|
KMID : 0363320170380050719
|
|
Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2017 Volume.38 No. 5 p.719 ~ p.726
|
|
|
A Case Report of Patient with Guillain-Barre Syndrome Complaining of Fatigue and Tingling Improved by Korean Medicine Treatment
|
|
Lee Yu-Ri
Kim Kyung-Soon
Choi Hong-Sik
Kim Seung-Mo
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: This case report presents improvement of fatigue and tingling symptoms in a patient with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) after receiving Korean medical treatment.
Methods: The patient was treated for 35days with the herbal medicine Hyangsayangwi-tang-gamibang and acupuncture. The effects of treatments were measured with fatigue severity scale (FSS) and numeric rating scale (NRS).
Results: The clinical symptoms of the GBS patient were improved considerably after Korean medicine treatment.
Conclusions: The herbal medicine Hyangsayangyi-tang-gaimibang and acupuncture could be effective for treatment of symptoms of fatigue and tingling in patients with GBS, but more studies are needed to confirm the present results.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Guillain-Barre syndrome, Hyangsayangwi-tang, Korean medical treatment
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|