Botox - Not Exclusively For Wrinkles Anymore

By William Black


Botox treatments are typically the most widely used non-surgical cosmetic procedure used by cosmetic surgeons within the U.S. with almost three million ways to use 2004. But Botox has several more uses in medicine. From treating overactive bladders to controlling pain in breast reconstructions to helping children with cerebral palsy, Botox injections are helping increasingly more people overcome more ailments.

Jean Carruthers, a Canadian ophthalmologist, was treating someone in 1987 for a rare eye disorder known as blepharospasm and treated the girl with Botox, a then largely unknown substance which reduces activity in overactive muscles by blocking nerve impulses. It absolutely was an allegedly unlikely use of the botulinium toxin, which -- in its purest form -- may be the deadliest poison known.

However, tiny amounts worked well and halted the Carruthers patient's debilitating eye disorder. But, despite having no symptoms, the patient kept coming back again, telling the physician that each time she received a Botox injection, the wrinkles between her brows seemed to disappear, leaving a relaxed, untroubled expression. It absolutely was there, over pillow talk, that certain in the world's most in-demand drugs arrived to wide usage. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.

Botox injections are approaching three million ways to use 2004 and is the number one non-surgical procedure used in the U.S. Cosmetic surgeons make use of the substance to get rid of deep smile lines round the mouth, neck band wrinkles and crow's feet.

But Botox injections are not only for smoothing wrinkles anymore. As time goes on, a growing number of medical uses - apart from cosmetic surgery -- are turning up. The substance is finding more uses many because many medical woes are due to muscles that contract when they should not. Botox performs its magic by halting nerve impulses that fire the muscles into action. Other uses for Botox are still on the medical horizon. Recently, researchers havediscovered that Botox can help treat overactive bladders, control pain during some operations, help kids with cerebral palsy, prevent ringing in the ears, assist diabetics with weight gain and control drooling in some cerebral palsy patients. For example, overactive bladder is a result of spasms in the muscles that control the organ; the syndrome gives sufferers the urgent feeling they constantly have to go to the restroom. But Botox injected directly into the bladder (using an endoscope) solves the issue and just requires about ten minutes within the doctor's office.

Whether people make use of the substance to look more rested in order to combat more severe medical woes, the various faces of Botox are getting to be more of a household word.




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