The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)

The Society of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회)
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Two Cases Reports of Korean Traditional Medical Therapy for Patients with Bi-symptom Diagnosed Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Guillain-Barre Syndrome으로 진단받은 환자의 비증(痺證) 치험 2례

  • Nam, Hyo-Ik (Department of Internal Medicine, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Hoi-Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Won (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical center Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Choi, En-Young (Department of Oriental Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University)
  • 남효익 (광동한방병원 내과) ;
  • 김회영 (광동한방병원 내과) ;
  • 김지원 (국립의료원 한방진료부 내과) ;
  • 최은영 (동국대학교 한의과대학 내과)
  • Published : 2006.09.30
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Abstract

Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a disorder caused by nerve inflammation. The inflammation damages portions of the nerve cells, resulting in pain, numbness, muscle weakness or paralysis and sensory loss. The damage can also leads to denervation (killing the axon part of the nerve cell), which stops nerve function entirely. Without the axon, messages cannot be transferred from one nerve cell to another, but the causes and mechanism of this syndrome are unknown. This is a clinical report about two patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. The patients, a 54-year-old woman and a 37-years-old man, had pain, and weakness in both legs and arms. After about 4 weeks of Korean medicine and acupuncture treatment, most of their symptoms improved. Therefore, Korean traditional therapy has potential for treatment of Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

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