Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture, Applied Kinesiology, and Breathing Exercises for Facial Paralysis in a Young Boy Caused by Lyme Disease-A Case Report.
The case study reports on the effect of pharmacological, complementary, and alternative medicine including YNSA, Applied Kinesiology, and respiratory exercises in a 9-year-old boy with facial paralysis. The boy suffered from borreliosis and one-sided facial paralysis that occurred 3.5 weeks after being bitten by a tick and persisted despite 4 weeks of medication with antibiotics. In the first treatment, muscle function as assessed by the coachman׳s test was normalized, and improvement in the facial paralysis was observed. Within 8 additional treatments over a period of 2 months, the boy showed complete recovery. The case shows a multimodal approach to facial paralysis integrating pharmacological treatment and CAM including YNSA, Applied Kinesiology, and breathing exercises.
Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hochschule für Gesundheit und Sport, Technik und Kunst, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: info@molsberger.de.
Friedrich
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Molsberger
Institut für Integrative Medizin, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany.
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Raak
Forschungsgruppe Akupunktur, Düsseldorf, Germany; Hochschule für Gesundheit und Sport, Technik und Kunst, Berlin, Germany.
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Teuber
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018953:Kinesiology, Applied; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Applied Kinesiology; YNSA; Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture; breathing exercises; facial paralysis; lyme disease