What are the risks of improper acupuncture?

After the heat wave of diet, aerobics, diet tea and diet pills, women who are eager to have a good figure are obsessed with acupuncture. The seemingly safe acupuncture treatment of traditional Chinese medicine actually has considerable risks. I once met a patient. When his family sent him to the Eighth People's Hospital of Shanghai for surgery, the doctor was surprised to find that within a week, the acupuncture needle moved from the left side of the patient's hip, through the pelvic cavity and abdominal cavity, and all the way to the navel. It is rare for a broken needle to move such a long distance in the body. Fortunately, the broken needle did not puncture the blood vessels or organs in the body when moving, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Broken needle or broken needle means that the pointer body breaks in the human body. The reasons include: poor quality of the needle, damage and exposure of the needle body or the needle root, failure to check before needle insertion, needle body penetrating into the acupoint completely, hard twisting when operating the needle, severe muscle contraction, patient's position changing at will when leaving the needle, or failure to properly handle bent needle and stuck needle in time. It can be seen that in order to prevent the needle from breaking, the needle should be carefully checked before operation, and the needle that does not meet the quality requirements should be eliminated. Too many strong needles should be avoided during the operation; Patients should be told not to change their body position at will when performing or retaining needles, such as holding up their mobile phones and twisting their bodies to talk with others. When acupuncture, the operator should pay attention not to pierce all the needle bodies into the acupoints, but to leave some of the needle bodies outside the body so as to take the needle when the needle root is broken. In the process of needle insertion and needle walking, if a bent needle is found, the needle should be taken out immediately, and it is forbidden to forcibly pierce or walk the needle; For needle stagnation, it is also necessary to deal with it in time and correctly, and it is not allowed to pull it out forcibly; If the needle body breaks during the operation or after the needle is pulled out, the operator must keep calm and tell the patient not to change the original position. If the needle body with the stump is exposed outside the body, the needle can be taken out with fingers or tweezers. If the needle breaks completely under the skin or deep muscle, it should be sent to the emergency department for treatment. In the process of receiving acupuncture, if the patient suddenly has chest tightness, nausea, dizziness, sweating, or even pale face, cold limbs or convulsions, syncope, it is likely to be "needle dizziness." Vertigo is mostly caused by mental stress, hunger, fatigue, or excessive stimulation by doctors' acupuncture techniques. When the needle faints, the doctor should quickly take out the needle, let the needle fainter lie flat and press the corresponding acupoints, which will soon relieve the symptoms. In severe cases, necessary medical assistance should be given. In a word, for those who receive acupuncture treatment for the first time, they should explain clearly to the patients before acupuncture to eliminate their nervousness. Before receiving acupuncture treatment, patients should calm down, eat something and choose a lying position or a comfortable position. Doctors should also adopt appropriate stimulation techniques to avoid the occurrence of needle halo. In addition, some acupoints, such as Fengchi, Shoujing, Hegu, Zusanli, Weizhong, Chengshan, Sanyinjiao and Yongquan, etc. Sensitive to acupuncture, easy to cause dizziness. Doctors should be more careful when stabbing these points.