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KMID : 0615720020190050046
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2002 Volume.19 No. 5 p.46 ~ p.56
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The Comparative Study on Oriental Medicine Treatments of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Bell`s Palsy
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study is to compare the improvement of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Bell´s palsy after Oriental Medicine treatment
Methods : Twelve patients with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and twenty patients with Bell´s Palsy who visited the Iksan Oriental Medical Hospital of Wonkwang University were evaluated. Evaluation was carried out by facial palsy grading system of Yanagihara.
Results :
1. In the analysis of causes, the most common cause was ´none´ with 14 cases(43.8%), stress with 8 cases(25.0%), fatigue with 4 cases(12.5%), cold and URI with 3 cases(9.0%) each.
2. In the analysis of prodrome, there was retroauricular pain in 16 cases(50.0%), headache and ´none´ in 8 cases(25.0%) each.
3. There was no significant difference between RHS and Bell´s palsy in evaluation score.
Conclusions : RHS and Bell´s palsy showed no statistical significant difference between severity of before treatment and that of after treatment.
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