Sunday, April 19, 2015

[马来西亚自律神经失调与治疗]查不出病因?那你可能面对-自律神经失调症状

可否听说过自律神經失調?
通常有自律神經失調症状的人,在經過各種儀器檢查出來都很正常并查不出病因的。
面对自律神经失调的人,严重者甚至会有“逛医院或诊所(即不停的找寻病源但查不出病源)”的问题。
自律神經失調並不是一種病,而是一系列的症狀,也就是症候群,病因可能有許多種,也有許多種疾病會出現這些症狀,例如抑郁症depression、恐慌症panic attack or anxiety disorder等等。因為針對的器官不同,可能出現以下某些症狀:
1)倦怠、
2)口乾、
3)心悸、
4)頭暈頭痛、
5)焦慮恐慌、
6)心律不整等、
7)姿態性低血壓、
8)呼吸急促、
9)胃痛、
10)头疼、
11)腹脹、腹鳴、腹瀉、泻肚子或便秘等不止。

12)失眠
基本上,幾乎全身都有自律神經分布,所以症狀也相當多樣。


這裡將自律神經失調分成2種,快快了解成因,改善自律神經失調,告別沒有朝氣的自己!
                                                                                 
交感神經讓你活動:
當身體需要活動、抗壓時,就是交感神經活躍的時候。這時心臟、肺的作用力大幅提升,體溫與血壓也跟著上升,調整身體狀態,使你精神飽滿,又能燃燒體脂肪!此時消化與排泄作用則會進入休息狀態。

交感神經活躍時的狀態:
★大腦活動旺盛 - 快速處理接收的情報,掌管心臟與肺臟。

★不易有睡意 - 腎上腺素分泌抗壓荷爾蒙,提高大腦與身體的活動量,不易有睡意。

★心跳加快,血壓上升 - 加速心臟跳動,將身體活動所需的充足血液,送到身體各器官。

★消耗熱量 - 交感神經運作,消耗熱量,燃燒體脂肪!

★支氣管擴張 - 支氣管擴張,呼吸次數增加,將大量空氣送入肺中,提供新鮮酵素。

★子宮收縮 - 交感神經活躍時,子宮會收縮,例如生產時收縮子宮,將小Baby順利產出。

★抑制胃酸分泌 - 心與肺活動時,腸胃不須有太大活動,所以會抑制胃酸分泌,以利能量釋放。

★腸胃蠕動變慢 - 使排便暫緩、腸胃蠕動變慢,持續強烈緊張而便秘時,就是交感神經過度興奮。

★不易排尿 - 身體活動時,必須讓環境穩定,抑制排尿則可以變得更有效率。




副交感神經讓你放鬆:
副交感神經會舒緩緊張,放鬆身體,受到交感神經的刺激,減緩心臟與肺的活動力,使胃腸活動旺盛,促進消化吸收,將不需要的物質以尿液或汗排出。
尤其在睡眠時,活動力更是旺盛!

副交感神經活躍時的狀態:
★大腦呈休息狀態 - 大腦進入休息狀態,使全身放鬆。

★心臟跳動減緩,血壓下降 - 休息時不需要太多血液,所以心跳減緩,血壓下降。

★支氣管收縮 - 在休息狀態中,身體不需做劇烈活動,所以也不須要太多空氣。

★腸胃蠕動旺盛 - 腸胃蠕動旺盛,就能將老廢物質排出體外,在放鬆狀態容易想要排便,就是這個緣故呢!

