KMID : 0363620200410040100
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine 2020 Volume.41 No. 4 p.100 ~ p.105
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Case Report for Severe Hepatitis A Treated in a Korean Hospital
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Kim Sul-Ki
Jeon Cheon-Hoo Lee Nam-Heon Cho Jung-Hyo Son Chang-Gue
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Abstract
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A 25-year-old male presented with influenza-like symptoms and took Western anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs for 2 days. The symptoms aggravated, so the patient decided to rely on Korean medicine (KM). Based on the highly elevated hepatic enzymes (AST 4,621 IU/L and ALT 2,763 IU/L) with a positive result of anti-HAV IgM, he was diagnosed with hepatitis A. The patient was hospitalized and given herbal drugs (Chunggan-plus extract, Innae-Tang) and acupuncture, according to symptom differentiation, the accumulation of damp heat (ã¥æðè³Ì¿)¡±. The subjective symptoms (fatigue, nausea, gastric discomfort) including jaundice and dark urine as well as laboratory abnormalities gradually improved gradually in 10 hospital days, and the patient completely recovered in 25 days as an out-patient. This case presents a classic case of severe hepatitis A in 2019 Korean outbreak, and is informative to physicians for diagnosis and treatment in the traditional Korean medicine field.
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KEYWORD
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epatitis A, HAV, Traditional Korean medicine
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