Monday, August 4, 2014

Spinal Cord Stimulator

Spinal Cord Stimulator
While many of the painkillers on the market today for patients are very effective at quelling the pain caused by a chronic illness, they can be very unsafe in the long term, and actually create a dangerous addiction. Through the use of a cutting-edge spinal cord stimulator, you can now help your body cope with the pain that it incurs without dealing with the potential of a prescription drug-related disorder or addiction that is so often seen in drug rehab facilities.


A spinal cord stimulator is a device that produces electrical signals and inserts them into the fibrous nerve tissue inside of your spinal cord to block the nerves from transmitting senses of pain to your brain for interpretation. As opposed to prescriptions that do essentially the same task while inducing a state of near euphoria and debilitation, the spinal cord stimulator simply blocks some pain without the drowsiness or the dizziness that some medications cause. Of course, the operation for implanting a spinal cord stimulator is slightly risky as the doctors will be attaching the diodes from the device directly to the nerve endings in your spinal cord, however the benefits outweigh the risks in most cases.


Attached to the wires connected to your spinal cord in the spinal cord stimulator, is the generator that produces the electrical signals that your brain will receive. There is also a remote control that will allow you to manage the intensity of the outbound signal in case the pain starts to increase so you do not have to bear all of it.


Before a doctor will allow the long term use of a spinal cord stimulator, they must first submit you through a trial period of generally a week or so, to ensure that the device is doing what it needs to, and that you understand how it functions. Even before the trial period commences however, the patient that may potentially receive the implant must undergo a psychiatric evaluation to prove that he or she is in need of the treatment and that the benefits of using such a device would make it much easier for them to life their lives.






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