★刺激生長激素 - 副交感神經活躍,刺激肌膚等的新陳代謝,使生長激素分泌旺盛。

★舒緩子宮緊張 - 使肌肉休息,舒緩子宮緊張,例如抑制子宮收縮,讓小Baby可以在子宮中長大。

★分泌胃酸 - 副交感神經活躍,是為了儲存能量,於是胃的活動大增,胃酸分泌增多。

★容易排尿 - 副交感神經活躍,膀胱收縮,刺激排尿作用,將老廢物質排出體外。


交感神經與副交感神經,為使每天的必要性活動能執行,不斷地做轉換,使身體保持最佳狀態!
不過,壓力過大,交感神經會持續過度興奮狀態;過度疲勞,副交感神經同樣也會有過度興奮情形產生,当2種神經無法順利轉換,平衡失調。失調的情況持續下去,副交感與交感神經都會因為活動過盛,而感到疲倦,到最後一點幹勁也沒有,身心俱疲,便會產生抑郁depressed狀態。



自律神經失調三階段:


一、失調前兆…前自律神經失調期。此時期分為2大型態:

A過度緊張型︰精神壓力引起交感神經過度興奮…

交感神經為了對抗精神壓力,加速心與肺的跳動,體溫上升全面進入備戰狀態!
適度的壓力,對於引發動力、幹勁,多多少少有些幫助,但是長期處於壓力狀態,交感神經混亂,形成過度活躍的狀態,容易導致失眠,種下肥胖的禍根!

B過度放鬆型:肉體疲勞引起副交感神經過度興奮…

長時間的工作與睡眠不足,會累積疲勞,使副交感神經活動過剩,讓身體提早進入休息狀態;長達半天以上處於放鬆的狀態,也會使副交感神經的活動時間延長。
這樣的結果,會使身體處於過度放鬆的狀態,即使白天仍無法抵擋睡意,胃酸過多而發生胃痛!


二、自律神經失調期第:交感、副交感神經過度興奮。

自律神經中的交感神經,與副交感神經關係密切,彼此相互牽制,當有1方持續過度興奮時,另1方也會受到影響,轉變成過度興奮的狀態,而後2方都相繼失去控制!
因此,明明頭昏腦脹,手腳卻冰冷;明明疲倦發痠,卻會突然心悸得很厲害,明明吃得很少,體重卻不見減輕,身體各器官的運作,都變得奇怪而不相稱!


三、憂鬱期:交感、副交感神經機能大幅下降。

當交感神經與副交感神經都呈現過度興奮狀態時,身體的能量Power也會跟著降低。
如果2種神經都過度興奮,沒辦法好好完成各自的工作與任務,你就會變得懶洋洋,什麼事也提不起勁,進入睡也睡不好,連吃也吃不好的「抑郁状态」!
當你已進入此狀態時,別再勉強自己,快快修身養息做适当治疗,讓過度疲勞的自律神經充分休息吧!




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1.脑波反馈疗法EEG biofeedback啟動副交感神經,安定身心 副交感神經的作用在于它使心跳變慢、呼吸平穩緩慢、腸胃蠕動變快、血壓下降等,使身體主要的器官系統活動力降低,達到身體休息與睡眠的狀態。

2. 提供人化的自我催眠,从而改善自律神经失调问题
熬夜、睡眠不足也是自律神經的大敵。「不論一個人的自律神經原本多平衡,單單睡眠不足這一擊就足以讓他的自律神經失衡,」小林弘幸指出。 
長庚醫院腦神經外科教授張承能說,夜間本來是副交感神經發揮的時間,人自然想休息,硬是熬夜不睡、保持清醒,等於刺激交感神經繼續運作,副交感神經無從發揮,久而久之不但自律神經失調,其他的健康紅燈也一一亮起。「熬夜的人容易高血壓。」 


3. 催眠师透过观察你的五感反应,建议适当保健品并让您可利用五感舒緩神經 
視覺、聽覺、嗅覺、味覺、觸覺等五感,都會影響自律神經,比如某人心跳的速度大約每分鐘90~100下,若想放鬆,便可聽速度比心跳慢的音樂。他解釋,這是「帶走」現象,也就是身心會受到外在環境的影響,聽了節奏慢的音樂,心跳會隨之慢下來。
氣味也有效果。 比如薄荷、洋蔥、辣椒可刺激自律神經,如果希望自己有精神,不妨聞這些味道;反之如果想放鬆,就用薰衣草等柔和的香氣,讓副交感神經活躍一些。 

