Electronic Aspirin
For people who suffer from migraines, cluster headaches, and
other causes of chronic, excruciating head or facial pain, the "take two
aspirins and call me in the morning" method is useless. Doctors have long
associated the most severe, chronic forms of headache with the sphenopalatine
ganglion (SPG), a facial nerve bundle, but haven't yet found a treatment that
works on the SPG long-term. A technology under clinical investigation at
Autonomic Technologies, Inc., (Redwood City, CA) is a patient-powered tool for
blocking SPG signals at the first sign of a headache.
Aspirin often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches
and pains, as an antipyretic to reduce fever, and as an anti-inflammatory
medication. This system not use aspirin as treatment but electric signal to
block the pain.
The system involves the permanent implant of a small nerve
stimulating device in the upper gum on the side of the head normally affected
by headache. The lead tip of the implant connects with the SPG bundle, and when
a patient senses the onset of a headache, he or she places a handheld remote
controller on the cheek nearest the implant. The resulting signals stimulate
the SPG nerves and block the pain-causing neurotransmitters.
This is advantage
to patients, because if you use real aspirin, it has side effect which are
cause gastrointestinal ulcers, increase risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, and other complication such as nausea and so on.
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