Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Case of Vocal Cord Paralysis And Upper Limb Motor Paralysis Caused by Herpes Zoster

대상포진에 의해 발생한 성대마비 및 상지운동신경마비 1례

  • Yeo, Eun-Ju (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-sin University) ;
  • Park, Kyung-Mi (Department of Oriental Obstetric and Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-sin University) ;
  • Cho, So-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-sin University) ;
  • Chun, Hea-Sun (Department of Oriental Acupuncture and Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-sin University)
  • 여은주 (동신대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 박경미 (동신대학교 한의과대학 부인과학교실) ;
  • 조소현 (동신대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 천혜선 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실)
  • Received : 2011.02.14
  • Accepted : 2011.04.11
  • Published : 2011.04.25
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Abstract

Motor paralysis by herpes zoster is rare. The incidence of herpetic motor involvement was reported to be between 0.5-31%. This case was reported to evaluate the effects of oriental medicine therapy on vocal cord paralysis and upper limb motor paralysis caused by herpes zoster. The subject was a 48-year-old man who suffering from hoarseness, right upper limb paralysis, right upper limb weakness, right post ear pain, headache. After our treatment, clinical symptoms were improved and VAS score significantly decreased. This study suggests that herbal medicine and acupuncture complex therapy is probably effective in the treatment of vocal cord paralysis and upper limb motor paralysis.

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