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KMID : 1129720200370030198
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2020 Volume.37 No. 3 p.198 ~ p.202
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Acupoint Electrical Stimulation Preconditioning to Reduce Hemorrhoid Pain: A Case Report
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Lee Seung-Min Kathy
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Abstract
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A 30-year-old woman with Grade III hemorrhoid complained of excruciating pain that continued for several hours, especially with defecation. She was not able to frequent the clinic due to COVID-19 shutdowns, therefore additional treatment using acupoint electrical stimulation (AES) was self-administered. She administered AES bilaterally on BL57 and LR10 for fifteen minutes before each defecation as a preconditioning treatment. She assessed her pain using a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) during defecation, and 3 hours later. The patient initially complained of pain rating 9 on the NRS. After the first session of AES, the pain dropped to 5. On one-month follow-up, the pain was at 3 and the patient was able to terminate all treatment. Self-administered AES preconditioning at BL57 and LR10 can be used to reduce extreme cases of hemorrhoid pain.
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KEYWORD
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ean medicine, acupuncture, transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, hemorrhoids
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