis can also use adrenal corticosteroid hormone, which has the effect of detumescence and pain relief. It is recommended that prednisone can be taken orally. You can also use neurotrophic drugs, including citicoline, vitamin B1, etc.

The third is nerve block therapy, using 5% lidocaine to block brachial plexus and cervical sympathetic ganglion. You can also inject desamethasone into the brachial plexus. If the pain is more severe, you can take carbamazepine orally.

matters needing attention

Usually to appropriate exercise, to maintain a good state of mind, avoid anger or depression, or in a state of excitement, often to maintain a good mood, open-minded, usually diet must be rich in nutrition and light. If there are neurological symptoms and signs, then we should solve the cause as soon as possible, improve the neurotrophic function, in order to enhance the physique.