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http://dx.doi.org/10.6114/jkood.2013.26.2.030

Retrospective Study about the Causes and the Effects of Korean Medicine Treatment on Alopecia - Focused on Acquired Febrile Alopecia -  

Lee, Jung-Hwan (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Jang, Jin-Young (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Yoon, YoungJoon (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Cho, Ah-Ra (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Shin, Hyun-Jin (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Jung, Sang-Uk (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Jeong, Yeon-Ho (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
Kang, Yeo-Reum (Balmer's oriental medicine clinic)
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The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology / v.26, no.2, 2013 , pp. 30-44 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : The purpose of this study is to report the causes and the effects of korean medicine treatment on alopecia. Methods : 1050 patients with alopecia, who had visited oriental medical clinics from July 2011 to October 2012, were analyzed by self-assessments. And 153 patients of them were treated with korean medicine treatment for 3 months. Treatment results were evaluated by patients' self-assessments and global & enlarged photographic reviews. Results : 1. The gender ratio of male to female was 2:1 and most patients belonged to the 20~30 year old group. 2. Family history of baldness in alopecia patients was a total of 57.3%, paternal 44.4% and maternal 21.2%. 3. Subjective symptoms of fever in parietal region was a total of 97.4% in alopecia patients. 4. After 1 month treatment, the fever in the parietal region was decreased by 37.3% of patients. And their subjective hair loss was also significantly decreased. 5. After 3 months of treatment, the global photographic review was improved by 56.2% of the patients and the enlarged photographic review was significantly improved by 5.2% in patients' total hair count. Conclusions : A significant number of alopecia patients were young and less relative in genetic alopecia causes was less relevant than the past. Recent causes of alopecia were more concerned with the fever in parietal region. According to that reason, cooling effect korean medicine treatment was expected to be effective for febrile alopecia, and actually had significant effects on this study. For future studies, it's long term treatment and follow up studies are needed.
Keywords
Alopecia; Fever in Parietal Region; Febrile Alopecia; Korean Medicine Treatment;
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