What is apoplectic facial paralysis

summary

The symptoms of stroke are various, such as some physical inconvenience, hemiplegia, some language disorders, and some facial convulsions. In fact, this is the manifestation of facial stroke and facial paralysis. In addition to facial convulsions, patients may sometimes have facial features deformation, such as crooked corners of the mouth. Facial stroke convulsions have a great impact on patients' life How to treat it? In fact, filiform needle therapy is good, but it needs to take different acupoints by stages. Let's share the relevant knowledge.

What is apoplectic facial paralysis

First: generally in the acute stage, i.e. within one week of the onset of the disease, at this time, the treatment should focus on local less acupoints and distant acupoints. Shallow needling and weak stimulation should be used, and cathartic method should be used. When external pathogens invade the meridians and cross pathogen contention, shallow needling should be used, so the first course of needling should be shallow and light. Strong stimulation should be avoided, and electro acupuncture should be used cautiously

Second: after a period of treatment, when the disease is in the recovery period, that is, within 1 week to 1 month of onset, acupuncture treatment is mainly local, combined with acupoint selection along the meridians, which is the most critical period of treatment. At this time, the stimulation intensity can be increased, and laxative method, local point oblique needling or penetrating needling can be selected

Third: the last is the sequelae period, which generally refers to the onset of 3 months to more than half a year. In this period, the symptoms of patients are relatively severe, so for severe and intractable diseases, deep needling, through acupoints or electroacupuncture should be given to increase the amount of stimulation, and according to the symptoms of symptomatic acupoint selection, combined with a variety of therapies, to improve the symptoms are still effective

matters needing attention

Pay attention to daily care, avoid blowing cold air, wash your face with cold water, eat stimulating food and so on, which will affect the curative effect. You can also massage your face daily to help you recover.