Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Nepp, J; Grdser, S; Flarrer, S; Spacek, A; Mudrich, C; Stockenhuber, D; Wedrich, A.
Tolosa Hunt Syndrome--intractable pain treatment with acupuncture?
ACUPUNCTURE ELECTRO-THER RES 2000 25: 155-163.
Doi: 10.3727/036012900816356118
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- Wedrich Andreas
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- Abstract:
- PURPOSE: The Tolosa Hunt Syndrome (THS) is a painful granular inflammation of the cerebral vessels followed by pain and disorders of the extrabulbar muscles. The therapy consists of corticosteroids and analgetics. There was a 70 year old woman who suffered from painful paresis of the abducent and oculomotor nerves following an infection with Borrelia Burgdorferi--but without ocular symptoms. The treatment with corticosteroids reduced the palsy but she complained of excessively painful attacks in the region of the first branch of the trigeminal nerve. Opiold analgetic therapy did not bring about any relief. Acupuncture is an irritative method with a physical effect on the nervous system: its pain-reducing effect is caused by the activation of transmitters like endorphins in thalamus and brain stem. Knowing this effect, the THS patient, after informed consent, was treated with acupuncture. To measure the extent of pain, a visual analog scale (0: no pain - 10: maximum pain) was used. Acupuncture was performed according to the empirical rules of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), during a period of 10 weeks and 12 weeks. There was a significant pain relief after acupuncture from VAS 10 to VAS 5. The effect vanished during the next four months. After a second series of 12 sessions pain reduction was reported from VAS 10 to 4. One year after the last Tolosa Hunt Syndrome - intractable pain pain strength ranged between VAS 4 - 6. Therefore acupuncture seems to be a good additional method for reduction of intractable pain.
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- Acupuncture Therapy -
- Aged -
- Female -
- Humans -
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional -
- Pain Measurement -
- Pain, Intractable - therapy
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't - therapy
- Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome - therapy
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- Tolosa Hunt Syndrome (THS)
- pain
- visual analog scale (VAS)
- acupuncture