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A Case Report of a Patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Complaining about Lower Limb Pain

하지통증을 호소하는 샤르코마리투스 질환 환자에 대한 복합적 한방처치 1례

  • Moon, Hee-young (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Ryu, Gwang-hyun (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Choo, Won-jung (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Yo-sup (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Park, Ji-won (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Doo-ri (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Ryu, Won-hyung (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Jeon, Yong-hyun (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-Cheon Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine)
  • 문희영 (부천자생한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 류광현 (부천자생한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 추원정 (부천자생한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 최요섭 (부천자생한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 박지원 (부천자생한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 김두리 (부천자생한방병원 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 류원형 (부천자생한방병원 한방재활의학과) ;
  • 전용현 (부천자생한방병원 한방재활의학과)
  • Received : 2018.12.03
  • Accepted : 2018.12.31
  • Published : 2018.12.30
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Abstract

Objective: This study was performed to report on the effects of traditional Korean Medicine as a treatment for a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, with lower limb pain as the chief complaint. Methods: We treated this patient with traditional Korean medicine and measured symptom severity using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) as well as measuring the length of the patient's self-exercising time. Results: After about 7 weeks of treatment, most pathological symptoms had decreased. There was a gradual decline in the VAS and a gradual increase in the length of the self-exercising time. Although there was an increase in the ODI scale during the first 2 weeks, it eventually showed a decline in the rest of the period. Conclusions: Traditional Korean medicine can be a solution for the patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease suffering from peripheral neurological symptoms.

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