EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF BREAST BLOCKAGE BY COMBINED SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ELECTROACUPUNCTURE
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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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blocked milk ducts, spinal manipulation combined, electroacupuncture
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