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Adverse Reactions Related to Acupuncture in Japan I (N=65,482)

Adverse Reactions Related to Acupuncture in Japan I (N=65,482) ‘The reported incidence of autonomic dysreflexia Summary (AD) amoung individuals with spinal cord injuries Many of the reported adverse effects of (SCIs) ranges from 48% to 85%. Clinically AD acupuncture are serious or severe such as presents as hypertension, and may be associated pneumothorax, infection, spinal cord injury, or with bradycardia, severe headache, perspiration cardiac injury. However, reviewing published case and flushing above the level of the lesion, anxiety, reports does not provide enough information to nasal congestion, cardiac arrhythmias, visual assess the safety of acupuncture and moxibustion. changes, and goose bumps over or below the In order to investigate adverse events of lesion. Usually these signs and symptoms are acupuncture, the authors reviewed all the relevant precipitated by noxious stimuli below the level of cases reported by the therapists at their clinic. Over the spinal cord lesion in persons with injuries at or a 6-year period, in the national Tsukuba College of below the mid-thoracic (T6-T8) level. An elevation Technology Clinic in Japan, all the acupuncture in blood pressure (BP) of 20 to 40mmHg above the and moxibustion therapists were required to report baseline value may be considered to be a sign of the cases of adverse events http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Adverse Reactions Related to Acupuncture in Japan I (N=65,482)

Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 19 (2): 6 – Dec 1, 2001

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SAGE
Copyright
© 2001 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
ISSN
0964-5284
eISSN
1759-9873
DOI
10.1136/aim.19.2.131
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Abstract

‘The reported incidence of autonomic dysreflexia Summary (AD) amoung individuals with spinal cord injuries Many of the reported adverse effects of (SCIs) ranges from 48% to 85%. Clinically AD acupuncture are serious or severe such as presents as hypertension, and may be associated pneumothorax, infection, spinal cord injury, or with bradycardia, severe headache, perspiration cardiac injury. However, reviewing published case and flushing above the level of the lesion, anxiety, reports does not provide enough information to nasal congestion, cardiac arrhythmias, visual assess the safety of acupuncture and moxibustion. changes, and goose bumps over or below the In order to investigate adverse events of lesion. Usually these signs and symptoms are acupuncture, the authors reviewed all the relevant precipitated by noxious stimuli below the level of cases reported by the therapists at their clinic. Over the spinal cord lesion in persons with injuries at or a 6-year period, in the national Tsukuba College of below the mid-thoracic (T6-T8) level. An elevation Technology Clinic in Japan, all the acupuncture in blood pressure (BP) of 20 to 40mmHg above the and moxibustion therapists were required to report baseline value may be considered to be a sign of the cases of adverse events

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Acupuncture in MedicineSAGE

Published: Dec 1, 2001

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