Zhang Yun still clearly remembers the scene of needle sealing therapy. 'several adults grabbed the child, two grippers and two legs, and someone had to hold the child's waist behind them. The nurse began to prick the needle, and as soon as the needle went in, she puffed up a big bag. Our children have 12 needles in their heads and 12 big bags. They look like aliens. "
Needle sealing therapy 'fell into a storm of doubt, the children's rehabilitation department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University stopped diagnosis, and many children's parents said they had been misdiagnosed or over diagnosed and treated; Officials are still investigating
After the storm of doubt, the children's rehabilitation department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University, which implemented the "needle sealing therapy", has stopped the diagnosis, and all the previous contents about the "needle sealing therapy" have been deleted from the hospital's official website. Many parents of children said they suspected that their children were misdiagnosed (other diseases were misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy) or over diagnosed (normal children were over diagnosed as cerebral palsy) in the children's rehabilitation department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University, so they suffered from 'needle sealing'.
"The first thing about needle sealing is the over diagnosis of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and cerebral palsy. Parents are afraid. Unnecessary treatment wastes time and money. The second is the popularity of therapies without evidence. " A doctor in Zhengzhou who pays attention to 'needle sealing therapy' said publicly. Those who hold a similar attitude include several authoritative experts in the field of child rehabilitation in China. The industry has different views on the evidence-based medical evidence, therapeutic efficacy and medication of this therapy.
Zheng Dasan's Affiliated Hospital, which was caught in the storm of misdiagnosis and excessive diagnosis and treatment, had previously paid attention to the same problem. In an article jointly signed and published in the core journal by 9 experts from the children's rehabilitation department, 389 children with cerebral palsy were retrospectively analyzed, including 118 children with other diseases misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy and 115 normal children over diagnosed as cerebral palsy. The article does not point out the source of these case samples, but analyzes the causes of misdiagnosis and excessive diagnosis and treatment, and points out that 'due to the relatively poor medical environment and the tense relationship between doctors and patients, doctors are afraid of medical disputes in case of children's problems in the future, and the relaxation of diagnostic criteria for cerebral palsy can improve & lsquo; Cure rate & rsquo;, It can also increase the economic income of the hospital. "
In the face of questioning public opinion, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng Da said on October 23 that the local health commission had been involved in the investigation and was inconvenient to be interviewed before the results were given. Up to now, the investigation of the local health commission has not yet released its conclusion, and all kinds of doubts about the 'acupuncture magic' have not dispersed.
Public opinion storm 'needle sealing' department stop diagnosis official website content deleted
The "sealing therapy" trap is a storm of doubt, which originated from a public official account.
In October 21st, a official account was issued that questioned the lack of evidence based medicine in the treatment of "needle blocking therapy", which led to unwarranted sufferings for patients. The neurotrophic drugs such as mouse nerve growth factor and ganglioside used in needle therapy were in the national directory of rational drug use, and questioned the diagnosis and treatment of children's rehabilitation department of Zheng Dasan hospital.
The full name of 'needle sealing therapy' is' site plus Acupoint drug injection therapy '. According to the official website of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (hereinafter referred to as "the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University"), it was previously introduced that in 1992, Wan Guolan (founder and honorary director of the children's rehabilitation department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University) created 'site plus Acupoint drug injection' in China to treat children with cerebral palsy, brain injury, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, etc., ushering in more than 30 provinces, cities A large number of children in the autonomous region came to see a doctor, as well as Chinese Americans, Chinese Canadians and other children, which is very effective and known as' Divine skill '. On November 6, the reporter checked the official website of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng university again. The relevant contents of children's rehabilitation department have been deleted from the clinical department.
On the morning of October 23, the staff of the Publicity Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng Da told reporters, "the health commission is investigating needle sealing treatment in the hospital. When the investigation results come out, it will be announced to the society and the media as soon as possible."
