Electro-acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of cervical intervertebral disk disease in a dog.
- Author:
Ayne Murata HAYASHI
1
;
Julia Maria MATERA
;
Tatiana Soares DA SILVA
;
Ana Carolina Brandao de Campos Fonse PINTO
;
Silvia Renata Gaido CORTOPASSI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Comparative Study
- Keywords: acupuncture; Chinese herbs; disk disease; dog; motor recovery
- MeSH: Animals; Cervical Vertebrae/*pathology; Dog Diseases/*drug therapy/*therapy; Dogs; Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*therapeutic use; Electroacupuncture/methods/*veterinary; *Intervertebral Disk; Myelography/veterinary; Spinal Cord Compression/radiography/therapy/*veterinary; Spinal Diseases/drug therapy/therapy/*veterinary; Treatment Outcome
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science 2007;8(1):95-98
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A non-ambulatory dog with tetraparesis following a pain episode that had evolved over 2 months was submitted for medical treatment and diagnosed with intervertebral disk disease at C3-C4 and dorsal extradural compression at C1-C2 and C3-C4 using myelography and computed tomography. The dog experienced ambulation recovery after 15 days of treatment with only electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with marked improvement occurring after only 10 treatments. Six months of followup demonstrated that the dog was stable and had no recurrence of symptoms. Therefore, it was concluded that the combination of electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine was responsible for motor rehabilitation.
