News PTSD Surgery

[anthony]

I found this quite interesting as a treatment method to assist in the reduction of symptoms for severe sufferers. As it states, whether medically safe or not, that will no doubt be tested further.

According to the Veterans Adnministration, 10 to 20% of veterans returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post traumatic stress disorder-- PTSD

A team at Walter Reed Army Medical Center studied two soldiers with PTSD. One served in Fallujah and the other in the first Gulf War. Both were being treated unsuccessfully with drugs for more than a year. And both suffered adverse effects of the medications


Each patient was given an injection near a group of nerves in the neck. It' s called a stellate ganglion block or SGB, a 10 minute procedure using a local anesthesia. Such nerve blocks have been used to treat chronic pain and other ailments for decades


The Walter Reed team found that the SGB treatment was successful. Both patients experienced immediate, significant, and durable relief


While the scope of the study was limited, it confirms earlier research on the use of nerve blocks to treat PTSD. Further clinical trials are needed, but could offer relief for thousands of PSTD sufferers.


Whether this procedure is safe and can help patients with PTSD remains to be proven in a clinical trial


Source: WDIO.com

 

[Nicolette]

Wow.....if it is proven to be safe and successful that would be awesome for so many here! Lets hope their studies progress positively.

 

[cherryblossom]

Wow! Where do I sign up?!

 

[amethist]

I hope they find in time that it does work, there will be so many sufferers who will be breaking doors down to get this if it does.

Amethist