| 구강작열감 증후군 환자의 구강내 통증에 대한 한방치료의 효과 : 전･후 비교 연구 |
| 손지영, 김주연, 강경, 백승환, 최제인, 장승원, 류봉하, 김진성 |
| 경희대학교 한의과대학 비계내과학교실 |
| Effects of Korean Medicine Therapies on Oral Pain in Patients with Burning Mouth
Syndrome: a Before and After Study |
| Ji-young Son, Ju-yeon Kim, Kyung Kang, Seung-hwan Baek, Jane Choi, Seung-won Jang, Bong-ha Ryu, Jin-sung Kim |
| Dept. of Gastroenterology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung-Hee University |
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Published online: June 30, 2013. |
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| ABSTRACT |
Objectives:
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by chronic pain or a burning sensation in the mouth.
There is limited evidence available to provide clear guidelines for treating BMS patients and a variety of different treatments
have been used. This study was designed to investigate the Effects of Korean medicine therapies on oral pain in patients with BMS.
Methods :
We surveyed 30 BMS patients who newly visited the Oral Diseases Clinic in the Kyung Hee University Korean
Medicine Hospital from February 2012 to March 2013. When the patients visited the clinic for the first time, they were
evaluated on sociodemographic characteristics, BMS questionnaire, severity of pain using visual analogue scale (VAS) and
pressure pain threshold (PPT) of the acupuncture point CV17. After 3 weeks of Korean medicine therapies (acupuncture,
electroacupuncture, pharmacopuncture and herbal medicine), they were re-evaluated with the VAS and the PPT.
Results:
After 3 weeks of Korean medicine therapies, 30 patients' oral pain improved and the PPT score on CV17 rose,
which means decrease of qi-stagnation score.
Conclusions:
Korean medicine therapies were effective on oral pain in patients with BMS. To confirm the additional
curative effect and evaluate the efficacy of each treatment, well-designed randomized controlled trials will be needed in the future. |
| Key words:
burning mouth syndrome, Korean medicine therapy |
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