Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Successfully Treated with Kakkonto : Two Case Reports

VernacularTitle:葛根湯により症状の改善を認めた手根管症候群の2症例
Author: Yuzo FUKUSHIMA ¹ ; Hiroko FUKUSHIMA ¹ ; Ryosuke FUJITA ² ; Hidefumi MIYAGAWA ³ ; Hiroshi TOGI ⁴ ; Maki MITSUHASHI ⁴
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1. Fukushima Orthopedic Clinic
2. Tottori Municipal Hospital Department of General Medicine
3. Miyagawa Clinic
4. Akabane Makiyou Memorial Clinic
Keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome; kakkonto
From:Kampo Medicine 2020;71(3):224-227
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition caused by compression of the median nerve. Patients usually present with numbness and pain along the distribution of the median nerve in the hand. We report 2 cases of carpal tunnel syndrome successfully treated with kakkonto after their pattern diagnosis. We treated a 57-year-old women and a 59-year-old man. Two patients presented with hand pain and numbness and were diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Kakkonto treatment was successfully in two cases. We observed that median nerve compression persisted in these patients even after disappearance of numbness and pain ; therefore, we recommended operative management. The 2 patients underwent an operation for carpal tunnel syndrome. Kakkonto can be considered useful palliative treatment before considering operative management for numbness and pain in the patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.