Not many people are fond of needles, but for some patients, there is no technique or distraction that can ease their anxiety for those dreaded shots.
But one Australian hospital has published a study on a new procedure that has shown great success for helping needle-phobic patients.
Between the years of 2012 and 2016, the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne experimented with delivering nitrous oxide to patients with anxiety and developmental disorders, who were looking for a way to calm down.
The treatment was only used as a last resort for when distraction techniques and play therapy failed. The suggested nitrous approach had a success rate of 95% – and…
