A severe case of treatment-resistant Bell's palsy with improvement of paralysis after acupuncture and moxibustion treatment

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  • TAMAI Hideaki
    Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Care, Teikyo Heisei University Acupuncture Clinic, Jichi Medical University Hospital
  • HOTTA Kunihisa
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University
  • TAKISAWA Yutaka
    Department of Anesthesiology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center
  • GOTO Takako
    Department of Anesthesiology, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center
  • NIWA Yasunori
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University Department of Anesthesiology, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital
  • TAIRA Koki
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University

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  • 治療抵抗性の重度Bell麻痺に鍼灸治療を行い麻痺の改善が見られた1症例

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<p>We present a severe case of treatment-resistant Bell's palsy that improved after long-term acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. The patient was a 67-year-old woman with Bell's palsy. Despite receiving steroid therapy for one month, her paralysis score was 0 on the Yanagihara 40-point system. She was referred to the Anesthesiology Department and underwent stellate ganglion block and SSP therapy nine times. Since her paralysis did not improve, acupuncture was performed once every one to three weeks. Further, she self-administered moxibustion at home almost every day. Her paralysis gradually improved, and her paralysis score rose to 22 after seven months of treatment. This case report highlights that acupuncture and moxibustion may be used to manage refractory Bell's palsy due to its low risk of complications, long continuity for chronic conditions, and convenience.</p>

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