Botox helping stroke victims
Stroke victims are among the latest group of people to benefit from innovative uses for anti-wrinkle drug botox, reports Sky News Australia.
In a two-year trial botox was found to improve the quality of patient's lives by relaxing contracted muscles affected by spasticity and making movement more fluid.
The trial found that several treatments of botox, used in conjunction with physiotherapy and occupational therapy, offer improvements to a stroke victim's quality of life.
"It's easier putting a shirt on, it's easier showering," stroke victim Hugh Batten told them.
The use of botox in general medicine, as well as a facial rejuvenation aid, is increasing having been used to treat prostate problems, pain, migraine headaches and profuse sweating.
Current studies in America have seen it used to improve the condition of patients with brain injuries.
- Always insist on botox treatment in a clinical environment and ensure it is administered by trained botox professionals.
