针灸治疗强直性脊柱炎

强直性脊柱炎(ankylosing spondylitis,AS)是一种全身性的炎症疾病,目前医学界尚未完全了解其病因及病理。患者通常产生全身性的关节发炎,由骶髂关节上行至腰椎、胸椎、颈椎等中轴关节;下行至髋、膝、踝关节等,并常波及到眼、耳、肺、心脏、前列腺等。早期极易误诊为坐骨神经痛

Case study of the acupuncture in curing ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis(AS) is a kind of chronic inflammation disease,which often spreads to the joints of whole trunk.This disease is easy to be misdiagnosed in the early stage,and may cause serious consequence such as disability in the later period.Modern western medication could only suppress it by antirheumatic medication and antibiotic medicine,but have no effective way to cure it.On the other hand,acupuncture,cupping glass and medicine entirety treatment of the Chinese medicine can cure AS in some extent.For example,the patient in this research has released from the several years of suffering of AS in the favor of the acupuncture treatment.