On the morning of October 25, several family members of the children's rehabilitation department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University said that they had received the hospital's notice to handle the discharge, and the needle sealing therapy was suspended.
"At 8 a.m., the nurse came to the ward to inform the family members to leave the hospital, and the needle sealing therapy was suspended. We're out of the hospital. Find another treatment as soon as possible. The child can't afford it. " A family member of the children's rehabilitation department on the 9th floor of the inpatient building said.
A doctor in the children's rehabilitation department confirmed the news that the inpatients in the Department were discharged from the hospital. He said that the reception of new patients was suspended at present. " When can I be hospitalized again? I need to wait for notice within 10 days. " The doctor said that if you want to do rehabilitation treatment other than needle sealing, you can go to children's Neurology.
The Beijing News reporter noted that the door of the rehabilitation treatment area originally used for needle sealing treatment in the inpatient building was closed, and the door handle was tied with an iron chain. In addition, on October 25, the registration system of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University showed that all doctors in the children's rehabilitation department had no registration source and could not make an appointment for registration. The nurse at the triage desk said that all the doctors in the children's rehabilitation department stopped visiting, 'doctors have to meet and study, and they won't visit in the near future.' It is uncertain when to visit later.
On October 28, the reporter saw that the bud building where the children's rehabilitation department was located was dark. There were only security guards and several nurses. There were no patients and their families. The outpatient area of the rehabilitation department was empty and there were no medical patients. On November 6, the reporter checked the registration system of the hospital again and found no information about the children's rehabilitation department.
Parents questioned children's misdiagnosis and suffered from 'needle sealing'
After the "needle sealing therapy" was questioned by public opinion, many parents of children came forward and alleged that they were over diagnosed or misdiagnosed by the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University.
"Wan Guolan diagnosed hearing nerve damage. He said he would miss the opportunity of treatment if he didn't treat it quickly. He sealed the needle for treatment. After seven times, the child was too painful. He couldn't bear to take the child to Beijing for examination. Finally, he was diagnosed with neonatal otitis media." Zhang Yun (pseudonym) said that she was the mother of a 5-year-old child. After seeing the news that 'needle sealing therapy' was questioned, she suspected that her child had been misdiagnosed.
Zhang Yun said that at the end of 2014, when the child was 45 days old and had hearing problems, he had a brain and ear examination in a local hospital, which showed that there was effusion in the child's ears, but there was no problem in the brain.
"When it came to the child's review, we wanted to find a better hospital. Seeing that Zheng Dasan's affiliated hospital was Henan maternal and child health hospital, we went to hang up Wan Guolan's clinic and did several tests. Wan Guolan said that the child had hearing nerve damage. There was a treatment method. The child was very painful, but the curative effect was very good". Zhang Yun said that later we knew that this kind of treatment that made the child 'very painful' was called 'needle sealing'.
Zhang Yun still clearly remembers the scene of needle sealing therapy. 'several adults grabbed the child, two grippers and two legs, and someone had to hold the child's waist behind them. The nurse began to prick the needle, and as soon as the needle went in, she puffed up a big bag. Our children have 12 needles in their heads and 12 big bags. They look like aliens. "
On the treatment process of needle sealing therapy, the reporter interviewed many parents. Everyone's expression is inseparable from the word "pain" The process of sealing the needle is extremely painful, which is much stronger than what you see in the video. " Wang Xi (a pseudonym), the parent of the patient who questioned the storm and suspended the sealing of the needle, said that two or three adults need to press the child's legs and feet. In addition, adults need to press the needle position with cotton balls. With the movement of the needle points, press cotton balls one by one to stop bleeding.
"After the needle sealing treatment, the child is very afraid and sensitive. Even if the parents reach out to the child, the child will dodge." Wang Xi said that after that, he took the child to Beijing. At the PLA General Hospital, he finally diagnosed that the child had no neurological problems and was diagnosed with conductive deafness. The treatment plan was to go home and wait for it to get better. He had to wait for the effusion to absorb, or there was no way to absorb it when he grew up. Just drain it out.
