Observation on clinical effect of fire needling for mild to moderate benign prostatic hyperplasia with kidney yang deficiency

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of fire needling on prostate symptoms, quality of life, average daily number of nightly urination, urine flow rate and prostat volume in patients with mild to moderate benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) of kidney yang deficiency.

METHODS: A total of 60 patients with mild to moderate BPH of kidney yang deficiency were randomly divided into an observation group (30 cases, 3 cases dropped off) and a control group (30 cases, 4 cases dropped off). The observation group was treated with fire needling at Guanyuan (CV 4), Shuidao (ST 28) and Qugu (CV 2) twice a week (2-3 d interval between each treatment), continuous treatment for 4 weeks. The control group received lifestyle advice and education, once a week for 4 weeks. In the two groups, the international prostate symptom score (IPSS), the quality of life (QoL) score and the average daily number of nightly urination were observed before treatment, after treatment and during the follow-up of the 4th week; the urinary maximum flow rate (Qmax), the average flow rate (Qave), and the prostate volume were assessed before and after treatment in the two groups. The safety was observed in the observation group.

RESULTS: After treatment and during follow-up, the IPSS scores, QoL scores, and the average daily number of nightly urination in the observation group were decreased compared with those before treatment (P<0.05), and those in the observation group were lower than the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, there was no significant difference in Qmax, Qave and prostate volume between the two groups and within the each group (P>0.05). There were no fire needling-related adverse reactions, and no obvious abnormality was found in urine routine and coagulation function tests before and after treatment in the observation group.

CONCLUSION: Fire needling can improve lower urinary tract symptoms and quality of life, reduce frequency of nightly urination in patients with mild to moderate BPH of kidney yang deficiency, and has good safety.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion - 43(2023), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 45-50

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Xun, Yun-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Ji, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Du, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Fan [VerfasserIn]
You, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Yuan-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Jing-Qing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, mild to moderate
English Abstract
Fire needling
Journal Article
Kidney yang deficiency
Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

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Date Completed 13.01.2023

Date Revised 13.01.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.13703/j.0255-2930.20220330-k0001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351442057