- Drug Pump in Spasticity Treatment
Spasticity is a medical term and means a contraction and hardening condition in the arms and legs that is painful and does not allow movement.
This condition may sometimes develop after head trauma or spinal cord trauma, and sometimes as a result of congenital anomaly or congenital disorder. In order to relieve these patients, muscle relaxant drugs need to be given several times a day and in high doses, over time; It may cause side effects such as dizziness, increased sleepiness and weakness in patients. In this case, a drug pump is attached to the patient.
In patients who are known to benefit from the drugs in question but cannot use the drug due to the high dose that needs to be given, and of course whose intelligence level is sufficient for rehabilitation, they are first given the drug in question directly to the spinal cord region, which is the source of the disease. We do a test.
If the patient sees a significant benefit, then under the patient's skin; We install a medication pump that can be programmed and controlled externally, into which the medication is filled with a needle every few months, and which can also be charged externally. These medication pumps are high-tech devices.
As a result, at least two-thirds of the patients experience reduced stiffness, especially in the legs; Significant improvement in quality of life can be achieved
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