China News Service, Guangzhou, December 12 (Cai Minjie, Zhu Jian) The Yangcheng Nuanrong Charity Foundation of Neurosurgery, Guangdong Second People's Hospital was established on the 12th. The foundation focuses on special assistance for neurological diseases.
On the day of its establishment, the Foundation took the lead in launching two relief projects for patients across the country, Parkinson’s disease assistance, hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia assistance. Patients who meet the conditions for assistance can receive up to 80,000 yuan in relief.
Aunt Liu (a pseudonym), 46, has been suffering from facial spasms.
Twenty-three years ago, I found that my left eye was beating frequently, and then the seizures became more frequent and accompanied by twitching of the corners of the mouth.
She has tried Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, physical therapy and other methods, but they have not been effective.
Due to the increasing convulsions, sometimes dozens or hundreds of times a day, she resigned from Dongguan and returned to her hometown in Guizhou, with a "faced hideous".
After evaluating the frequency, intensity and duration of Aunt Liu's hemifacial spasm, Zhang Yong, director of the Department of Neurosurgery of Guangdong Second People's Hospital, perfected the relevant examinations and determined the microvascular decompression surgery plan.
Zhang Yong said that hemifacial spasm is a common brain functional disease, with an incidence rate of 2 out of 1,000, mostly after middle age, and it is more common in women.
It manifests as abnormal eyelids and frequent spasm-like twitches on the face, leading to closed eyelids and functional blindness in severe cases.
"Facial spasm can have a serious impact on the work and life of patients, especially teachers, lawyers, actors, marketing personnel, etc.. The long-term ill face makes them reluctant to interact with others, resulting in depression and loss of confidence in life." Zhang Yong said that although the diagnosis of this disease is simple and the surgical cure rate is over 98%, there are still some patients in remote and poor areas who can only endure the pain and suffering because of financial constraints.
According to reports, the Parkinson’s Disease Charity Assistance Project will fund 30,000 to 80,000 yuan per case for patients who meet the conditions for assistance; the trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm charity assistance project will fund 50,000 to 20,000 yuan per case.
"The foundation will also strengthen the popularization of brain function disease knowledge, fund the education and training, academic exchanges and domestic and foreign cooperation of medical personnel in the neurological field, and help grassroots and county-level medical institutions to carry out medical personnel training, specialty construction, and new technology research and promotion. Work." Zhang Yong added.
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