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Common side effects of needling include Bleeding, bruising, fatigue, headache, pain
Serious adverse side effects include Pneumothorax, nerve injury, infections (hepatitis, staph, tuberculosis)
, How to prevent excessive bleeding Apply clean cotton/gauze when removing needles, hold against the area for a
few seconds
What can delay or increase bleeding and bruising Anticoagulant medications
Guideline to prevent bleeding, bruising, and vascular Avoid needling directly into arteries and major veins, palpate subcutaneous
injury structures, apply pressure after removing needles, careful of points that lie over or
next to major vessels: LU9, HT7, ST9, ST12, ST13, ST42, SP11, HT1, LV12, BL40
Why should practitioners limit the amount of needle Single direction twirling can cause subcutaneous tissue fibers and fascia to twist
manipulation around the needle shaft
Allodynia A patient with chronic pain may develop this as a painful response to a normal
innocuous stimulus
Hyperalgesia An increased response to a painful stimulus if the patient has chronic pain
Does caffeine affect patient's pain perception? True, heightens anxiety, enhance muscular strength performance, can increase
pain perception, can block e-stim elevations
Safety guidelines to prevent fainting in first time patients Place patient in supine position with knees slightly elevated, eat 1-2 hours prior to
treatment, explain procedure, limit needle manipulation
How does a stuck needle happen? Excessive manipulation, twirling in single direction, enters the muscle layer depth,
if patient mjoves
How to remove a stuck needle? Ask patient to relax, massage or lightly tap the skin, then remove
If still stuck, insert another needle nearby to relax the muscle, turn the needle in
opposite direction of initial stimulation, then withdraw
Menken/Mengen phenomenon or Healing crisis Aggravation of symptoms as a result of acupuncture on an infrequent but
consistent basis , can cause symptoms of fatigue, drowsiness, inflammation
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Herbal Treatments for Wind-Heat an... Spleen Qi Deficiency: Symptoms, Eti... NIH Stroke Scale Group A Patient 1-... Acupun
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tlaforgia2 Preview tlaforgia2 Preview the_lauren_c Preview tlaf
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Does not survive long outside the body, dies within minutes, cannot
reproduce outside the body
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1 HIV survival in environment 2 TB survival in the environment
3 HCV survival in environment 4 MRSA survival in environment
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Terms in this set (185) Hide definitions
Common side effects of needling include Bleeding, bruising, fatigue, headache, pain
Serious adverse side effects include Pneumothorax, nerve injury, infections (hepatitis, staph, tuberculosis)
, How to prevent excessive bleeding Apply clean cotton/gauze when removing needles, hold against the area for a
few seconds
What can delay or increase bleeding and bruising Anticoagulant medications
Guideline to prevent bleeding, bruising, and vascular Avoid needling directly into arteries and major veins, palpate subcutaneous
injury structures, apply pressure after removing needles, careful of points that lie over or
next to major vessels: LU9, HT7, ST9, ST12, ST13, ST42, SP11, HT1, LV12, BL40
Why should practitioners limit the amount of needle Single direction twirling can cause subcutaneous tissue fibers and fascia to twist
manipulation around the needle shaft
Allodynia A patient with chronic pain may develop this as a painful response to a normal
innocuous stimulus
Hyperalgesia An increased response to a painful stimulus if the patient has chronic pain
Does caffeine affect patient's pain perception? True, heightens anxiety, enhance muscular strength performance, can increase
pain perception, can block e-stim elevations
Safety guidelines to prevent fainting in first time patients Place patient in supine position with knees slightly elevated, eat 1-2 hours prior to
treatment, explain procedure, limit needle manipulation
How does a stuck needle happen? Excessive manipulation, twirling in single direction, enters the muscle layer depth,
if patient mjoves
How to remove a stuck needle? Ask patient to relax, massage or lightly tap the skin, then remove
If still stuck, insert another needle nearby to relax the muscle, turn the needle in
opposite direction of initial stimulation, then withdraw
Menken/Mengen phenomenon or Healing crisis Aggravation of symptoms as a result of acupuncture on an infrequent but
consistent basis , can cause symptoms of fatigue, drowsiness, inflammation
