Electrical stimulation and its species

Electrical stimulation - it is one of the types of effects on the body pulsed electric current in order to drive or enhance the function of an organ. To do this, use a variety of electrical impulses, which are irritating to the appropriate structures stimulated. Electrostimulation can be used both for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Initially used only electrostimulation of skeletal muscles, now the scope of its use has expanded significantly (electrical work is carried out various internal organs).

There are direct electrical stimulation, where electrical stimulation is subjected directly stimulated tissue or organ and indirect electrical stimulation carried out indirectly through neighboring tissue or the structure of the nervous system.

Electrodes for electrical stimulation may be disposed on the body surface (outer or transcutaneous electrical stimulation), the internal body cavity (intracavitary electrostimulation) implanted in the wall of the organ or stimulated in the nerves going to it.

Depending on the duration of exposure to allocate a permanent (chronic), and a single exchange rate (carried out in a separate procedure) electrical stimulation.

Electrical stimulation can be done to patients of any age, but taking into account the individual and the presence of comorbidities. To use permanent electrical pulse currents with different length and shape of the pulses.

Today apply such types of electrical stimulation, electrical stimulation of both the heart and diaphragm phrenic nerve structures of the spinal cord, uterus, fallopian tubes, ureter, gastrointestinal tract, skeletal muscles.

Certain types of electrical stimulation of the internal organs

• Electrical stimulation of the heart is widely used to treat a variety of heart rhythm disorders. The essence of the method lies in the stimulation of the muscles of the heart electrical pulses given power and frequency, causing systolic ventricular contraction. Electrical stimulation of the heart may be aimed at quickening, and the slowing of the heart rate, as well as to strengthen the inefficient heart rate in different types of cardiac disorders.
• Electrical stimulation of the diaphragm and phrenic nerve stimulation is used for external respiration with respiratory failure developed after serious operations on the organs of the chest cavity, due to phrenic nerve injury, various diseases of the lungs.
• Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord structures is carried out in order to enhance their performance in the functional failure of the spinal cord centers that developed as a result of injury. Apply it for overlapping routes of pain impulses from the affected organ to the central nervous system (for pain relief).
• Electrical stimulation of the uterus is used to activate labor, for the treatment of uterine bleeding of various origin. Contraindication for such treatment are tumors, suspected uterine rupture, acute inflammation of the pelvic organs.
• Electrical stimulation of the fallopian tubes is carried out to treat a functional tubal infertility. For this purpose, the fallopian tubes electric shocks using vaginal Electrode.
• Electrical stimulation of the bladder is used to normalize the function of urination during delay or incontinence as a result of injuries and diseases of the spinal cord, gynecological diseases, major surgery to the pelvic organs. Contraindications for this procedure are neoplasms, and acute inflammation of the urinary tract.
• Electrical stimulation is carried out with the purpose of ureteral stones exile, restore the tone of smooth muscles of the ureters field operations in the upper urinary tract (renal pelvis, upper ureter). Contraindications are acute inflammation of the kidneys, decreased kidney function.
• Electrical stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract is shown in violation of its motor-evacuation function. It is carried out as a cutaneous or intracavitary electrodes introduced into the stomach, the duodenum or the rectum. Contraindications for the procedure is a bowel obstruction, peritonitis, some congenital anomalies of the intestines, bleeding and acute inflammation.

Electrical stimulation - it is an effective, proven form of physical therapy effects on the human body.

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