Treatment of Hepatic Myelopathy, Four Common Therapies

Hepatic myelopathy is a complication of liver disease, which is a disease of the nervous system. The patient's liver function will be reduced, and upper gastrointestinal bleeding will recur in many patients. It requires timely treatment, and liver transplantation can be performed in severe cases.

1. Treatment of Hepatic Myelopathy

1. Reduce the generation and absorption of intestinal toxins

2. Promote the metabolic removal of toxic substances and correct amino acid metabolic disorders

3. Treatment of spinal cord disease

Intrathecal injection of dexamethasone can prevent demyelination of the spinal pyramidal tract, and its short-term efficacy is acceptable. On the basis of protecting the liver, acupuncture, physical therapy, massage and Chinese medicine can also achieve varying degrees of improvement. Intravenous injection of breviscapine combined with acupoint injection.

4. Liver transplantation

Liver transplantation is an effective method for treating various end-stage liver diseases. Various stubborn and serious complications can be significantly improved after transplantation. Liver transplantation can fundamentally eliminate the cause of hepatic myelopathy and is beneficial for prevention and treatment. However, for patients who have already developed spastic paraplegia of the lower limbs, most scholars believe that it cannot improve their nerve damage. Weissnbom et al. recently reported on the follow-up of 3 patients after liver transplantation. The symptoms of myelopathy were significantly improved in all patients, and the degree of improvement was positively correlated with the time interval between the onset of myelopathy and liver transplantation. They believed that early detection and diagnosis of the disease and timely liver transplantation are necessary.

2. Food and taboos for patients with hepatic myelopathy

Foods that have anti-spinal cord tumor effects include silkworm pupae, centipedes, scorpions, geckos, snakes, pangolins, seahorses, oysters, sandworms, and day lily. Foods that can relieve tumor-induced nerve root pain, such as toads, frogs, crabs, mussels, pomfret, tiger fish, etc. Foods with diuretic and laxative effects, such as duck meat, carp, apples, snails, sesame, figs, plums, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, millet, mulberry, day lily, kelp, and seaweed. Foods that reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, such as shiitake mushrooms, white fungus, black fungus, day lily, walnuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, kiwi fruit, sheep blood, pig blood, goose blood, chicken blood, lotus seeds, mung beans, coix seed, crucian carp, herring, sturgeon, shark, plum, almonds, bergamot, etc.

Avoid irritating foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, chili peppers, cinnamon, leeks, etc. Avoid moldy or burnt foods such as moldy peanuts, moldy soybeans, and burnt pork. Avoid greasy, fried, smoked, pickled, cured, pickled, and overly salty foods. Avoid smoking and drinking.