TÌNH HÌNH SỬ DỤNG CÁC PHƯƠNG PHÁP Y HỌC CỔ TRUYỀN ĐIỀU TRỊ LIỆT MẶT NGOẠI BIÊN NGUYÊN PHÁT

Abstract

Objectives: Survey on the situation of using traditional medicine methods to treat primary peripheral facial paralysis according to each traditional medicine clinical patterns. Subjects and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional observational study was conducted on the medical records of 114 patients diagnosed with primary peripheral facial paralysis according to ICD-10, code G51.0 (Bell's Palsy) from January 2019 to December 2020 at the inpatient departments of Ho Chi Minh City’s Traditional Medicine Hospital. The study analyzed the utilization rates of traditional medicine methods based on clinical patterns. Results: in the wind-cold syndrome, combined finished pharmaceuticals with non-medication method (95.71%) is the most common method, in the wind-heat and blood stasis syndrome: mainly combined traditional medicine with finished pharmaceuticals and non-medication method (80.39% and 75%, respectively). Most patients were treated with a combination of symptoms-analysed-based prescription and finished pharmaceuticals. The warm-acupuncture and acupuncture-point injection method (18.18%) were used mostly in the wind-cold syndrome, while warm-acupuncture and massage-acupressure method (60%) in the wind-heat syndrome; the acupuncture and acupuncture-point injection and massage-acupressure (58.33%) in blood stasis syndrome, the combination of non-medication methods had a statistically significant difference between clinical diseases (p=0,024). Conclusion: The most common method used by primary peripheral facial paralysis patients at Ho Chi Minh City’s Traditional Medicine Hospital was finished pharmaceuticals combined with non-medication methods. For medication use, almost patients use symptoms-analysed-based prescription. Among the treatment methods, there are statistically a significant difference between clinical types.