European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

CASE REPORT: FIRE-NEEDLE ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT IN PATIENT PRESENTED WITH GASTRIC PAIN

Jihe Zhu*, Blagica Arsovska, Kristina Kozovska and Svetlana Jovevska

ABSTRACT

According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) philosophy, the abdominal area is the body's vitality centre and therefore the proper function of the digestive organs is of a great importance. Losing weight without trying, without changing the eating or exercise habits, thus causing gastric pain, should be a cause for concern. Despite the primarily manifestation of corona virus as lung infection presenting with respiratory symptoms and fever, it has manifested significant other complications affecting most organs, including the gastrointestinal tract with gastrointestinal symptoms in 1/3 of the patients. The treated patient is a 39 year old woman, presented with pain and cramps in the stomach and esophagus after sudden weight loss (16 kg in 1 month) after coronavirus infection. The patient had an echo of the abdomen. Liver, bile, spleen, pancreas are without pathological changes. Both the kidney and the bladder are neat without pathological findings. The patient has been receiving medicament therapy for 10 days Reglan 10 mg, but without any effect and changes.After receiving only one fire-needle acupuncture treatment, the pain was gone and didn‟t come back. The treated points are located on the spine on the vertebrae Th5 and Th6. Acupuncture as part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, is an effective treatment and gives very fast and satisfying results in conditions presented with abdominal pain and discomfort in the stomach and esophagus.

Keywords: Stomach, esophagus, pain, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine.