Patient's question:
Our neighbor Aunt Ma's little grandson has recently been experiencing chest tightness and chest pain, which are not very severe. I don't know what's going on. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor said it's this condition. What should we do? Can congenital posterior fossa cerebellar herniation syndrome be treated?Doctor's answer:
Hello, this symptom is a congenital posterior fossa malformation with an unknown cause, resulting from early embryonic developmental disorders. The main lesions involve the obstruction of the Magendie foramen and Luschka foramina in the fourth ventricle, and it is also seen in congenital hydrocephalus, where there is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid either within the ventricles or externally.Acupuncture treatment primarily involves initial needle insertion or short-term stimulation, after which the limbs can be detached from the needles for 20 to 30 minutes once adapted. Before each session, the skin needling technique should be applied to the Jiaji points, followed by repeated squatting movements until the skin becomes flushed. For those with reduced urine output, non-shrinking limbs, and cold limbs, moxibustion, silver paste, and Guanyuan acupoint moxibustion should be used, each lasting 5–10 minutes. To enhance the therapeutic effect, traditional Chinese medicine can be applied to the child's head.