慢性前立腺炎と前立腺炎様症候群の臨床的研究 7.慢性前立腺炎様症候群難治症例に対する低周波針通電療法

Abstract

既往治療に対して頑固で難治の経過をとり, 特に骨盤底緊張症状の強い17例のprostatodyniaの症例に, 前立腺周囲または骨盤内の鬱血を改善する目的で低周波針通電を行ない, 既往の治療法に比して明らかに高い臨床的有用性が期待できることを報告した

Seventeen patients with prostatodynia (chronic prostatitis-like syndrome) refractory to conventional medical treatment were treated with electric acupuncture at a low-wave frequency. All of them had had a complicated clinical course and pelvic hypertonicity. This therapy was administered to mitigate the congestion of pelvic circulation, especially around the prostate. The clinical efficacy of longterm treatment was considered excellent in 30% and moderate in 70% of the patients, with an overall efficacy rate of 100%. Treatment with Chinese medicines and chemical agents could be withdrawn completely in 50% of the patients, treatment with chemical agents could be withdrawn in 30% of the patients, and the dose of either type of medication could be reduced in 20% of the patients. To examine whether the efficacy of electric acupuncture was related to the induction of cytokines we also examined the serum levels of INF-gamma, IL-1 beta and IL-6, but, no significant elevation of either of them was detected.