Nursing management for a patient with tension-type headache during the perioperative period (1例围手术期紧张性头痛患者的护理)

Abstract

This paper summarized the nursing management for a patient with tension-type headache during the perioperative period. By selecting Du meridian, bladder meridian of Foot-Taiyang and gallbladder meridian of Foot-Shaoyang, the acupoint massage along meridians was carried out. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to assess the headache. The VAS score dropped from 6 to 1 after implementation of massage on meridians with acupuncture. The acupoint massage along meridians is potentially effective to relieve the tension-type headache and anxiety of patients during the perioperative period, and it is also beneficial to improve the patient safety in surgery and postoperative rehabilitation. (本文总结1例紧张性头痛患者的护理措施。取头部督脉、足太阳膀胱经、足少阳胆经之经络, 通过不同手法对头部进行经穴推拿护理。根据患者VAS疼痛评分来评价。通过实施头部经穴推拿治疗后, 患者疼痛评分由6分降到了1分, 头痛症状明显改善。对围手术期紧张性头痛患者实施头部经穴推拿治疗, 能有效缓解围手术期紧张性头痛、焦虑等症状, 有利于手术的正常进行及患者术后康复, 提高患者对中医护理的满意度。)

Keywords

• tension-type headache
• meridians
• acupoint massage along meridians
• external treatment with traditional chinese medicine
• 紧张性头痛
• 经络
• 经穴推拿
• 中医外治