Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment
Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a condition/disease which involves involuntary muscle contractions causing the eye to repetitively close, making it impossible for the patient to perform daily activities. This study reports Korean medicine treatment of a rare case BEB in a 34-year-old male pa...
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| description | Benign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a condition/disease which involves involuntary muscle contractions causing the eye to repetitively close, making it impossible for the patient to perform daily activities. This study reports Korean medicine treatment of a rare case BEB in a 34-year-old male patient whose symptoms showed minimal improvement following botulinum toxin injection (the standard treatment). Acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, and herbal medicine treatment for 11 days resulted in clinical improvement for all symptoms as assessed by using the Jankovic Rating Scale, Blepharospasm Disability Index, numerical rating scale, duration of spasms lasting more than 1 hour per day, and number of spasms lasting less than 1 minute per day. This case report suggests that comprehensive Korean medicine treatment could be a treatment option for BEB in patients who do not respond well to botulinum toxin injection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26b7b0d6547348d991f058e5d7fffb042024-04-16T23:50:31ZengMEDrang Inc.Journal of Acupuncture Research2586-288X2586-28982022-02-01391495210.13045/jar.2021.002622559Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin TreatmentSeojung Ha0Sung A Kim1Suji Lee2Sungwoon Choi3Sanghoon Lee4 Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea Department of Medical Education, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaBenign essential blepharospasm (BEB) is a condition/disease which involves involuntary muscle contractions causing the eye to repetitively close, making it impossible for the patient to perform daily activities. This study reports Korean medicine treatment of a rare case BEB in a 34-year-old male patient whose symptoms showed minimal improvement following botulinum toxin injection (the standard treatment). Acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, and herbal medicine treatment for 11 days resulted in clinical improvement for all symptoms as assessed by using the Jankovic Rating Scale, Blepharospasm Disability Index, numerical rating scale, duration of spasms lasting more than 1 hour per day, and number of spasms lasting less than 1 minute per day. This case report suggests that comprehensive Korean medicine treatment could be a treatment option for BEB in patients who do not respond well to botulinum toxin injection.http://www.e-jar.org/upload/pdf/jar-2021-00262.pdfacupuncturebenign essential blepharospasmherbal medicine |
| spellingShingle | Seojung Ha Sung A Kim Suji Lee Sungwoon Choi Sanghoon Lee Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment Journal of Acupuncture Research acupuncture benign essential blepharospasm herbal medicine |
| title | Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment |
| title_full | Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment |
| title_short | Comprehensive Korean Medicine Treatment for Benign Essential Blepharospasm in a Patient Responding Poorly to Botulinum Toxin Treatment |
| title_sort | comprehensive korean medicine treatment for benign essential blepharospasm in a patient responding poorly to botulinum toxin treatment |
| topic | acupuncture benign essential blepharospasm herbal medicine |
| url | http://www.e-jar.org/upload/pdf/jar-2021-00262.pdf |
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