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

Treating Dystonia with Acupuncture - Neck Becoming Stabilized

One day when I observed at the clinic, a first-time patient said that he had seen his neighbor’s peculiar illness being cured. He asked her which doctor had been so skillful as to be able to cure her illness. He then came to know that she had been cured by the Chinese doctor Chong-Kai Wen, so this patient came here for a visit. Out of curiosity, I asked him what peculiar illness his neighbor had contracted. He said that he didn't know and had been too embarrassed to ask her. However, he saw that she helped out at her father's breakfast cafe everyday. Previously when she worked, she had always used one of her hands to hold her face, but now, surprisingly, she was able to work with both her hands! This immediately jogged my memory – it’s the patient who had contracted a peculiar illness and had to hold her face with her hand all the time. That illness was called spasmodic torticollis, one that was very tough to treat.

    跟診的某天，有位初診說看到鄰居的怪病好了，很驚訝，趕緊問是哪個醫師那麼厲害，得知是給"溫崇凱中醫"看好的，就趕緊過來了。我好奇問他，鄰居是甚麼怪病？他說不知道也不好意思問，只是看她每天在她爸爸早餐店幫忙，工作時都用一隻手扶著臉，現在竟然可以用二隻手在工作！我一聽馬上回憶起該患者，這個需要時刻用手扶臉的怪病，就是難纏的痙攣性斜頸 (spasmodic torticollis)。

    痙攣性斜頸是肌張力障礙(dystonia)最多的一種，所以dystonia也指痙攣性斜頸。頸部所有肌肉都會連累到，多數以胸鎖乳突肌(頸部雙側前面)、斜方肌(頸部雙側後面)、與頭頸夾肌(頸後背倒三角形)的收縮最明顯。根據頸部肌肉受累程度，臨床可分為四種痙攣：旋轉、前屈、後仰、側孿；後續在跟診期間看到的，都以旋轉型居多，也就是頭繞身體縱軸向單側強直性旋轉的痙攣。如果是抽動性旋轉，則稱為陣攣。