Can nerve pain be cured?

Even today when modern medicine is so advanced, the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain is still not particularly clear in clinical medicine. Since nerve pain can cause severe pain to the human body, many people find it unbearable when it occurs. Especially the pain in the brain nerves can cause splitting headaches. Can neuropathic pain be completely cured by medical means?

Clinical treatment

There are many treatments for neuralgia, which can be roughly divided into two types: non-invasive and invasive. Non-invasive treatments include medication, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, physical therapy, etc. Suitable for patients with short illness course and mild pain. It can also be used as a supplementary treatment to invasive treatments. Invasive treatments include surgery, injections, and radiofrequency thermocoagulation.

Acupuncture therapy is very effective in treating neuralgia. If the pain is severe, 5 to 10 acupuncture treatments may be effective.

Family treatment measures

Active prevention

Learning how to sit, stand, and carry things correctly is the best way to prevent various types of neuralgia. Some different physical therapy methods can help you learn how to move properly to prevent pain attacks, and you can discuss treatment methods with a trained therapist.

Massage with an ice pack

Massaging with an ice pack can interrupt the transmission of signals along the nerve pathway and replace them with temperature signals, which can relieve pain.

Grow a beard

Men with trigeminal neuralgia can grow a beard to cover their face to avoid cold, as cold sometimes triggers pain.

Acupressure

Pressing the Hegu point on the large intestine meridian located between the webs of the thumb and index finger can relieve facial pain. Use the thumb or index finger of your right hand to press the point on your left hand for one minute, and then press your right hand. Do not use this point if you are pregnant.

To relieve chest and upper abdominal pain, you can press the Jianshi point of the pericardium meridian. Place your thumb between the two bones of the upper limb about 2 finger widths away from the center of the inner side of the wrist. Press hard 3-5 times for 1 minute, and then repeat the press on the other side. Pressing the Waiguan point can help relieve pain in the upper body. Place your thumb on the middle of the front end of the upper limb, 2 thumbs' width away from the wrist joint. Press for 1 minute, then repeat pressing on the other side, 2-3 times each time.

Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables

Patients should drink plenty of water and avoid stimulants such as coffee, soda, and cigarettes. Eat more beneficial foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and grains.

Eat more oats

Regular consumption of oats improves the overall condition of the nerves. Chopped oatmeal can be brewed in warm water for 2 minutes and filtered to become a tonic. Drink 1-4 grams a day. To relieve skin itching, wrap oatmeal in fine cotton cloth and hang it under the shower head, and take a bath with the water rinsed with oatmeal.