Cui Shulin, an otolaryngology head and neck surgeon at Dalian Central Hospital, said, "effusion is a very common condition and can heal itself. I don't think it is necessary for the treatment of conductive deafness and acupoint injection of mouse nerve factor and other drugs, which are not normal treatment steps and drugs."
Some parents questioned the side effects of 'needle sealing therapy'. Zhao Huan's child was diagnosed with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy when he was born. At 4 months, the child can look up, listen and look, laugh and have God in his eyes, but he can't grasp things and turn over. Zhao Huan took the child to the local hospital for rehabilitation treatment. Then, under the introduction of acquaintances, he hung up the number of Professor Wan Guolan and came to the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University for 'needle sealing' treatment.
At the beginning of the third 'needle sealing' course of treatment, Zhao Huan found that the child's eyes were not as divine as before, and there was less active movement, so he told the bedside doctor about the situation. " The doctor said it should be months old. The child knows that he is lazy and doesn't want to exercise. " Zhao Huan said.
One day, Zhao Huan suddenly found that the child sometimes had extreme fear in his eyes, nodded and hugged, and began to think that he was frightened by sealing the needle, but such actions were more and more every day. Zhao Huan felt that great things were bad, and hurriedly asked the doctor to do EEG examination. As a result, the whole brain was abnormally discharged, EEG was highly irregular, and seizures occurred.
Then a few days later, the baby had seizures up to nine times a day, and slowly nothing happened. Zhao Huan suspected that the baby's epilepsy was related to needle sealing, but the hospital replied that the two had nothing to do. " When I showed the EEG results to the doctor, he said that the focus on the baby's brain was the most likely to cause epilepsy, which had nothing to do with sealing the needle. " Zhao Huan said.
Many experts in the industry said that 'needle sealing' lacked scientific basis
Zheng Dasan's affiliated hospital's' needle sealing therapy 'in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy has also triggered discussion in the medical community after being questioned by public opinion. A survey of doctors shows that more than 70% of the doctors surveyed oppose 'needle sealing' therapy.
According to a survey released by dingxiangyuan on October 25, among 561 doctors' attitudes towards' needle sealing 'therapy, 71.8% believe that there is no sufficient evidence and that therapies that harm children should be resolutely banned; 25.4% thought that it might have a certain effect and could be observed again; Only 2.8% thought it was a very effective treatment and strongly supported it.
Many medical experts said that 'needle sealing therapy' lacks scientific basis. Liu Weiming, Bao Xiulan team expert and chief medical officer of Bao Xiulan center, said, 'for & lsquo; Needle sealing treatment & rsquo; Whether there is enough scientific basis is not easy for me to evaluate at present. However, I think that using this painful, traumatic and medical pressure to treat children's diseases may lead to obstacles in children's communication with the outside world. From my personal point of view, I disagree. "
Hu Jie, chief physician of Neurosurgery of Shanghai Huashan Hospital, said, "I don't think there is a scientific basis for (sealing the needle). If it is confirmed that it is a patient with cerebral palsy, the more reliable treatment scheme is selective posterior rhizotomy combined with rehabilitation treatment."
Zhu DengNa, vice president of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University and director of the children's rehabilitation department, also said in an interview that the evidence-based medical evidence of 'needle sealing therapy' is not high and will be demonstrated. The hospital has carried out clinical research and animal experiments, 'but relatively speaking, the designed sample size is not large enough, or the evidence-based medical evidence is not very high.'
Zheng Dasan's affiliated hospital's' needle sealing therapy 'fell into the question of misdiagnosis and over diagnosis and treatment, but the reporter noted that the hospital also published an article in academic journals many years ago to analyze the misdiagnosis and over diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cerebral palsy.
In December 2010, the core journal China Rehabilitation Theory and practice published an article entitled misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis and treatment of 389 cases of cerebral palsy