Patient's question:
I am usually a meat-eater and hardly eat vegetables. However, I get all my vitamins from taking 21 different vitamin supplements. Recently, due to feeling unwell, I went to the hospital for a thorough check-up. The doctor told me that my stomach pain is due to neuritis around the lower left abdomen. Hello, what is this condition and how is it treated?Doctor's answer:
Peripheral neuropathy accompanied by true infection or inflammation is primarily characterized by demyelinating changes in the peripheral nerves, manifesting as distal, bilateral sensory and motor as well as autonomic nerve dysfunction. Regarding treatment:1. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine are often integrated. Large doses of B vitamins, potassium cyanocobalamin, vitamin B1, and orotic acid are commonly used.
2. Acupuncture, massage, and physical therapy are employed to alleviate symptoms.
3. The Chinese herbal medicine utilizes herbs such as Poria, Ligusticum, Carthamus tinctorius, Persicae Semen, Cinnamon Twig, Epimedium, Clematis, Gentiana, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Scorpion, Buthus, and Pseudoscorpion to invigorate qi, activate blood circulation, and unblock meridians.