23 Jul Eczema: Case study
Female, 60 years old, good health in general. She has had severe eczema for three years, affected mostly hands and feet. Symptoms include: itchy and thickened skin, skin that’s red or yellowish, big cracks, can be very painful and progressive gets worse. She went to numbers of dermatologists, and had all the tests possible, and took medications, used topical cream, was better for a while, but lately it became worse than ever. A friend of hers encourages her to try acupuncture.
Female, 60 years old, good health in general. She has had severe eczema for three years, affected mostly hands and feet. Symptoms include: itchy and thickened skin, skin that’s red or yellowish, big cracks, can be very painful and progressive gets worse. She went to numbers of dermatologists, and had all the tests possible, and took medications, used topical cream, was better for a while, but lately it became worse than ever. A friend of hers encourages her to try acupuncture.
Patient definitely has history of allergy, and has very sensitive skin. In recent years, she has more stress from work, insomnia sometimes, feet pain prevents her from exercising. She gets tired often and feels weak. Her system shows Yin deficiency and Qi stagnation.
We plan to have acupuncture treatment twice a week for 6-8 weeks. After three weeks, hands get significantly better and feet start to show some improvement, hands are slower to show change. After one and a half months, hands are almost cured, and feet are much better too.
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