Acoustic Neuroma A/K/A Vestibular Schwannoma

[gunplt]

Not sure what category to add this topic to. I have a friend and colleague whom I recently introduced to the concept of PEMF. He has thought of several use cases within his family but one interesting condition I had never heard of that he is interested in PEMF’s potential for is “acoustic neuroma A/K/A vestibular schwannoma”. I haven’t been able to find any information regarding the use of PEMF for this condition. But since PEMF has been observed to help in the recovery of the myelin sheath after nerve injury, it stands to reason that it may be effective in treating tumors of the nerve sheath (schwannoma). I’m wondering what info is out there regarding the way PEMF helps heal the myelin sheath, and by extension Schwann Cells. Thanks for any input.

Colin

[Lineweaver]

My best wishes to your friend and colleague. Here’s a link to a review that might help https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9939155/ This one is really tricky. A colleague got me interested in LysoPC. Low and below it is a demyleihating phospholipid used to create aimal models of MS. I think PEMF might be doing something intesesting to our cell membranes. The old days of NMR phospholipids were found to align in strong static magnetic fields. I think PEMF could help. Message me. I might come up with something to get the oncologist on board. In my opinion we’ve got to think bout PEMF helping his SOC treatment and maybe dietary stuff to make PEMF work better.

[gunplt]

I was just reading the abstract of this study earlier in the week. It was brought to my attention by a radiologist I was talking about PEMF with while wotking at a hospital in London.

[Chimmy00]

I have a relative who had theirs removed and hasn’t regained the facial movement. For the M1 are there any suggestions on recommended settings that had luck with bells palsy? A chiropractor suggested Schumann.

[gunplt]

@Chimmy00

I looked in my notes on PEMF frequencies, regarding nerves; 2 Pps, was used in 1 study. Schumann (7.83 Pps) is always a viable option. Of course @Bob doesn’t think frequencies are particularly important, and he knows better than most.

I found this study on PEMF (TMS) in use with Bell Palsy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1604998/

Of course Omni 8, or B5 C5 are always good options as well especially where injury (in this case from the surgery) is the cause.

[gunplt]

An update from my friend that has the acoustic neuroma: he is using the A9 I gave him behind the ear in question, with the coils stacked. His tinnitus hasn’t improved (it’s only been a couple of weeks), but the pain he has been experiencing on that side has abated. He also had his mother use it on her knee (pain from an auto accident) and it has helped her as well.

[Chimmy00]

Thank you for the information. She tried Schumann for the first week but her Dr said she has a lot of swelling so she’s going to switch to Omni 8.

[gunplt]

@Chimmy00

The neuroma is likely fairly deep (see picture above). How is she orienting the coils? Stacked or across from one another (Helmholtz)? She might benefit from trying an altetnate coil configuration as well as going to Omni 8 or B5 C5. Also given the distance she may need higher intensity. Some experimentation is probably the way to find the best result.

[Chimmy00]

Hello. She actually had to have surgery to remove it. During surgery they tested the nerve and it worked but she didn’t regain facial movement on that side. They did another nerve surgery and had little to no movement but shortly after found out she had stage 3 breast cancer so her body has been thru a lot she is cancer free and done with treatments so she’s trying the PEMF… placing the coils on the nerve that controls her smile (a chiropractor suggested placement on her face). She is starting omni 8 today and after all she’s been thru I hope she can regain some movement with the M1.

[gunplt]

Wow. I hope her body responds as well! Prayers.