Stellate ganglion block can be used to treat the pain and discomfort of acute facial neuritis, herpes zoster, pregnancy hypertension syndrome complicated by visual impairment, intractable itching, angina pectoris, cerebrovascular accidents and other diseases, but need to pay attention to contraindications.
1. Acute facial neuritis: the treatment can control inflammation, reduce edema, reduce nerve compression, relieve spasm of facial blood vessels and nerves, improve facial blood flow, increase the nutritional supply to the face, eliminate nerve sheath edema, prevent secondary nerve damage.
2. Herpes zoster: it can reduce the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia, in addition to stabilizing the autonomic function, reduce fear, anxiety and other symptoms to reduce the sympathetic nerve stimulation.
3. Hypertensive syndrome of pregnancy complicating visual impairment: it can make vascular contracture disappear to a certain extent, local tissue ischemia, hypoxia and metabolic abnormalities can be improved.
4. Intractable pruritus: stellate ganglion blockade therapy is the most commonly used and effective method for the treatment of intractable pruritus.
5. Angina pectoris: the block can dilate the blood vessels of the heart and increase the blood and oxygen supply of the heart; it can slow down the heart rate and reduce the myocardial oxygen consumption.
6. Cerebrovascular accident: it can improve the antioxidant index in the body, reduce the content of free radicals, inhibit and block the chain reaction of free radicals and reduce the effect of scavenging enzyme consumption.
However, it should be noted that people with coagulation disorders, those who are undergoing anticoagulation therapy, those who are extremely fearful and uncooperative, those with tracheostomy, and those who continue to cough more than strongly are prohibited from carrying out the operation, and the specifics of which can be obtained by consulting with a professional physician for advice.