EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF BREAST BLOCKAGE BY COMBINED SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ELECTROACUPUNCTURE

Đào Mai Thị, Hoàng Dương Huy, Hà Nguyễn Thị Thu

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of treating blocked milk ducts by spinal manipulation combined with electroacupuncture at and some factors affecting the results of the treatment method. Subjects and methods: A controlled clinical trial on 60 patients diagnosed with blocked milk ducts, divided into 2 equal groups, treated continuously for 4 days at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hanoi General Hospital of Traditional Medicine. Time: From September 2019 to August 2020. The control group was treated with electroacupuncture. The research group was treated with electroacupuncture and spinal manipulation. Results: The treatment method has the effect of reducing pain and reducing the size of the swollen breast area after 2 days of treatment. Reducing blocked milk ducts: the average score is 1.83 ± 0.38 points, after 2 days of treatment it decreased by 0.23 ± 0.43 points and after 3 days it was 0 points. Some factors affecting the treatment results: the number of times the baby breastfeeds more than 8 times per day gives 11.25 times better treatment results than the number of times the baby breastfeeds less than 8 times per day, the time the baby breastfeeds more than 5 minutes/time gives 9.00 times better treatment results than the time the baby breastfeeds less than 5 minutes/time. The form of birth does not affect the treatment results. Conclusion: Treatment of blocked milk ducts by spinal manipulation combined with electroacupuncture has good results of 76.67%, fair results of 23.33%, no poor results. 

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