Saratoga Springs Acupuncture analgesia is a procedure for the removal of pain by acupuncture. This process enables the body to lose the sensation of pain by stimulating certain points as the patient goes through an operation or surgery fully conscious. Countless studies and applications have shown that acupuncture analgesia is 100% safe. Millions of surgeries that have used acupuncture analgesia have been done in China and the US none of which led to a fatality. Acupuncture analgesia does not produce any side effects. This prevents any incidents related to conventional anesthesia to occur. Acupuncture analgesia cannot lead to complications such as respiratory tract infection, gastrointestinal dysfunction, abdominal distension and retention of urine. It is very useful for elderly patients because their weakened body makes them prone to side effects caused by conventional anesthesia. Since acupuncture regulates the physiological health of the individual, vital statistics such as blood pressure, pulse and respiration during surgery remain relatively normal in most cases. After the operation, the vital statistics still remain normal, resulting in immediate restoration of appetite and ambulatory ability and the prompt healing of wound.
During operation, the patient under acupuncture analgesia can communicate with the surgeons. This helps the surgeon better assess the situation as the operation progresses. Acupuncture analgesia does not require any high tech equipment to help monitor pain progression. The patient himself is the gauge of how the surgery is progressing. Acupuncture analgesia can be performed in the most sophisticated hospital operating room setting and in a setting bereft of the most modern medical technology with still the same benefit and effect on the patient. Acupuncture analgesia was discovered in China during the 1950‘s. Countless research have been done to explain this phenomena. With 60 years of research, many conclusions and results have been recorded. Because of its fundamental perspective on the intangible aspects of nature, acupuncture has baffled Western medical science to figure out how it works and how to harness and manipulate it. So there are still many unanswered questions. Its mechanics have been recorded with many studies still to be done to draw a complete explanation of this procedure. Acupuncture analgesia has the ability to up the threshold of pain and endurance. Still, there are patients who suffered from incomplete analgesia and muscular stiffness usually occurring in stomach operations. In this type of situation, the application of small amounts of drug anesthesia or inserting some acupuncture points with needles will alleviate the pain and distress of the patient undergoing a stomach operation. With most operations; however, acupuncture analgesia is safe and effective. Even in open-heart surgery, the patient remains conscious and communicating with the surgeons. The patient needs to be in a relaxed and comfortable state in order to be given acupuncture anesthesia. Acupuncture analgesia will not be 100% effective on patient who is unable to remain calm and composed.
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