Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
What is the role of steroid injection in carpal tunnel syndrome?
Injection of corticosteroid into the carpal tunnel has been used as a treatment for some years. But what does the published evidence have to say about whether it works or not?
In my own experience, injection of steroid and / or local anaesthetic into the carpal tunnel area is effective in about half of the patients that I see. Some of them gain lasting relief of the carpal tunnel symptoms and others find that the symptoms of tingling in the median nerve skin area return a month or two after the injection. (more…)
January 9th, 2006
Wet the bed?
Bedwetting Treatments
Bedwetting Tablet
New research has moved us closer to discovering the true cause of bedwetting and thus to providing a more effective treatment.
It used to be thought that bedwetting at night was caused by having too small a bladder. Old fashioned treatments included stretching the bladder by “bladder retraining” techniques. These treatments for bedwetting did not work well.
We now know that bedwetting is not caused by having a small bladder. The problem often truly relates to the fact that some children produce too little of a hormone called ADH or anti-diuretic hormone. ADH is produced by the brain at night to shut down the kidneys and lessens the flow of urine. Children with too little ADH will produce too much night time urine. (more…)
January 9th, 2006
Treatment for Bedwetting
Bedwetting Cure
Families often struggle to deal with a bedwetting child. The child too can find the going very tough – both physically and emotionally. Frustration, despondency and sometimes anger can all occur in the face of a serious or frequent bedwetting situation. The problem can be eased however if both parents and child can be well enought informed about bedwetting to see things clearly for what they are. Reassurance can go a long way to defusing a fraught situation (more…)
January 9th, 2006
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