Case report
Acupuncture as treatment option for dysmenorrhea and acute pelvic pain in patient with endometriosis: a case report
Nataša Šemnički
; Medical centre Kuna and Perić, Zagreb
Marina Šprem Goldštajn
; Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine
Abstract
Endometriosis is a common chronic gynaecologic disorder of still unknown origin. It affects up to 10% of women of child-bearing age. Although the condition may be asymptomatic, common symptoms include dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia, non-cycle pelvic and abdominal pain, and subfertility. Endometriosis has great impact on well-being and quality of life with diminished physical, emotional and social aspects of women’s life. There is an increased interest in use of acupuncture treatment as noninvasive, efficient and safe therapeutic option in the management of patients with pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea due to endometriosis. Acupuncture can provide relief from the pain by local and central stimulation of the nervous system. This results in the release of endorphins and other neurohumoral factors in the hypothalamus and during transmission of the impulse through the neural axis, to change the threshold and experience of pain in the spinal cord and various parts of the brain, including emotional limb nucleus and reverse inhibitory sensory pathways, and further to regulate the inflmmation process by promoting immunomodulatory effects with secretion of different biochemical factors. The aim of the article is to present patient with severe acute pelvic pain and chronic dysmenorrhoe due to endometriosis who was successfully treated with acupuncture.
Keywords
Acupuncture; endometriosis; pelvic pain; dysmenorrhoe
Hrčak ID:
251509
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2016.
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