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Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report

Progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) is a type of motor neuron disease (MND). The main symptoms include dysarthria, dysphagia, tongue muscle atrophy and fasciculations. This disease is generally severe and develops rapidly. Due to the lack of effective treatment, many patients with MND in China turn to tr...

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Autores principales: Peng, Siyang, Chang, Weiqian, Tian, Yukun, Yang, Yajing, Li, Shaohong, Ni, Jinxia, Zhu, Wenzeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9666122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36397351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031446
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author Peng, Siyang
Chang, Weiqian
Tian, Yukun
Yang, Yajing
Li, Shaohong
Ni, Jinxia
Zhu, Wenzeng
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Chang, Weiqian
Tian, Yukun
Yang, Yajing
Li, Shaohong
Ni, Jinxia
Zhu, Wenzeng
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description Progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) is a type of motor neuron disease (MND). The main symptoms include dysarthria, dysphagia, tongue muscle atrophy and fasciculations. This disease is generally severe and develops rapidly. Due to the lack of effective treatment, many patients with MND in China turn to traditional Chinese medicine treatment for help. We successfully relieved dysphagia and sialorrhea in a patient with PBP for 3 years with herbal medicine and acupuncture. PATIENT CONCERNS: The patient was a 68-years-old woman with PBP and suffered from severe dysphagia and sialorrhea. DIAGNOSES: Progressive bulbar palsy. INTERVENTIONS: Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. OUTCOMES: After 4 months of herbal medicine and acupuncture treatment, dysphagia and sialorrhea were relieved considerably. The patient’s condition has been stable for more than 3 years and continues to be treated with Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. LESSONS: Our case suggests that alternative therapies such as herbal medicine and acupuncture may be effective in alleviating the symptoms of MND/PBP. However, standardized clinical studies are still required to verify the effectiveness and safety.
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spelling pubmed-96661222022-11-16 Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report Peng, Siyang Chang, Weiqian Tian, Yukun Yang, Yajing Li, Shaohong Ni, Jinxia Zhu, Wenzeng Medicine (Baltimore) 5300 Progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) is a type of motor neuron disease (MND). The main symptoms include dysarthria, dysphagia, tongue muscle atrophy and fasciculations. This disease is generally severe and develops rapidly. Due to the lack of effective treatment, many patients with MND in China turn to traditional Chinese medicine treatment for help. We successfully relieved dysphagia and sialorrhea in a patient with PBP for 3 years with herbal medicine and acupuncture. PATIENT CONCERNS: The patient was a 68-years-old woman with PBP and suffered from severe dysphagia and sialorrhea. DIAGNOSES: Progressive bulbar palsy. INTERVENTIONS: Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. OUTCOMES: After 4 months of herbal medicine and acupuncture treatment, dysphagia and sialorrhea were relieved considerably. The patient’s condition has been stable for more than 3 years and continues to be treated with Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. LESSONS: Our case suggests that alternative therapies such as herbal medicine and acupuncture may be effective in alleviating the symptoms of MND/PBP. However, standardized clinical studies are still required to verify the effectiveness and safety. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9666122/ /pubmed/36397351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031446 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report
title Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report
title_full Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report
title_fullStr Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report
title_short Herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: A case report
title_sort herbal medicine and acupuncture relieved progressive bulbar palsy for more than 3 years: a case report
topic 5300
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9666122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36397351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031446
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