[Clinical observation on acupuncture combined with medicine for treatment of infantile febrile convulsion].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To explore an effective therapy for treatment of infantile febrile convulsion.

METHODS:

Seventy infants of febrile convulsion were randomly divided into two groups, a combined acupuncture and drug group (n = 36) were treated with Xingnao Kaiqiao needling method with Shuigou (GV 26) selected as main combined with intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam; and a drug group (n = 34) treated with simple intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam. Their therapeutic effects, the time of inducing the stopping convulsion, and the recurrence rate were investigated.

RESULTS:

The total effective rate was 86.1% in the combined acupuncture and drug group, better than 79.4% in the drug group (P<0.05), and the time of inducing the stopping convulsion in the combined acupuncture and drug group was shorter than that in the drug group (P<0.01), and the recurrence rate in the combined group was lower than that in the drug group (P<0.05).

CONCLUSION:

Acupuncture combined with intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam is an effective and safe method for febrile convulsion.

• Authors: Yi-ping Song, Wei Yang, Hong-mei Guo, Yan-yan Han
• Journal: Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion (Zhongguo Zhen Jiu) Vol. 26 Issue 8 Pg. 561-2 (Aug 2006) ISSN: 0255-2930 [Print] China
• PMID: 16941974 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Acupuncture Points
• Acupuncture Therapy
• Fever
• Humans
• Seizures
• Seizures, Febrile