A Case of Prurigo Nodularis Treating by Acupuncture

AIM: Male, 68 years old, suffering from prurigo nodularis for 7 months, and did not show any significant improvement after oral and topical medications. After 4 months of acupuncture treatment, the NRS for itch scores decreased from 9 to 1; the NRS for sleep scores increased from 5 to 9; HADS decrea...

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Autores principales: Wu, Dan, Dong, Guirong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8645944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34880640
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S336109
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description AIM: Male, 68 years old, suffering from prurigo nodularis for 7 months, and did not show any significant improvement after oral and topical medications. After 4 months of acupuncture treatment, the NRS for itch scores decreased from 9 to 1; the NRS for sleep scores increased from 5 to 9; HADS decreased from 14 to 2; DLQI decreased from 9 to 5; IGA decreased from 4 to 3. After a 2-month follow-up, the patient was stable in all aspects without new rash. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture is a feasible method for the treatment of prurigo nodularis.
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spelling pubmed-86459442021-12-07 A Case of Prurigo Nodularis Treating by Acupuncture Wu, Dan Dong, Guirong Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol Case Report AIM: Male, 68 years old, suffering from prurigo nodularis for 7 months, and did not show any significant improvement after oral and topical medications. After 4 months of acupuncture treatment, the NRS for itch scores decreased from 9 to 1; the NRS for sleep scores increased from 5 to 9; HADS decreased from 14 to 2; DLQI decreased from 9 to 5; IGA decreased from 4 to 3. After a 2-month follow-up, the patient was stable in all aspects without new rash. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture is a feasible method for the treatment of prurigo nodularis. Dove 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8645944/ /pubmed/34880640 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S336109 Text en © 2021 Wu and Dong. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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