Two Cases of Great Occipital Neuralgia as Meteorological Pain Successfully Treated with Goreisan
- VernacularTitle:気象痛としての大後頭神経痛に対して五苓散が有効であった2例
- Author:
Yuzo FUKUSHIMA
1
;
Ryosuke FUJITA
2
;
Akiko NOUMI
3
;
Nobuhiro MIYAMOTO
4
;
Satoru YAMAMOTO
5
;
Hiromi SANEMATSU
6
;
Shugo TAGASHIRA
7
Author Information
- Keywords: cervical sprain; meteorological pain; great occipital neuralgia; goreisan
- From:Kampo Medicine 2021;72(1):43-47
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Painful orthopedic diseases are sometimes aggravated because of weather changes ; this is referred to as meteorological pain. We report two cases of great occipital neuralgia (GON) due to traffic accident in patients whose pain was aggravated by weather changes. Case 1 involved a 41-year-old woman who developed lumbago and cervical pain following a traffic accident. Two months after the accident, she had irregular occipital pain. Three months after the accident, a great typhoon occurred, and she suffered from severe occipital pain since that morning. She was diagnosed with GON as meteorological pain and was administered goreisan ; her occipital pain then improved. Case 2 involved a 31-year-old woman who developed cervical pain following a traffic accident. Three months after the accident, she experienced severe occipital pain due to weather changes. She was diagnosed with GON as meteorological pain and was administered goreisan ; her occipital pain then improved. Goreisan is dramatically effective for GON as meteorological pain caused by cervical sprain.
