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KMID : 0644120160290040069
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Journal of Oriental Gynecology
2016 Volume.29 No. 4 p.69 ~ p.79
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A Case Report on Secondary Dysmenorrhea with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome
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Kim Pyung-Hwa
Im Ji-Yeong
Jeon Yong-Tae
Lee Eun-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aims to report the effect of Korean medicine treatments
on a patient with secondary dysmenorrhea caused by Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich
Syndrome (HWWS).
Methods: We treated the patient who had secondary dysmenorrhea caused by
HWWS, with acupuncture, herbal medicines, pharmacopuncture and hyperthermia
therapy at ??Hospital of Korean Medicine from July 9th 2016 to September
8th 2016. We evaluated changes of symptoms by Visual analog scale score (VAS),
Multidimensional verbal rating scale (MVRS) and Verbal rating scale (VRS).
Results: After treatments, the clinical symptoms such as dysmenorrhea (lower
abdominal pain & lower back pain), lower abdominal fullness were significantly
improved, VAS was decreased, but the improvement of scores on MVRS, VRS
were unclear.
Conclusions: This case report shows that Korean medical treatment is effective
to treat secondary dysmenorrhea caused by HWWS.
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KEYWORD
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Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich Syndrome, Secondary Dysmenorrhea, Korean Medical Treatment, MVRS, VAS
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