Vagus Nerve Stimulation

What is vagus nerve stimulation?

Vagus nerve incitement (VNS) is a surgical methodology that can be utilized to treat those with nerve damage, utilizing a pacemaker-like gadget that is embedded in the body. The gadget is joined to an animating wire that is strung along a nerve called the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve goes up the neck to the cerebrum where it associates with receptors. Once embedded, this gadget conveys general electrical driving forces to the vagus nerve.

What are the types?

The specialist first makes an entry point along the external side of the midsection on the left side, and the gadget is embedded under the skin. A second entry point is made on a level plane in the lower neck, along a wrinkle of skin, and the wire from the stimulator is twisted around the vagus nerve in the left half of the neck. The mind itself is not included in the surgery. The gadget (likewise called an insert) is a level, round battery, about the measure of a silver dollar—that is, around an inch and a large portion of (4 cm) over—and 10 to 13 millimeters thick, contingent upon the model utilized. More current models may be fairly littler. The methodology more often than not endures around 50 to an hour and a half with the patient under general anesthesia. Typically the individual can go home later that day. Once in a while you may need to stay overnight in the healing center for checkup.

Sign and Symptoms

• Changes in a person's voice
• trouble moving the tongue as intended
• Irregular heartbeat
• chest pain
• dizziness
• shortness of breath

Treatment Procedure

The neurologist programs the quality and timing of the driving forces as per every patient’s requirements. The settings can be customized and changed by putting a wand over the generator on the left half of the midsection. The wand is associated with a handheld PC. For all patients, the gadget is customized to give incitement for a certain period and after that to stop incitement for another period. The gadget is situated to give incitement at customary in the middle of the day, more often than not with 30 seconds of incitement exchanging with 5 minutes of no incitement. The patient is generally not mindful that it's working.