Korean Medicine Treatment for Acute Cortical Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Abstract

This case report documents one patient with acute cortical cisternal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The patient had a central pain in the right upper limb and was treated with traditional Korean medicine in the Oriental Hospital of Se-Myung University. The patient was treated with Yangkyuksanwha-tang and acupuncture and followed up with a symptoms checklist and brain computed tomography (CT) scan. Initially, the frequency of right upper extremity pain was 18 per day, but this disappeared after treatment. CT follow up showed that subarachnoid hemorrhage was resolved. There were no side effects associated with treatment. This case shows that traditional Korean medicine treatment is effective in treating acute cortical subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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“…한의학에서는 뇌출혈 후유증을 중풍(中風)의 범 주에서 화열증(火熱證), 습담증(濕痰證), 음허증(陰 虛證), 기허증(氣虛證)으로 분류하여 치료하고 9 , 중 풍에 활혈화어치법(活血化瘀治法)을 적용하는 연구 가 이뤄지고 있다 10,11 . 최근 뇌동맥류 및 지주막하 출혈에 대한 한의치료 증례보고는 중추성 통증, 반 코마이신 내성 장알균, 심부정맥혈전증, 현훈, 이 명, 동안신경마비 3례, 손발저림, 섬망과 인지저하, 두통으로, 사지마비에 대한 증례는 드물게 보고되 고 있다 [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] MMSE-K), 전반적퇴화척도(Global Deterioration Scale, GDS)를 시행하였다(Fig. 1).…”