A Case Report on Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment of a Patient with Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate whether acupuncture and moxibustion treatment could improve proteinuria in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.Methods: A 25-year-old man diagnosed with immunoglobulin A nephropathy had severely increased proteinuria. We conducted acupuncture treatment and...

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Published inThe Journal of Internal Korean Medicine Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 1037 - 1044
Main Authors Lee, Min-seong, Oh, Seung-hyun, Jung, Woo-nyoung, Noh, Ji-won, Ahn, Young-min, Ahn, Se-young, Lee, Byung-cheol
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.10.2022
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Summary:Objective: This study was conducted to investigate whether acupuncture and moxibustion treatment could improve proteinuria in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.Methods: A 25-year-old man diagnosed with immunoglobulin A nephropathy had severely increased proteinuria. We conducted acupuncture treatment and moxibustion treatment on the abdominal area between the abdominal aorta and kidney at level L2.Results: After five months of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, the patient’s urine albumin/creatinine ratio and urine protein/creatinine ratio had improved from 0.571 to 0.28 and 0.79 to 0.47, respectively.Conclusions: This case report suggests that acupuncture and moxibustion treatment may ameliorate proteinuria in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.
ISSN:1226-9174
DOI:10.22246/jikm.2022.43.5.1037