Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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The Comparative Study on Oriental Medicine Treatments of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Bell's Palsy

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome 환자군과 Bell's Palsy 환자군에 대한 한방치료 비교연구

  • Moon, Sung-jae (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Won-Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Hur, Tae-young (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Won-Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Ok-ja (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Won-Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Yun, Min-young (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Won-Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Eun-hee (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Graduate School of Won-Kwang University) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-sik (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Won-Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Nam-geun (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Won-Kwang University Oriental Medical Hospital)
  • 문성재 (원광대학교 부속익산한방병원 침구과 교실) ;
  • 허태영 (원광대학교 부속익산한방병원 침구과 교실) ;
  • 이옥자 (원광대학교 부속익산한방병원 침구과 교실) ;
  • 윤민영 (원광대학교 부속익산한방병원 침구과 교실) ;
  • 조은희 (원광대학교 침구과 대학원) ;
  • 김경식 (원광대학교 부속익산한방병원 침구과 교실) ;
  • 조남근 (원광대학교 부속익산한방병원 침구과 교실)
  • Received : 2002.07.13
  • Accepted : 2002.09.14
  • Published : 2002.10.20
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to compare the improvement of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Bell's palsy after Oriental Medicine treatment Methods : Twelve patients with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and twenty patients with Bell's Palsy who visited the Iksan Oriental Medical Hospital of Wonkwang University were evaluated. Evaluation was carried out by facial palsy grading system of Yanagihara. Results : 1. In the analysis of causes. the most common cause was 'none' with 14 cases(43.8%). stress with 8 cases(25.0%). fatigue with 4 cases(12.5%), cold and URI with 3 cases(9.0%) each. 2. In the analysis of prodrome, there was retroauricular pain in 16 cases(50.0%). headache and 'none' in 8 cases(25.0%) each. 3. There was no significant difference between RHS and Bell's palsy in evaluation score. Conclusions : RHS and Bell's palsy showed no statistical significant difference between severity of before treatment and that of after treatment.

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