溫氏現代針灸 溫崇凱中醫診所-耳針眼針頭皮針舌針權威-跟診日誌

Acupuncture - the only hope for Patients with SCA

Last Friday when I visit at the clinic of my master, the Chinese medicine doctor tsung-kai Wen, there was a male patient, whose gait was particularly careful when he walked into the clinic, as if he were very afraid of falling. When he started talking about his symptoms, he spoke with a lisp. He stated that he had been diagnosed with Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA) at the Veterans General Hospital half a year ago. In addition to the poor sense of balance, lack of hand-eye coordination and poor handwriting, he also suffered from blurry vision, impaired physical strength, drowsiness and fatigue. Since he worked as a mechanical technician, he needed to talk to his clients. However, what had troubled him the most was that, because his speech had slowed down and he lisped, his clients thought that he was drunk and gradually distanced themselves from him.

    上周五到我的老師溫崇凱中醫師診所跟診時，有位四十來歲男性患者，進診間時感覺走路步伐特別小心，好像有點怕跌倒的感覺，等一開口講主訴，有很明顯的大舌頭症狀，說自己在半年前於榮總確診為罕病小腦萎縮Spinocerebellar ataxia(SCA)，除了平衡感差、拿東西對不準、寫字愈來愈醜、還有視力變模糊、體力變差、嗜睡疲累等病症，因為他工作是做機械維修，需要跟客戶溝通，困擾的是，因講話變慢還有大舌頭，客戶以為他喝醉酒而不自覺敬而遠之，最為不勝困擾。

    雖然小腦萎縮在醫學上有遺傳基因，但該名患者表示無家族病史。患者吃力地逐字逐句表達其病症、病史，可以明顯感受到他心中不安。因為沒有家族史，很難接受自己罹病的事實，又因為還在盛年，很擔心罹病後失去工作能力，無法照顧妻小。