Dr. Willow Liu

This blog was written in Chinese on November 28, 2023. Here is the translation.   On March 31, 2021, 77-year-old Mr. L came to the clinic accompanied by his wife due to neck and shoulder pain and dizziness caused by herpes on his head. I noticed that when he walked, his head and chest were bent forward at nearly a 40-degree angle, staggering like a drunkard who might fall at any moment, so I asked what the reason was. His wife explained that it was partly due to dizziness fr

August 2025, a 62-year-old female patient living near Chicago contacted me. She said she had read my blog titled "Acupuncture Effectively Treats Type 1 Progressive Neurogenic Peroneal Muscular Atrophy and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy" on wenxuecity.com (in Chinese) and wanted to consult me about whether I could treat her Small Fiber Neuropathy. After a phone consultation, I told her that although I had not treated this specific condition before,

今天是2025年最后一天。在新年到来之际，与大家分享一下我最近治疗的一个小纤维神经病病例。 今年8月， 住在芝加哥附近的62岁女患者联系我， 说在文学城《神农养生堂》博客中看到我的《 针灸有效治疗1型进行性神经性腓骨肌萎缩症和慢性炎性脱髓鞘性多发性神经根神经病 》博文，想咨询我能否治疗她的小纤维神经病。 电话问询后，我告诉她虽然我没有治疗过这个病，但我用针药结合方法成功帮助过多位对我是第一次治疗的疑难杂症患者，包括博文中提到的那个神经肌肉病变的病例。我相信我会用所学的中西医知识帮助到她。患者说会计划专程飞过来治疗。 两个月后，患者乘飞机来南加，第一次来到我的诊所。问诊中她告诉我，她发病至今已八、九年，起初症状主要是手脚部位的刺痛和灼烧感，发病初期西医各项检查均未给出明确诊断。三年后症状依然延续，后经皮肤活检确诊为小纤维神经病变，并得到梅奥诊所(Mayo Clinic)的专家确认。因各项检查均未明确诱发病因，诊断为特发性小纤维神经病变。因病因未明，不能从病因下手确定治疗方案，只能进行治标不治本的疼痛管理。因长久未得到针对性治疗，患者也产生焦虑

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