4. 治疗技术将幫助您发泄情緒,不讓起伏的心情打亂自律神經的節奏 
心情起伏過大,會打亂自律神經的節律。吳立偉說,情緒過於高亢(緊張、不安、興奮等)或過於低落(悲傷、沮喪、失望、鬱悶等),都會阻礙交感與副交感神經正常運作,引發失調。







文章大部分内容摘取自以下网站,在此感谢以下作者为患者提供宝贵的资料:
http://www.commonhealth.com.tw/article/article.action?nid=66835&page=4
http://anscare.com.tw/
http://www.raphaelmedical.com.tw/index3.php?ad=1&p=112&b=7&ly=3

http://mag.nownews.com/article.php?mag=6-49-6306#ixzz3XlnmL1zy

Friday, April 17, 2015

[Sleep Specialist Malaysia] Brain waves predict our risk for insomnia


There may not yet be a cure for insomnia, but Concordia University researchers are a step closer to predicting who is most likely to suffer from it—just in time for World Sleep Day on March 13.


In his study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, from Concordia's Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology and PERFORM Center, explores the impact of stress on sleep. Although researchers already know that stressful events can trigger insomnia, the experiment reveals that some people are more vulnerable than others to developing the condition.
To determine the role of stress, the study examined the sleep cycles of 12 Concordia students as they went through the nerve-racking experience of finals. Measuring students' brain waves at the beginning of the school semester, Dang-Vu and his team found that students showing a lower amount of a particular pattern of brain waves were more at risk for developing insomnia afterwards in response to the stress of the exams.
The brain—specifically the deep, inner parts of the brain called the thalamus and cortex—produces electromagnetic activity during sleep. When monitored by diagnostic tools, this activity appears as patterns of squiggly lines that scientists refer to as spindles.
In a previous experiment, Dang-Vu and his team discovered that greater spindle activity helps sleepers resist waking, despite noise. The new study aimed to test whether there would be a similar relationship between spindles and stress.
The hypothesis proved true. "We found that those who had the lowest spindle activity tended to develop more disturbances in response to stress, when comparing sleep quality at the beginning of the semester and the end of the school semester," Dang-Vu says.
"We are not all equally armed when facing stress, in terms of how we can manage our sleep. Some people are more vulnerable than others."

How to increase spindle?
The preliminary studies carried out for the FWF project showed the positive effects of EEG biofeedback training on healthy people. This method has therefore now been tested in a pilot study on patients aged between 19 and 50 who suffer from sleep disorders. "The brain oscillations are trained during waking to a frequency range of between 12 and 15 hertz, known as the sensorimotor rhythm. This frequency range is also prominent in light sleep and manifests itself as sleep spindles, particularly when a person is falling asleep", explains Schabus. The patients were able to observe and learn to control their own sensorimotor rhythm (measured using EEG electrodes) on the computer screen. They were tasked with moving a compass needle on the screen to a green dot using only the power of mental relaxation. They received positive visual feedback each time they reached this dot, i.e. to increase the band power between 12 and 15 hertz.
"Using the training, we managed to strengthen the sensorimotor rhythm in a waking state and the sleep spindles in 16 out of 24 patients with mild insomnia. Those who responded well to the training reported an improvement in the quality of their sleep. This was ascertained by self-monitoring methods like sleep diaries and importantly also verified in our sleep laboratory", says Schabus, outlining the process. Each of the participants visited the sleep laboratory a total of 21 times, which meant that the effects could be studied in great detail. The researchers were also able to establish positive effects on memory consolidation when word pairs were retested after sleep following earlier learning. Interestingly, the subjective sleep quality among patients who successfully completed this type of biofeedback training also showed improvement

What is sleep spindle?

A sleep spindle is a burst of oscillatory brain activity visible on an EEG that occurs during stage 2 sleep. It consists of 12–14 Hz waves that occur for at least 0.5 seconds. Sleep spindles are generated in the reticular nucleus of the thalamus.


