Effectiveness of Dry Cupping Therapy in the Management of Uterine Fibroid: A Case Report
| العنوان: | Effectiveness of Dry Cupping Therapy in the Management of Uterine Fibroid: A Case Report |
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| المؤلفون: | Elham Akhtari, Sara Rostami, Mohammad Hossein Ayati, Majid Dadmehr |
| المصدر: | Traditional and Integrative Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2020) |
| بيانات النشر: | Knowledge E, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Complementary and Manual Therapy, medicine.medical_specialty, Cupping therapy, business.industry, Uterine fibroids, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, General surgery, medicine.medical_treatment, Medicine (miscellaneous), lcsh:RA1-1270, medicine.disease, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, Complementary and alternative medicine, Medicine, Integrative medicine, business, Complementary medicine, Dry cupping, Traditional medicine, Uterine fibroid |
| الوصف: | Uterine fibroid is considered as the most common pelvic tumor in women during their reproductive years. Symptomatic uterine fibroids can cause abnormal uterine bleeding, anemia, pressure symptoms and fertility issues and also have a significant influence on patient’s quality of life. These are the most common indications for hysterectomy worldwide. We report a 43-year-old woman with abnormal vaginal bleeding and dysmenorrhea due to large size of uterine leiomyoma which was candidate for myomectomy. Due to her virginity she couldn’t undergo uterine surgery. She preferred to use non-surgical treatments and presented to our traditional Persian medicine outpatient clinic. In order to control menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea, dry cupping therapy was recommended to her for three times a week. After a period of two months, dysmenorrhea and vaginal bleeding were decreased noticeably. In addition, a significant reduction in tumor size was observed. This case shows dry cupping therapy can be effective and safe in decreasing fibroid-related symptoms like dysmenorrhea and excess bleeding and also the size of fibroid. It seems that this method can be integrated with current therapeutic approaches. However, further clinical studies need to establish the efficacy and safety of dry cupping therapy for the management of uterine fibroids. |
| تدمد: | 2476-5112 2476-5104 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e5c0ba46a2871fc6d8a7846822750c53 https://doi.org/10.18502/tim.v5i2.3629 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e5c0ba46a2871fc6d8a7846822750c53 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 24765112 24765104 |
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