|
KMID : 0363320190400061210
|
|
Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2019 Volume.40 No. 6 p.1210 ~ p.1218
|
|
|
A Case Report on a Patient with Guillain-Barre Syndrome Complaining of Quadriplegia and Paresthesia, Which Improved after Korean Medicine Treatment
|
|
Lee Hyun-Seung
Kim Du-Ri
Shim Sang-Song
Baek Dong-Gi
Yun Jong-Min
Moon Byung-Soon
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objective: This study is a report on a case of a Guillain-Barre syndrome patient with quadriplegia and paresthesia, whose condition was improved by Korean medicine treatment.
Methods: A 71-year-old woman diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome was treated by acupuncture, electroacupuncture, Sambi-tang-gami, cupping, moxibustion, and rehabilitation. Clinical symptoms were measured with the Manual Muscle Test (MMT), the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), the Modified Barthel Index (MBI), and the Functional Independence Measurement (FIM).
Result: After treatment, clinical symptoms showed improvement.
Conclusion: Korean medicine treatment could be effective in the treatment of Guillain-Barre syndrome patients with quadriplegia and paresthesia.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Guillain-Barre syndrome, quadriplegia, paresthesia, Sambi-tang-gami, Korean medicine treatment, case report
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|