疼痛有何治療？
疼痛有何治療？ What are treatments of “Pain” ? 作者: 歐陽淑賢 Author: Stephanie Au-Yeung 治療早期疼痛方法有： 消除疼痛根源 (如發炎) 是首要，還有藥物，物理療法如透皮神經電刺激來阻斷疼痛訊息於脊髓向上傳遞、針灸、冷敷，熱敷和按摩 (適用於非炎症引致的疼痛) 等。 The examples for treatment of early onset of pain includes: Treat the source or cause of pain (for example, inflammation) – this is highly important ，drugs such as narcortics, electro-physical agents such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to suppress the transmission of nociceptive signals from the spinal cord level to the brain, acupuncture, ice therapy, hot pad and massage (which are applicable to painful area without signs of inflammation), etc. 治療長期痛症 (如腰背痛)、或腦神經系統創傷 (如中風、三叉神經痛、截肢後的幻肢) 而導致的痛症，單靠鎮痛藥的效果未臻理想。研究顯示利用虛擬環境，甚致一面鏡子讓視覺將健肢的反照傳遞為模擬患體的狀態致大腦，或通過認知行為訓練，或用透髗磁力刺激、或適當的身體運動，都有助減退疼痛。 For chronic pain (e.g. low back pain), or pain associated with damage to nerves (e.g., stroke, trigeminal neuralgia, phantom limb pain), the therapeutic effect of drugs is suboptimal. Studies have shown that watching images that imitate the affected body in an environment such as virtual reality, or the mirror image of the sound limb when the mirror is placed in the side of the painful limb opposite to the sound limb, or using cognitive-behaviour therapy, brain stimulation or appropriate physical exercise could reduce pain. |
