KMID : 0644120040170030179
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology 2004 Volume.17 No. 3 p.179 ~ p.189
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Clinical study for the 2 cases of hematochezia after radiotherapyof the cervical cancer
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Kim Seuk-Jung
Kim Dong-Chul Baek Seung-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: Radiotherapy is an irreplaceable method of cervical cancer treatment, but it has several complications, especially acute or chronic gastrointestinal complications. In the case of severe hematochezia, western medical therapy is usually ineffective. The purpose of this study is to report the effect of oriental treatment for hematochezia after radiotherapy of the cervical cancer.
Methods: We observed and treated two patients, 78-year-old female and 39-year-old female, who had hematochezia after radiotherapy of the cervical cancer. In oriental medicine, spleen and stomach are the origin of the acquired constitution and the spleen controls blood within the vessels(Þ¡÷Öúì). We regarded the cause of these cases as insufficiency of spleen and stomach(Þ¡êÖúÈå°). So, the patients were treated by combination therapy of acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal medicine to invigorate the spleen and stomach to benefit Qi(ËíÞ¡êÖìÌѨ).
Result: After oriental treatment of acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal medicine to invigorate the spleen and stomach to benefit Qi(ËíÞ¡êÖìÌѨ), hematochezia was decreased and additionally general weakness and anorexia were improved.
Conclusion: It is expected to increase demand of oriental treatment under the circumstance of insufficient western treatment for gastrointestinal or genitournary complications after radiotherapy of the cervical cancer. And many researches and case studies will be needed about complications after radiotherapy of the cervical cancer.
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KEYWORD
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hematochezia, radiotherapy, cervical cancer
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