George Hwang Acupuncture Clinic

18/03/2021

Difficulty swallowing - suspected sequelae of covid-19?
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A 50-year-old lady came to see me for treatment. She had always been healthy, but she suddenly felt that her body was not right since August of last year. She felt extreme discomfort in her stomach, due to swelling and clogging, and felt that the food could not reach her stomach while eating. She even said that his belly looked oily. Additionally, she suffered from loss of taste and smell, breathing problems, chest tightness and other symptoms.

Her family doctor thought it should be a covid-19 infection, but after 4 or 5 tests, she did not find COVID antibodies. Her family doctor also found this strange. She said that she had taken many kinds of medicines in the past few months, and would take any medicines as long as the doctor told her to take them. Her current nucleic acid test was negative, indicating that she is safe and can come to the clinic for medical treatment.

Presently, the reason for her visit is that she was that she was extremely tired and felt that her brain was foggy. She felt that her breathing could not reach her lower lungs, her lung capacity has deteriorated, and she had difficulty swallowing. As a result, she was stuck drinking water. She also had poor appetite and felt her neck was swollen, had difficulty falling asleep, and felt her sleep was shallow and low quality. However, the image reports of the family doctor, internal medicine, and otolaryngology department all returned normal. She only had some inflammation of the vocal cord.

Because her main discomfort was difficulty in swallowing and breathing, the acupuncture treatments I used were scalp acupuncture, ear acupuncture, back acupuncture, Dong's acupuncture method and meridian acupoints, especially around her neck, except for the scalp and ear needles. After some consideration, I used acupuncture for thyroid disease for treatment. After all the needles were placed, I ask her to try taking a deep breath. She felt that the air she inhaled reached the lower part of her lungs, and swallowing her saliva felt much smoother. I then requested her to observe the quality of her sleep that night after returning home.

PS. There are currently reports showing the sequelae of this type of swallowing and is indicative of COVID-19.

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/swallowing-difficulties-and-voice-problems-after-coronavirus.html

You may have problems swallowing and using your voice when recovering from COVID-19 (coronavirus). Read how to treat these problems and home and when to get help.

18/03/2021

PSAC，COVID ‘long-haulers’
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12/19/20 Update: The patient's Fatigue has improved. She has more energy to deal with daily chores, but her mental concentration has not improved much. Additonally, memory needs to be improved. So this time, her treatment is supplemented with the same treatment for dementia via acupuncture.
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The Caucasian female patient who was seeing me explained that she had come down with covid-19 twice before (why she failed to acquire antibodies, she doesn't know). The last time she became ill was about three months ago, and she subsequently had another nucleic acid test last month, which proved to be negative for the virus, indicating that she would not spread it to others.
But, her current condition was diagnosed by Western medicine as a "post COVID-19 long hauler". That is, her body after recovering from covid-19 had many sequelae. According to current surveys, about 50% to 80% of the recovered patients will have these problems. As far as her symptoms were concerned, she had the following problems: extreme fatigue, inability to concentrate (brain fog), pain in the lungs and abdomen, irregular heartbeat, and sometimes an abnormally fast heart rate.
She didn't have a solution in Western medicine, so she had the first acupuncture treatment of her life last week. This week was a follow-up visit. She was very excited to share with us her physical condition after acupuncture treatment this week. "Fatigue has improved a lot." "More able to focus." I took her pulse, and it was obviously smoother than last week. I was also surprised that she could improve so much after only one acupuncture treatment. Perhaps it was because her body is not exposed to too many drugs, so her mind and body were actually very pure and clean. Now she also hopes that the number of treatments per week can be increased to speed up the pace of treatment. This is a very special case, hereby recorded.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-tragedy-of-the-post-covid-long-haulers-2020101521173?fbclid=IwAR2GAlAiV0txtZxXhvb2W6P7jGIoFX86GqsBltRdGH6oIpddKIwsMSvJ5yw

28/01/2021

The curious old lady with Parkinson's disease ———————————-
An old lady came to the specialist clinic of UEWM on Tuesday. I heard that she specifically asked the doctor to explain to him in detail. She was diagnosed with "Parkinson's disease" after seeing a western doctor by video chat, and she was a little worried about getting worse.

Before she saw me, I thought how deep she wanted to know those details? “How is acupuncture treatment? “

This old lady with white hair came here alone. She herself had already researched some information on the Internet. So in addition to explaining the effects of dopamine to her, I explained to her how Chinese medicine treats different types of Parkinson's disease, and then the main treatment methods. I use scalp acupuncture and ear acupuncture to treat neurological diseases like Parkinson's disease. Especially for the conduction of motor nerves.

Obviously, I can see that her middle finger and index finger of right hand tremble. She also mentioned that her legs are not good, and her walking is not so stable, which is wobbling.

At first, I asked her to write her name on white paper. She complained that now because of the tremor of her fingers, writing the last "y" cursive of the name is not easy. The treatment is to put needles on the movement area of ​​the fingers and legs on the scalp, the finger area of ​​the ear, and the area corresponding to the cervical nerve, and then ask her to keep the needle for an hour.

After removing the needle, I asked her to write her name again. She said it was obvious that she could write "y" smoothly. She said the improvement before and after the needle is by at least 20%. In addition, I asked her to go for a walk in the clinic. After returning from a small circle, she was pleasantly surprised to find that her walk was smoother.

When she checked out at the clinic, she was looking forward to the next treatment three days later.
Fighting!

05/10/2020

The old drowsy man
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An old man had a minor car accident six weeks ago
Only the sheet metal was slightly dented in the car accident
He was not in big trouble
Only a knee bump
I then asked
“Is your neck uncomfortable due to being shook violently? “
He stopped for a while before replying "No!"
Why did I ask this?
Because whiplash is often caused by car accidents
There will be many unpredictable sequelae
Why did this old man come to see a doctor? Because he has been dizzy everyday from 4 to 6 pm
He was extremely groggy
But when I saw him (11 o'clock), there was no discomfort
I also looked at his tongue and pulse
For this unexplained dizziness, Acupuncture is the best treatment

The old man came back at Oct. 3
Was very happy to report that since the afternoon of the first visit, dizziness improved by 80 to 90%
Seeing that elderly patients can be improved by acupuncture
I am very happy too
*Disclaimer: Results are not guaranteed and vary from person to person