title: [Efficacy observation on infiltrative exophthalmos treated with acupuncture and acupoint massage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with massage on infiltrative exophthalmos so as to provide a more effective treatment for infiltrative exophthalmos in hyperthyroidism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-five cases of infiltrative exophthalmos were randomly divided into an acupuncture massage group (25 cases) and a western medicine group (20 cases). In acupuncture massage group, acupuncture was applied mainly at Jingming (BL 1), Qiuhou (EX-HN 7), Chengqi (ST 1) and Shangming (Extra); and massage was applied in combination on the back of the neck and the local points around the orbit. In western medicine group, Dexamethasone and Methotrexate were used for intravenous infusion, and Prednisone was for oral administration. The exophthalmos extent and clinical efficacy were compared between two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Before and after the treatment, the exophthalmos extents were (20.27 +/- 1.22) mm and (18.11 +/- 0.87) mm in acupuncture massage group and were (20.34 +/- 1.20) mm and (19.47 +/- 1.11) mm in western medicine group separately, indicating remarkable improvement in two groups (both P < 0.01). The improvement in acupuncture massage group was superior remarkably to that in western medicine group (P < 0.01). The total effective rate (83.3%, 40/48) in acupuncture massage group was superior to that (53.8%, 21/39) in western medicine group, and with less adverse reaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture combined with acupoint massage is an advanced therapy and has definite efficacy on infiltrative exophthalmos, which is superior to the conventional treatment in western medicine.
authors: Rehabilitation Department of Fujian Longhai Hospital of TCM, Longhai 363100, China. haiy056@163.com
authors: Wei-Ming
authors: WM
authors: Xu
authors: Yi-Hong
authors: YH
authors: Guo
authors: Bi-Xia
authors: BX
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged