How To Get Rid Of Nerve Pain With Brachial Plexus Surgery
Brachial nerve plexus is a nerve plexus of 4–8 cervical and 1 thoracic spinal nerves. It is responsible for controlling the movement of the shoulder, arm, and hands. Many people mistakenly believe that only athletes and people engaged traumatic professions face the lesions of the brachial plexus. Schoolchildren who are forced to wear heavy knapsacks with textbooks can have this problem.
Long-term chronic pain in the shoulder joint, shoulder plexitis, humerus pericarditis, etc are caused by many factors and make the people’s life a living hell. So, what is the solution to the problem? The simple answer is- Brachial Plexus Surgery. Let’s discuss this topic in detail.
Main Causes of shoulder Girdle Injuries:
- A shoulder injury
- Sudden sharp stretching until the rupture
- Birth injury
- Paraplegic paralysis (In children)
- Women can be a victim of this problem if they lie with a raised pelvis and lean on the shoulders during gynecological operations
- Small cell lung cancer at an early stage of life
- About 15% of patients experience pain in the brachial plexus after a course of radiation therapy, and
- Inflammatory-allergic shoulder injury after immunization.
Main symptoms of the disease:
- Weak pain in the shoulder caused by certain movements of the hand
- A restriction of movement in the joint, making it impossible for you to get the hand far behind your back or pull it up and touch the spine with your knuckles
- Severe pain when you raise your arm upward or rotate the straightened arm around your axis
- Sometimes there is a slight increase in body temperature and
- You suffer from insomnia; the general condition of the body worsens.
Preparation for the operation:
Brachial Plexus Surgery is performed with the help of neurostimulators (special devices), ultrasound-control and anesthetics. In the beginning, surgeons identify the necessary nerve bundles that need to be blocked and inject medicines into the fiber surrounding the nerve. The amount of drug should be more than 40ml.
Operation Procedure:
The success of the operation depends on surgeons. This operation must be conducted only by experienced doctors in consultation with their peers. During the operation, the patient is placed on his back. Doctors treat the injection area and protect the adjacent areas with sterile textiles. The doctor on special signs determines the place of the forthcoming injection. Successful anesthesia is reflected by the loss of coordinated limb movements and a feeling of heaviness in the hands of patients.
The patient may experience sensations at the injection area. When doctors insert the needle, soreness or discomfort is experienced by the patients as the venous blood comes out. Due to use of anesthetic drugs, bursting, fever, heaviness is faced by the patient. In most of the cases, the duration of unpleasant effects lasts only for a few seconds.
Possible Complications:
- Nervous disorders
- Mental illness
- Infection in the anesthetic area
- Increased bleeding
- Allergic reactions to anesthetics
- Hypotension
- Anemic conditions
- A systemic toxic reaction
- Pneumothorax
- Damage to the superior laryngeal nerve
- Lung diseases and
- Bradycardia or a sharp drop in blood pressure
All these complications can easily be done away with the help of doctors. So, after the operation, stay in the hospital and receive the required medical treatment for speedy recovery.
Doctor’s recommendations to prevent this disease:
- Go for swimming, yoga, running, skiing
- Avoid hypothermia, heavy physical exertion, sudden movements of the hand as far as possible
- Sleep on an orthopedic mattress
- Keep your back straight when walking, working at a computer, driving a car
- Do put extra pressure on the spine and shoulders,
- Eat more fruits, vegetables, cereals, beef, poultry, fish, dairy products regularly
- Avoid eating fried, fatty dishes, canned food, spicy seasonings as far as possible
- limit alcohol consumption and avoid stress and
- Don’t smoke.
Final Words
Pain in shoulder and back should not be taken lightly, even if they are in the early stage. Just lead a healthy life to uproot the problem from the root. With the help of Brachial Plexus Plastic Surgery, you can easily get rid of nerve pain.
