A case of Normal pressure hydrocephalus with dementia, gait disturbance and urinary incontinence

Kim, Bang-Oul; Kim, Haeng-Jin; Kim, Seung-Jin; Jeung, Su-mi; Ryu, Hyung-Cheon; Jeon, Sang-Yoon; Hong, Seok

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 25(2); 2004 > Article

Original Article

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2004;25(2): 314-319.

정상압 수두증 환자 1례에 대한 임상적 고찰

김방울¹, 김행진¹, 김성진¹, 정수미¹, 유형천², 전상윤¹, 홍석¹

¹동신대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실
²동신대학교 한의학대학 간계내과학교실

A case of Normal pressure hydrocephalus with dementia, gait disturbance and urinary incontinence

Bang-Oul Kim¹, Haeng-Jin Kim¹, Seung-Jin Kim¹, Su-mi Jeung¹, Hyung-Cheon Ryu², Sang-Yoon Jeon¹, Seok Hong¹

¹Department of Circulatory Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-shin University
²Department of Hepatic Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-shin University

Correspondence

Bang-Oul Kim ,Tel: 062-350-7282, Fax: 062-366-1882, Email: tinkle94@hanmail.net

Received: March 22, 2004, Accepted: May 13, 2004, Published online: June 30, 2004.

ABSTRACT

Objective :
This study was designed to evaluate the effects of oriental medicine therapy on a normal pressure hydrocephalus patient.

Methods :
The clinical data was analyzed on a patient with normal pressure hydrocephalus whose main symptoms were dementia, gait disturbance and urinary incontinence. The patient was admitted to the internal medicine department of Dongshin University Oriental Hospital from December 7, 2002, and remaind until January 20, 2003. He was treated with herbal medicine(Yukmijiwhangtang), acupuncture and moxa therapy.

Results:
After treatment, improvement was seen in dementia, gait disturbance, and urinary incontinence.

Conclusions:
The study suggests that oriental medicine therapy is significantly effective on the treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Key words: normal pressure hydrocephalus, dementia, gait disturbance, urinary incontinence