• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.223-232
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• 2014

Objectives : The objective of this study was to report a effectiveness of meridian tendino-musculature acupuncture on the pelvic pain and dysuria in a patient with chronic prostatitis. Methods : A patient with Pelvic pain and Dysuria was treated with acupuncture and moxibustion. Before and After treatment we measured International Prostate Symptom Score(IPSS), National Institutes of Health-Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index(NIH-CPSI) and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS). Results : International Prostate Symptom Score(IPSS), National Institutes of Health -Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index(NIH-CPSI) and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) scores were decreased considerably after 14 times treatment. Conclusions : It was suggesting that symptoms(pelvic pain and dysuria) of chronic prostatitis could be improved by acupuncture and moxibustion treatment in the view of the meridian tendino- musculature acupuncture.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.914-922
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• 2010

Objective : The purpose of this study is to report the clinical effect of herb medicine (Indongsoyeom-bang) and acupuncture therapy on Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Methods : 15 patients diagnosed with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome were enrolled in this study. They were treated with herb medicine (Indongsoyeom-bang) and acupuncture therapy. To evaluate the therapeutic effect, before and after we measured Extract Prostatic Secretion (EPS), National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index (NIHCPSI) and International Prostatitis Symptom Score (IPSS). Result : After treatment WBC numeral index by EPS test and NIH-CPSI and IPSS decreased. Conclusion : Herb medicine (Indongsoyeom-bang) and acupuncture therapy are effective in treating Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. Further study of mechanism and efficacy is needed.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.449-458
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• 2000

Objectives : To determine the prevalence of prostatitis symptoms in the general population by questionnaire survey and to measure the effect of prostatitis symptoms on quality of life(QOL). Materials & Methods : A cross sectional community-based epidemiologic study was performed on 2,034 men, living in the Seoul metropolitan area using stepwise random sampling. Out of 2,034 interviewees, 1,356 men who were older than 40 and provided sufficient information were selected for this study. The questionnaires were completed by well trained interviewers. Contents of the questionnaires included demographic data, the Prostatitis Symptom Index(PSI), the International Prostate Symptom Score(IPSS), a general health questionnaire section and a sexual health questionnaire section. The PSI was composed of a sum of the scores from three questions about dysuria, penile pain and perineal pain and it ranged 0 to 12. Incidence of prostatitis symptoms was defined by a score of 4 or more and the reference group was defined as consisting of those with a score of 3 or less. The rate of incidence of prostatitis symptoms was assessed according to age and the difference of QOL between the prostatitis symptoms group and the reference group. Results : The overall positive rate of prostatitis symptoms measured by the PSI, in men older than 40, living in the Seoul metropolitan area, was 4.5%(61/1,356), adjusted to 4.8% by the relative proportion of this age group in the general population of the Seoul metropolitan area as compared to Korea and the World. The proportion of the group with prostatitis symptoms assessed by the PSI did not increase with age although the proportion of participants with moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) did increase with age. The group with prostatitis symptoms suffered from a much greater incidence of LUTS compared to the reference group (p<0.05). The QOL scores of the IPSS, and the general health and sexual health status of the group with prostatitis symptoms, were worse than those of the reference group.(p<0.05). Conclusions : The positive rate of prostatitis symptoms in men older than 40, living in the Seoul metropolitan area, was 4.8% and it didn't increase with age. The general QOL of the group with prostatitis symptoms was much worse than that of the reference group.