Observations on the Treatment of 37 Cases of Senile Prostate Hyperplasia with Acupuncture
- Author:
Yunkuan YANG
;
Youguang AO
;
Youping HU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Prostate Hyperplasia;
Acupuncture;
Heat-producing Needling
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2005;3(6):17-20
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the curative effect of acupuncture on senile benign prostate hyperplasia. Methods: The patients were given acupuncture treatment for 10-30 times;International prostate symptom score (IPSS) and quality of life index (QOL) were used to assess IPSS and QOL scores of the patients before and after treatment. Results: Before treatment IPSS and QOL of the patients were 22.1± 6.7 and 4.5± 0.6 respectively, and after treatment were 9.1 ± 4.3 and 1.9± 1.1 respectively, there were very significant differences in IPSS and QOL between pre-treatment and post treatment(P ＜ 0.01). Conclusion: Acupuncture can relieve the clinical symptoms of prostate hyperplasia and raise the patients' quality of life.
