how to prevent and treat the fainting

Hello David King,
How to prevent and treat the fainting in clinic?

Thanks a lot

[quote:aa7f59e8a1="jeremy"]Hello David King,
How to prevent and treat the fainting in clinic?

Thanks a lot[/quote:aa7f59e8a1]

Hello Jeremy,

The fainting is often due to nervous tension, delicate constitution, hunger, fatigue, improper position of the patients, or the fierce needling manipulation.
Manifestations: During acupuncture treatment, there may appear dizziness, vertigo, palpitation, short breath, fidgets, nausea, pallor, cold sweating, weak pulse. In severe cases, there may be cold extremities, drop of blood pressure, and loss of consciousness.
Management: When fainting aurae such as dizziness, vertigo, fidgets and nausea appear, stop needling immediately and withdraw all the needles. Then help the patient to lie down, and offer him some warm or sweet water. The symptoms will disappear after a short rest. In severe cases, in addition to the above management, press hard with the fingernail or needle Shuigou (DU 26), Zhongchong (PC 9), Suliao (DU 25), Neiguan (PC 6) and Zusanli (ST 36), or apply moxibustion to Baihui (DU 20), Qihai (RN 6), and Guanyuan (RN 4). Generally, the patient will respond, but if not, other emergency measures should be taken.

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