title: Acupuncture for symptom management in patients with hyper-IgE (Job's) syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of acupuncture treatment for symptom management in patients with hyper-immunoglobulin E (IgE) syndrome (HIES).
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted at the The Clinical Research Center of the National Institutes of Health.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 8 adult patients with HIES ages 23-56 with varying symptoms in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acupuncture treatments were given from May 29, 2001 to February 17, 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acupuncture treatment efficacy was measured and evaluated using a 0-10 assessment instrument pre- and post-treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 8 patients with HIES suffered from a wide variety of symptoms related to the disease. Acupuncture treatments uniformly decreased the self-reported severity of symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case series demonstrates that acupuncture is a clinically useful and safe therapy for symptom management in patients with HIES.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. age@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Adeline X Y
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: Alexandra F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: Victoria L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jim W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fleshman
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007589:Job Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult