Innovative treatment of anorexia nervosa in Shanghai hospital

reporter on February 21 was informed that the Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine affiliated with the RuijinHospitalthe successful use of chronic electrical stimulation in the past two years to treat anorexia nervosa, recently obtained the authority of the World Neuroregulation Association certification, the world's treatment of anorexia nervosa a major breakthroughFebruary 21st is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, more than 20 neurotic anorexia patients recovered from neuro-control surgery together in RuijinHospital, with functional neurosurgery medical staff, taste the former "unapuded" cuisineBean sand filling, meat filling, shrimp filling, walnut filling, radish filling, many flavors of soup round let everyone happyIt is reported that eating disorder is aeating too much or too littleabnormal behaviorToday, eating disorders afflict as many as 24 million Americans and 70 million people in other regionsTraditional treatments such as nutritional counseling,psycho
treatment sands and antidepressants are effective in most patients, but have not significantly improved in a small number of patients with severe illnessNeurosytosis is excessive wasting to achieve the goal of not being willing to maintain normal,healthyweight It is learnt that on average, about 13 out of every 100,000 people develop the disease on average, of whom about 40% are women aged 15 to 19 The death rate of anorexia sufferers is the highest among mental diseases The functional neurosurgery at Ruijin Hospital has performed neurosurgery on more than 20 patients so far Previously, these patients were ineffective with systematic psychological treatment and medication According to reports, doctors implant tiny electrodes into the brain feeding center, with chronic electrical stimulation to regulate the patient's eating behavior In the six months after surgery, the patient gained eight to twenty-two kilograms, and the associated compulsions and depressive symptoms improved significantly Professor Sun Bomin of functional neurosurgery pointed out that neurosis anorexia is a complex disease that contains many factors such as social, neurobiological and psychological , and that chronic electrical stimulation is a very effective treatment and will become a new way to treat anorexia (Chen Jing)