Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital deploys new technique to treat musculoskeletal diseases

Implementing the Ministry of Health's project 1816, E Hospital directly trained and guided 8 staff members in the form of "hand-holding and guidance".Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospitalwithin 3 months.

The transfer of training techniques between the two hospitals marks a close and sustainable cooperation, aiming at the goal of training high-quality human resources, thereby improving the quality of medical examination, treatment and health care for the people.Photo: Ngoc Anh

Arthritisis a condition in which the joints are inflamed, causing pain and swelling for a long time. Joint disease occurs at all ages, but mainly in the elderly because the structure of the joints changes a lot, the cells of the joints degenerate and become less flexible...

The hospital's doctors and nurses were instructed on the principles of diagnosis and treatment methods for each case by Associate Professor, Senior Doctor Dang Hong Hoa - a leading expert in the field of Musculoskeletal system and Master, Doctor Nguyen Tran Trung - Deputy Head of the Department of Musculoskeletal System, E Hospital when they directly examined patients in the patient rooms. Photo: Ngoc Anh

On average, every day, more than 60% of people visiting and receiving treatment at Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital suffer from diseases.musculoskeletal.

The case of Ms. Le Thi Dao (62 years old, in Tan Ky town, Tan Ky district) was hospitalized with knee pain, frequent numbness spreading from the knee to the foot, feeling very heavy and difficult to walk.

After being examined by experts from E Hospital and Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital, she was diagnosed with the disease.knee osteoarthritisBoth legs were assigned to perform fluid aspiration and joint injection techniques combined with acupuncture, acupressure massage, and traditional Chinese herbal steam baths for each area. After the treatment, the pain was significantly reduced. Ms. Dao happily shared: "I feel very happy, my legs feel lighter at night, I can sleep easily, and my feet are less painful...; I am very happy that the hospital has a new treatment method to help patients like us recover soon."

Leading experts practice joint injection and joint aspiration techniques for medical staff at Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital. Photo: Ngoc Anh

Patient Nguyen Trong Sy (53 years old, in Tan Xuan commune, Tan Ky district) was diagnosed with shoulder osteoarthritis in a condition where he could not raise his right arm, it was red and swollen, painful and made him sweat. Mr. Sy shared that for more than a month now, he has had continuous shoulder pain, and for the past few days he has not been able to raise his arm high, making it difficult to move, affecting his quality of life. In Mr. Sy's case, the doctor first prescribed joint injections to reduce pain and inflammation, then combined treatment with traditional medicine methods.

According to experts, intervening in the joint cavity will help reduce inflammation, relieve pain, supplement mucus, and increase synovial membrane; continuing to combine traditional medicine methods such as acupuncture, acupressure massage, regional herbal steam baths, and taking oriental medicine will stimulate blood circulation, increase blood flow, increase metabolism, fight inflammation, and relax muscles. Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital will promote the superiority of two methods of modern medicine and traditional medicine to treat musculoskeletal diseases, thereby not only thoroughly treating the root cause of the disease but also bringing higher and faster efficiency, with a low complication rate.

In particular, the technique of "Joint injection and peripheral joint aspiration" has been applied with good results in treating diseases such as: knee osteoarthritis; cervical and lumbar spondylosis; gout; periarthritis of the shoulder; disc herniation; osteoporosis; rheumatoid arthritis; ankylosing spondylitis; lateral epicondylitis of the humerus; infectious arthritis.

Joint injection and peripheral joint aspiration are techniques for injecting drugs directly into the joint cells; this technique must be absolutely sterile and performed in an injection room with sterile conditions. Photo: Ngoc Anh

Many people still mistakenly think that joint injection is the same as intramuscular injection, intravenous injection... and any doctor can perform this technique. Experts say that the rate of people with musculoskeletal diseases is increasing, regardless of gender and age, so the need to treat this disease is very high. However, treatment at unspecialized medical facilities has led to complications such as joint infection, joint stiffness, sepsis leading to joint replacement...

Therefore, to minimize risks and complications for patients, experts hope to equip themselves with adequate and in-depth knowledge to provide the best musculoskeletal treatment services at Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital.

During the 3 days of technology transfer, the hospital examined and treated more than 300 patients. Photo: Ngoc Anh

Also on this occasion, the team of doctors of Nghe An Traditional Medicine Hospital was trained by Associate Professor, Doctor, Senior Physician Dang Hong Hoa, and shared experiences in diagnosing and successfully treating difficult cases... to improve the professional qualifications and quality of human resources for the hospital's medical staff.

In the coming time, implementing Decision 1983/QD-TTg 2019 promulgating the Program for developing traditional medicine and pharmacy, combiningtraditional medicineand modern medicine by 2030, the Hospital will continue to promote the values ​​of traditional medicine with advanced techniques of modern medicine to build a leading traditional medicine general hospital in the North Central region, providing good and excellent services, ensuring the protection and care of people's health in the new situation.

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