A case report of a Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) patient treated with integrative Korean and Western medicine
Heun Ju Lee
*, Ji Young Baek and Chang Beohm Ahn
Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital
[Abstract]
Objectives : WereportacaseofPhantomLimbPain(PLP)andproposethepossibilityofinte- grativeKoreanandWesternmedicineinPLPtreatment.
Methods : For42days,apatientwhocomplainedofpainandinsomniawithPLP(December20, 2016toJanuary20,2017)receivedKoreanandWesternmedicaltreatment.Thepatientwas treatedwithanalgesicinjection,aneuropathicpaininhibitor,thecombinedherbalformula powdersBojungikgitang,andacupuncture.Symptomimprovementwasassessedusingthe numericalratingscale(NRS)andcontinuoussleeptime.
Results : Thepatient’sNRSscoresdecreased,andcontinuoussleeptimeincreasedaftertreat- ment.TheNRSscoresdecreasedfrom10to0,andthecontinuoussleeptimeincreasedfrom 2hoursto7to8hours.
Conclusion : Accordingtotheresults,thisreportsuggeststhatintegrativeKoreanandWestern medicinecouldbeeffectiveinthetreatmentofPLPpatients.
✱ Correspondingauthor:DepartmentofAcupuncture&MoxibustionMedicine,SamseKorean MedicalHospital,1580Jungangdaero,Geumjeong-gu,Busan,46302,RepublicofKorea Tel:+82-51-580-6956 E-mail:heunju0128@hanmail.net
Key words : Phantomlimbpain;
Acupuncture;
IntegrativeKorean andWesternmedicine
Received : 2017. 04. 12.
Revised : 2017. 07. 12.
Accepted : 2017. 07. 18.
On-line : 2017. 08. 20.
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