Question
Are injections of adenosine triphosphate effective for muscle wasting? I have been sick with a low body weight for about 8 years, what were the previous treatment situations and outcomes, and how should future treatment be conducted?
Answer
The efficacy of adenosine triphosphate injections for muscle wasting varies from individual to individual. For a 17-year-old patient with a low body weight and a history of illness for about 8 years, traditional Chinese medicine treatment can adopt dialectical treatment, enhancing constitution and treating muscle wasting through internal Chinese medicine intake and external rehabilitation exercises. Western medicine treatment includes anticholinesterase drugs, immunosuppressants, and surgical therapies. For different pathogenic factors such as lung heat injury, damp-heat invasion, spleen-stomach weakness, liver-kidney deficiency, and blood deficiency with blood stasis, traditional Chinese medicine has corresponding treatment principles. Western medicine mainly uses anticholinesterase drugs and immunosuppressants, and surgical treatment is also an option for patients with thymoma.