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KMID : 0363320190400050983
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2019 Volume.40 No. 5 p.983 ~ p.989
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A Case Report of Treatment of Numbness Associated with Contrast Medium Injection using Modified Samul-tang
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Kwon Jung-Yeon
Bae Ji-Yong
Kong Kyung-Hwan
Go Ho-Yeon
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Abstract
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Objective: Many types of delayed adverse reactions, such as long-term numbness, occur after injecting contrast medium, but few clinical studies have reported effective treatments for these reactions. We report that herbal medicine can have a positive clinical effect in patients who have experienced long-term numbness after contrast medium injection.
Method: A patient who had felt numbness in her head and whole limbs presented at Semyung University Korean Medicine hospital. Her numbness had first started 2 days after injection of contrast medium, and she had felt it constantly for almost 2 years. After admission at the hospital, she took “modified Samul-tang” herbal medicine (120 cc three times per day) from 29 January 2019 to 2 February 2019. We measured her numbness using a numeric rating scale (NRS) on 29 January and 2 February and we compared both scores to determine the degree of favorable and clinical effects of herbal medicine.
Result: The NRS score for numbness was 5 for her head and limbs on the first day (29 January), but after 4 days (2 February), the NRS score decreased to 0 for her head and both arms and hands, and it decreased from 5 to 2 for both her legs and feet.
Conclusion: Korean herbal medicine can have positive clinical effects on treating adverse reactions due to injection of contrast medium.
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KEYWORD
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numbness, paresthesia, contrast medium injection, delayed adverse drug reaction, herbal medicine, Korean medicine, Samul-tang
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