Novocain blockade of stellate nodes in the treatment of patients with diffuse neurodermatitis

Abstract

Impaired autonomic nervous system function in diffuse neurodermatitis is now generally recognized, with the crucial importance believed to be not generalized, but local dystonia of both parts of the autonomic nervous system. Studies carried out in diffuse neurodermatitis have shown significant disturbances in catecholamine excretion. A decrease in urinary excretion of adrenaline and a marked increase in norepinephrine excretion were observed during the exacerbation period of the dermatosis. Despite many existing methods of treatment, therapy of patients with diffuse neurodermatitis is often a difficult task in the practice of a dermatologist.