The acupuncture therapeutic method in temporal arteritis vasculitis: A case report.
J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2017 Dec 26;:
Authors: Sezgin Y
Summary
Temporal arteritis is a type of vasculitis that entails the massive and medium-diameter arteries and results in progressive headache. Signs could also be accompanied by imaginative and prescient dysfunction, subfebrile temperature, fatigue, lack of urge for food, weight reduction, sweating and joint pains. Whereas cortisone remedy reduces the signs, its results by way of bettering high quality of life are restricted. We elected to profit from the consequences of acupuncture with the intention to cut back signs and enhance high quality of life in a case of temporal arteritis, a power illness. A 75-year-old girl introduced with ache on either side of the pinnacle. The ache occurred within the type of agonizing assaults 2-Three occasions every week. Accompanying neck ache was current, along with steady lethargy and fatigue. Bodily examination revealed decreased cutaneous elasticity and muscle mass, and a depressive temper state was current. The affected person was first administered six periods of acupuncture remedy directed towards the migraine etiology. When no response was achieved, we investigated temporal and parietal area factors related to headache within the literature. Factors GB1,eight,18, ST8, SI19 and BL8 have been added to the remedy. A lower within the ache assaults and their frequency occurred following acupuncture remedy. In conclusion, whereas cortisone is the primary choice within the remedy of temporal arteritis, we predict that acupuncture geared toward the reason for accompanying signs may also be helpful.
PMID: 29436372 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]