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http://dx.doi.org/10.22246/jikm.2020.41.5.926

A Case Report of Korean Medicine Treatment of a Patient with Diarrhea after Hemicolectomy  

Kim, Youngji (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-Guk University, Il-san Oriental Medicine Hospital)
Song, Juyeon (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-Guk University, Il-san Oriental Medicine Hospital)
Moon, Jiseong (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-Guk University, Il-san Oriental Medicine Hospital)
Min, Seonwoo (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-Guk University, Il-san Oriental Medicine Hospital)
Kim, Hakkyeom (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-Guk University, Il-san Oriental Medicine Hospital)
Choi, Dong-jun (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Dong-Guk University, Il-san Oriental Medicine Hospital)
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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine / v.41, no.5, 2020 , pp. 926-932 More about this Journal
Abstract
This report presents examples of the use of Korean medicine to treat diarrhea after colon hemicolectomy. The patient was a male in his 80s who had undergone hemicolectomy 3 years previously for colon cancer. He complained of diarrhea and fecal incontinence and had attempted suicide. He was admitted to the internal medicine ward through the emergency room. Treatment did not improve his diarrhea, even with the use of antidiarrheal drugs, so he was transferred to the Korean Medicine Hospital, where he received daily acupuncture and medicine treatment. After Korean medicine treatment, his symptoms improved rapidly and his fecal incontinence stopped after one week of hospitalization. Two weeks after hospitalization, his stool had improved to normal stool, his hypotonia had also improved, and he was discharged. This report shows that Korean medicine treatment can be effective in treating patients with diarrhea. In the future, related cases will need to be accumulated.
Keywords
bristol stool scale; fecal incontinence; diarrhea; hemicolectomy; Wipung-tang;
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