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The facial flushing Changes during treatment. (A) bilateral facial flushing before therapy; (B) state after stellate ganglion block; (C) facial flushing was markable improved by venlafaxine.
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The patient was unable to sleep flat and slept only 2-3 hours per day (Figure 1A). What's more, treatments with drugs (methylprednisolone, thalidomide, hydroxychloroquine, glycyrrhizic anhydride tablets, ketotifen) or 10 times sympathetic blockages (stellate ganglion block) were unable to effectively improve the symptoms (Figure 1B). Finally, the facial flushing of the patient was disappeared after taking venlafaxine for three months (Figure 1C).