March 25, 2007

LASER ACUPUNCTURE IN DYSPHAGIA


In this article, I present to you an interesting case of dysphagia (=difficulty to swallow) in a male patient. He was found to have a solid tumor in the hypopharynx which I operated twice. When I controlled the lesion by endoscopy, it had gone and I found everything normal except for paralysis of pharyngeal arch. I dilated the esophagus with a bougie with no result. Recently, I did acupuncture with laser (not by needle) and he restored swallowing after one time treatment only!

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