Journal of Haehwa Medicine (혜화의학회지)

Research Institute of Korean Medicine (대전대학교 한의학연구소)
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Improvement of unilateral hyperhidrosis in spinal cord injury following treatment with revised Boyanghwano-tang: a case report

보양환오탕가감방으로 호전된 경추 손상 유래 편측성 다한증 1례

  • Oh, Ji-Seok (Division of Respiratory System, Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
  • Yang, Su-Young (Division of Respiratory System, Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Woo (Hyehwa Hospital, Daejeon University) ;
  • Oh, Young-Seon (Hyehwa Hospital, Daejeon University) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Koo (Hyehwa Hospital, Daejeon University) ;
  • Park, Yang-Chun (Division of Respiratory System, Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University)
  • Received : 2011.07.19
  • Accepted : 2011.08.10
  • Published : 2011.08.20
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Abstract

Hyperhidrosis is common complication of spinal cord injury, but localized unilateral hyperhidrosis is relatively rare disorder without autonomic disreflexia. A 52-year-old man with a 10-month history of cervical injury induced tetraplegia complained of excessive intermittent left-sided sweating. The sweating occurred by urinary retention or without any autonomic dysreflexia. The patient sweated excessively on the left face and upper body. In the point of Differentiation of Syndrom (辨證), the patient was diagnosed as Gi-Heo-Hyeol-Eo (Pi-Wei-Qi-Xu 氣虛血瘀) and was administered revised Boyanghwano-tang (reserved Bu-Yang-Huan-Wu-tang), and he was almost complaint free during 4 month about none dysreflexial hyperhidrosis.

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