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Barre-Lieou
Syndrome Early
in his
Prolotherapy
practice, back in the 1950s, Dr.
Gustav Hemwall noted some
interesting phenomena occurring after
Prolotherapy injections. His patients'
neck pain and
headaches were relieved with Prolotherapy and to his surprise
their dizziness, headaches, nausea, blurred vision, and
tinnitus (ringing in
the ears) were also alleviated. A few patients even experienced
improvements in their vision after receiving Prolotherapy injections to their
neck and to back of their head. Other serendipitous findings included
improvement in paresthesias (pin pricking sensations in the arms), generalized
weakness, and ear, face, and tongue pain. The reason for this was puzzling,
until Dr. Hemwall learned about Barre-Lieou Syndrome. In 1925, Jean Alexandre
Barre, M.D., a French Neurologist, and in 1928, Yong-Choen Lieou, a Chinese
physician, each independently described a syndrome with a variety of symptoms
thought to be due to a dysfunction in the posterior
cervical
sympathetic
nervous system (a group of nerves located near the vertebrae in the neck). The
posterior cervical sympathetic syndrome became known as Barre-Lieou Syndrome. Symptoms that
characterize the Barre-Lieou Syndrome: Headache, facial pain, ear pain,
vertigo,
tinnitus, loss of voice, hoarseness, neck pain severe fatigue, muscle
weakness, sinus congestion, sense of eyeball being pulled out, dizziness,
fatigue, numbness. Other symptoms may include dysesthesias of the hands and
forearms (pins-and-needles sensation), corneal sensitivity, dental pain,
lacrimation (tearing of the eyes), blurred vision, facial numbness,
shoulder pain, swelling on one side of the face, nausea, vomiting, and localized
cyanosis of the face (bluish color). A reasonable
question to ask is how can one disorder cause all of these problems? The
answer is that any type of vertebral instability or subluxation can effect the
function of the nerve cell aggregations located in the front of the neck just
in front of the vertebrae. The vertebral instability or malalignment
occurs because the
ligaments that support the neck become injured. This is
what occurs in the commonly known
whiplash injury. Not only do neck and
headache pain occur with whiplash injury, but also the signs and symptoms of Barre-Lieou Syndrome. Treatment of
Barre-Lieou Typically, headache sufferers take Cafergot, Ergotamine, and
Sumatriptin, to relieve the
migraine or cluster headache pain because these vasoconstrict the blood vessels. The medications are, at best, a temporary
fix. Prolotherapy to the vertebrae in the neck is the treatment of
choice to permanently eliminate Barre-Lieou Syndrome. This occurs
because Prolotherapy causes the vertebrae in the neck to move posteriorly
(back) and no longer pinch the nerves. Ringing In Ear, Dizziness, Stuffy Nose Why do people
with Barre-Lieou often have ringing in the ears, dizziness, and stuffy noses?
It is because of an accumulation of fluid in the inner ear. When fluid
accumulates in the inner ear, as is often the case with an upper respiratory
infection, the ear feels full and the body feels off balance. Ringing in the
ear (tinnitus), spinning (vertigo), or dizziness can occur. When Prolotherapy
is performed on the head and neck conditions such as dizziness, tinnitus, and
vertigo (Meniere's Disease) can all be eliminated if the symptoms are due to
Barre Lieou Syndrome. Often, immediately after Prolotherapy injections to the
posterior head and neck areas, patients with Barre-Lieou Syndrome, who have
had sinus trouble for years, experience clear breathing which they have not
had in years. People using decongestants for years for "chronic
allergies" and "chronic sinus infections" are often immediately
helped by Prolotherapy injections into the head and neck region. The other
symptoms such as blurred vision, severe fatigue, dysesthesias (pins and
needles down the arm), low blood pressure, and low heart rate are easily
understood by a decrease in the output of the sympathetic nervous system of
the head, neck, and face areas. Prolotherapy injections to the head and neck
region cause the vertebrae to realign, which decreases the compression of the
nerves. Upon realignment, the Barre-Lieou Syndrome and its symptomatology are
abated. RELATED ARTICLES |
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