Pain is reduced with virtual therapy

• April 19, 2024

The pain it's a feeling generated by the nervous system and can help diagnose health problems in the human body. There are many ways to treat it and these vary according to the cause of the discomfort. Currently, the cyber therapy It is a very effective technique in hospitals.

According to Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), this virtual therapy applied in the surgery ambulatory offers many benefits such as better quality in medical care, reducing the stress , the anxiety and the decrease in pain .

The doctor José Luis Mosso Vázquez , general surgery doctor of the General Hospital of zone number 25, commented that this process has demonstrated its utility in several medical specialties such as gastrointestinal endoscopy , colposcopy and work Birth ; also in operations of Caesarean section , intensive or postoperative therapy of surgery heart , kidney transplant , cures in infectious surgery and in the management of obesity .

The doctor commented that the cyber therapy in ambulatory surgery, available for five years in the IMSS, does not require any prior preparation. To carry out this type of intervention, patients are presented with virtual scenarios (forests, rivers, lakes, beaches) while they undergo an invasive medical procedure, where a portable computer or, if necessary, with specific cell phones, is required. PSP2 - game console - and a virtual reality helmet.

The purpose of this new technique, explained Mosso Vázquez , is to offer the patient a totally dark or totally immersed panorama, similar to that of an Imax room (of maximum image), where the surgeons operate in black and white and the patient pays more attention to the scenarios, when leaving their reality.

Within the framework of National Pain Day , the specialist explained that the result of this alternative is that "the anxiety and the pain they decrease and the well-being of patients has increased during and after a surgical act. "

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