J’ai traité une veille dame en acupuncture pour une inflammation sévère du gros orteil récemment. La diagnostique médicale était la goutte. La goutte est une maladie qui se manifeste généralement par de l’arthrite dans une seule ou dans quelques articulations. Elle résulte d’une élévation chronique du taux d’acide urique dans le sang, un état appelé hyperuricémie. Les crises de goutte apparaissent de façon soudaine.
Ce patient a eu l’inflammation et la douleur depuis au moins trois semaines. Elle a eu la difficulté à marcher dans la salle de traitement, donc j’ai lui aidé. La douleur et rougeur étaient ciblé dans le gros orteil, mais le fait de marcher plus sur le côté externe du pied pour protéger le gros orteil a donné la douleur dans le genou aussi. J’ai palpé plusieurs points sur les jambes et sur les mains pour voir si elle a eu des points sensibles. J’ai lui demandé en ce moment si elle a eu la douleur seulement lorsqu’elle était debout ou si elle l’a eu même au coucher. Elle m’a répondu que la douleur était continue. J’ai lui demandé si elle a eu la douleur maintenant, et elle m’a répondu que la douleur a disparu! Donc, juste le fait de palper certains points d’acupuncture a enlevé la douleur! J’ai traité les mêmes points d’acupuncture avec les aiguilles. (Pour votre information, je ne mis jamais les aiguilles directement sur la région inflammée. J’utilise les grands points qui aident à diminuer l’inflammation et les points qui libèrent les méridiens touchés.) Après un traitement, elle a eu une amélioration de 75%. Après deux traitements, la douleur et la rougeur était complètement parties. Elle est venue une troisième fois juste pour assurer que la douleur a bien dispersé. J’ai lui consulté à faire une analyse du sang pour vérifier le taux d’acide urique dans le sang.
Je trouve que ce cas démontre comment l’acupuncture est très utile pour les cas de l’inflammation. L’acupuncture peut aider d’une façon importante et immédiate les inflammations qui même ne réponde pas aux anti-inflammatoires. Je connais plusieurs chiropractien(ne)s et ostéopathes qui réfèrent souvents les patients chez l’acupuncteur(e) si l’inflammation du patient est trop élevé.
I recently treated an elderly woman with acupuncture for a severe inflammation of her big toe. The medical diagnosis was gout. Gout is a disease that generally manifests from arthritis in one or a few joints. It results from a chronic elevation of uric acid in the blood stream. The severe pain from gout can appear suddenly.
This patient had inflammation and pain for at least three weeks. She had difficulty walking into the treatment room, so I helped her. The pain and redness was in her big toe, but because she was walking on the outside of her foot in order to protect her toe, she also had pain in her knee. I palpated many points on her legs and on her hands to see if any of the points were sensitive. I asked her if she had pain only when she was standing or if she also had pain while lying down. She answered that the pain was continual. I asked her if she had pain right now. She then answered that actually she didn’t have any pain at the moment. Just palpating and touching the acupuncture points where enough to stop the pain! I treated the same acupuncture points with needles. (For your information, I never insert needles directly into the inflamed area. I use acupuncture points that are known to help treat inflammation, as well as points that help to liberate the meridians that are affected by the inflammation). After one treatment, she felt 75% better. After two treatments, the pain and redness was completely gone. She came for a third treatment just to make sure that the pain was completely gone. I advised her to have a blood test done to check the level of uric acid in her blood stream.
I find that this is a good example of how useful acupuncture is for inflammation. Acupuncture can really help immediately calm inflammation, even inflammation that doesn’t respond to anti-inflammatory medication. I know many chiropractors and osteopathes who often refer their patients to an acupuncturist if their patients inflammation is too severe for them to treat.
I recently treated an elderly woman with acupuncture for a severe inflammation of her big toe. The medical diagnosis was gout. Gout is a disease that generally manifests from arthritis in one or a few joints. It results from a chronic elevation of uric acid in the blood stream. The severe pain from gout can appear suddenly.
This patient had inflammation and pain for at least three weeks. She had difficulty walking into the treatment room, so I helped her. The pain and redness was in her big toe, but because she was walking on the outside of her foot in order to protect her toe, she also had pain in her knee. I palpated many points on her legs and on her hands to see if any of the points were sensitive. I asked her if she had pain only when she was standing or if she also had pain while lying down. She answered that the pain was continual. I asked her if she had pain right now. She then answered that actually she didn’t have any pain at the moment. Just palpating and touching the acupuncture points where enough to stop the pain! I treated the same acupuncture points with needles. (For your information, I never insert needles directly into the inflamed area. I use acupuncture points that are known to help treat inflammation, as well as points that help to liberate the meridians that are affected by the inflammation). After one treatment, she felt 75% better. After two treatments, the pain and redness was completely gone. She came for a third treatment just to make sure that the pain was completely gone. I advised her to have a blood test done to check the level of uric acid in her blood stream.
I find that this is a good example of how useful acupuncture is for inflammation. Acupuncture can really help immediately calm inflammation, even inflammation that doesn’t respond to anti-inflammatory medication. I know many chiropractors and osteopathes who often refer their patients to an acupuncturist if their patients inflammation is too severe for them to treat.
