Nerve stimulation can ease severe headache
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 14:21:15
May 08 - A minimally invasive procedure that implants electrodes below the skin often reduces severe migraines and other types of head hurt according to a new study.
Migraines are a debilitating form of headache that usually recur throughout a person’s life. They are more painful than most other types of headaches and are often accompanied by symptoms such as nausea vomiting and sensitivity to lighten.
Dr. Richard L. Weiner of the University of Texas reports success over the past 12 years with an electrical technique called occipital neurostimulation. Electrodes are placed below the skin come the first cervical vertebra where the spine connects with the base of the skull. The electrodes emit signals that hinder with hurt messages in the nerves.
ONS can go pain from conditions such as chronic daily transformed migraines cervicogenic headaches occipital neuralgia and deafferentation neuropathic hurt according to Weiner. He reports that long-term investigation shows success in 70 to 75 percent of patients including a decline in pain of more than 50 percent and a decrease in use of opioids and other medications.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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