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KMID : 0363320200410020186
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2020 Volume.41 No. 2 p.186 ~ p.193
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A Case Report of Insomnia and Fatigue in Alcoholic Hepatitis Patients Treated with Korean Medicine and Western Medicine
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Nam Hyun-Seo
Han Seung-Hee
Jeong In-Chae
Sun Seung-Ho
Kim Mi-Kyung
Han In-Sik
Baek Tae-Hyun
Jerng Ui-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to report a case that showed improvements in the symptoms of patients with alcoholic hepatitis without any indication of deterioration of the disease.
Methods: Western medicine with Urusa tablets and Godex capsules and Korean medicine therapeutic approaches, including Shihogayonggolmoryo-tang, acupuncture, and moxibustion, were administered to a patient during the period of treatment. Blood tests were used to determine levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), AST/ALT ratio, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, and total cholesterol. Fatigue was measured using the numeric rating scale (NRS), and the patient’s total sleeping time was checked, daily.
Results: After the combined treatment, the AST/ALT ratio and the AST, ALT, ALP, GGT, total cholesterol, and direct bilirubin levels were decreased. Through Oriental medicine for the purpose of improving symptoms, NRS of fatigue decreased from 10 to 5, and the amount of sleeping time increased from 2 to 5 hours.
Conclusions: The herbal medicine had no effect on the hepatoprotective drugs such as Urusa tablets and Godex capsules used to treat alcoholic hepatitis, and no adverse reaction from the combined administration was observed. To reduce fatigue and insomnia in patients with alcoholic hepatitis, it might be helpful to combine Western medications with Korean medicine treatments, including acupuncture, moxibustion, and Shihogayonggolmoryo-tang.
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KEYWORD
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alcoholic hepatitis, insomnia, fatigue, acupuncture, Shihogayonggolmoryo-tang, moxibustion
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