Korean Medicine Treatment for Dyspepsia and Constipation in a Patient with HIV: A Case Report

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a chronic and recurrent upper gastrointestinal symptom that has no organic cause. A 49-year-old male patient positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) visited the clinic because of FD and constipation. He received complex Korean medicine treatment, including acupun...

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Published inJournal of acupuncture research Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 143 - 149
Main Authors Ji-Su Ha, Han-Song Park, Hyun-Seo Park, Ka-Hyun Kim, Hae-Won Hong, In-Ae Youn
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2023
Subjects
Herbal medicine
HIV
Dyspepsia
Acupuncture
Medicine, Korean traditional
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Summary:Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a chronic and recurrent upper gastrointestinal symptom that has no organic cause. A 49-year-old male patient positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) visited the clinic because of FD and constipation. He received complex Korean medicine treatment, including acupuncture and herbal medicines, from April 14 to July 18, 2022 (27 times) in the outpatient department. Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), Nepean Dyspepsia Index (NDI), FD-related quality of life (FD-QoL), Euro QoL visual analog scale (EQ-VAS), and Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) were used as evaluation tools in this study. Symptoms were relieved after 3 months of treatment, and his QoL improved (GSRS, 15-3; NDI, 110-21; FD-QoL, 52-20 [eating status, 10-3; liveliness status, 12-8; psychological, 1-0; role-functioning status, 18-9]; EQ-VAS, 40-65; NRS, 8-4). The results revealed that complex Korean medicine treatment could alleviate FD and constipation in patients with HIV.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO202325657666137
ISSN:2586-288X
2586-2898