A Case Report of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

신병증(腎病證)으로 인한 정상압수두증 환자의 오령산 치험 1례

  • Go, Ho-Yeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungwon University In-cheon Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Jung, Seng-Min (Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungwon University In-cheon Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Im, Young-Nam (Department of Internal medicine, College of Oriental medicine, Kyungwon University) ;
  • Park, Jeung-Sup (Department of Internal medicine, College of Oriental medicine, Kyungwon University) ;
  • Jun, Chan-Yong (Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungwon University In-cheon Oriental Medical Hospital)
  • 고호연 (경원대학교 인천한방병원 내과) ;
  • 정승민 (경원대학교 인천한방병원 내과) ;
  • 임영남 (경원대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 박정섭 (경원대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 전찬용 (경원대학교 인천한방병원 내과)
  • Published : 2004.12.30

Abstract

Objective : This study was designed to evaluate the effects of oriental medicine therapy on a normal pressure hydrocephalus patient Methods : The clinical data was analyzed on a patient with normal pressure hydrocephalus whose main symptoms were gait apraxia, dementia and urinary incontinence, The patient was admitted to the internal medicine department of KyungWon university In-cheon Oriental Medical Hospital, on April 19, 2004 and remained until Apri 30, 2004. He was treated with herbal medicine(Oryung-San), acupuncture and moxa therapy. Results : After treatment, improvement was seen in gait apraxia, dementia and urinary disturbance. Conclusion : The study suggests that oriental medicine therapy is significantly effective in the treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus.

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