Acupressure in the control of migraine-associated nausea
| Autor: | Chiara Burzio, Ilaria Castagnoli Gabellari, Gisella Airola, Chiara Benedetto, Sara Rolando, Gianni Allais, Rita Allais, Paola Schiapparelli, Paola Borgogno |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Nausea Aura Migraine Disorders Clinical Neurology Acupressure Traditional Chinese medicine Neurological disorder Dermatology Medical Records Young Adult Oral Communications Medicine Humans PC6 acupressure Migraine business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Wrist medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery medicine.symptom business Acupuncture Points Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Neurological Sciences |
| Popis: | Migraine is a disabling neurological disorder, aggravated by accompanying symptomatology, such as nausea. One of the most interesting approaches to nausea adopted by traditional Chinese medicine is the stimulation of the acupoint PC6 Neiguan. Actually there are no studies in medical literature as to the efficacy of treating PC6 acupoint for gastrointestinal symptoms in migraine attacks. Our study aimed at verifying if pressure applied to the acupoint PC6 was effective on nausea during migraine. Forty female patients suffering from migraine without aura were enrolled, if nausea was always present as accompanying symptomatology of their migraine. The patients were treated randomly for a total of six migraine attacks: three with the application of a device, the Sea-Band(®) wristband, which applies continual pressure to the PC6 acupoint (phase SB), and three without it (phase C). The intensities of nausea at the onset, at 30, 60, 120 and 240 min were evaluated on a scale from 0 to 10. The values were always significantly lower in phase SB than in phase C. Also the number of patients who reported at least a 50 % reduction in the nausea score was significantly higher in phase SB than in phase C at 30, 60 and 120 min. Moreover, the consistency of the treatment (response in at least two out of three treated attacks) was reached in 28 % patients at 60 min; in 40 % at 120 min and 59 % at 240 min. Our results encourage the application of PC6 acupressure for the treatment of migraine-associated nausea. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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