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Source:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-brain-medication-counter-insomnia.html
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-brain-insomnia.html#nRlv

EEG biofeedback therapy instead of medication to counter insomnia


The ability to finally enjoy a good night's sleep is something that can be learned. An Austrian Science Fund FWF project has investigated how this can best be learned and who responds best to such "brain training".

Dark circles around the eyes, tired limbs, absent-mindedness – most people have experienced the effects on the body of a short night. "Roughly one-third of the Austrian population as a whole suffers from recurrent insomnia", says Manuel Schabus from the University of Salzburg. For years now, the psychologist has been studying a diverse range of states of consciousness. In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Schabus and his team have now studied how the state of mind of people with  can be improved without administering medication.

Training vs. chemistry
"People who suffer from sleeplessness, also known as insomnia, are often in a state of 'hyperarousal'. Resorting to tablets seems to be the obvious solution", explains the researcher. However, medication-based treatments are usually for short-term use only and confine themselves to fighting this state of arousal, resulting in undesirable side effects including dependence, morningness, drowsiness or amnesia. "Medication often just reduces nocturnal brain activities and thus also helpful functions such as 'memory consolidation', which is the nocturnal stabilisation of information so that recall is easier the next day", says Manuel Schabus. The neurofeedback training deployed within the framework of the FWF project, a type of biofeedback training for the brain, guides the affected persons into sleep. So-called "sleep spindles" are used in this process. These are patterns identified in EEG measurements which are characterised by "spindle-like" rapid rising and falling brain oscillations, and which occur especially during light sleep.
Crucial rhythm
The preliminary studies carried out for the FWF project showed the positive effects of neurofeedback training on healthy people. This method has therefore now been tested in a pilot study on patients aged between 19 and 50 who suffer from sleep disorders. "The brain oscillations are trained during waking to a frequency range of between 12 and 15 hertz, known as the sensorimotor rhythm. This frequency range is also prominent in light sleep and manifests itself as sleep spindles, particularly when a person is falling asleep", explains Schabus. The patients were able to observe and learn to control their own sensorimotor rhythm (measured using EEG electrodes) on the computer screen. They were tasked with moving a compass needle on the screen to a green dot using only the power of mental relaxation. They received positive visual feedback each time they reached this dot, i.e. to increase the band power between 12 and 15 hertz.
"Using the training, we managed to strengthen the sensorimotor rhythm in a waking state and the sleep spindles in 16 out of 24 patients with mild insomnia. Those who responded well to the training reported an improvement in the quality of their sleep. This was ascertained by self-monitoring methods like sleep diaries and importantly also verified in our sleep laboratory", says Schabus, outlining the process. Each of the participants visited the sleep laboratory a total of 21 times, which meant that the effects could be studied in great detail. The researchers were also able to establish positive effects on memory consolidation when word pairs were retested after sleep following earlier learning. Interestingly, the subjective sleep quality among patients who successfully completed this type of biofeedback training also showed improvement, but so did people in a pure placebo condition. In general, the researcher cautions against generalising the results: in an even more extensive follow-up protocol, people with more persistent or more pronounced insomnia did not respond to the brainwave training, nor did they exhibit any positive changes in sleep or memory.
Hippocampus fitness
"When you consider the amount of information encountered by the brain, especially the hippocampus, on a daily basis, and how sensitively it responds to stress, it is important to be mindful of treating our thinking-organ with care. Systematic training and sufficient 'sleep hygiene' not only promote well-being but also protect newly learned information from disruptive influences", says Schabus. The studies conducted as part of the FWF project play an important role in encouraging of this vital human faculty and act as a reminder to adopt a more conscious approach to .

More information: Schabus et.al: "Enhancing sleep quality and memory in insomnia using instrumental sensorimotor rhythm conditioning." Biological Psychology 95 (2014) 126 –134. 
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23548378


Source:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-brain-medication-counter-insomnia.html