Treating Allergic Rhinitis and Atrophic Rhinitis through Acupuncture (by Korean Medicine)

          Treating Allergic Rhinitis and Atrophic Rhinitis through Acupuncture

            CASE STUDY 1: A Lady who suffered from intense headaches and runny noses

                                   Doctors practice Dr. Lee Method at Clinic Cosoom

      Here is a lady patient who traveled an hour and a half to receive treatments. She underwent a surgery to treat persistent nasal congestion. Although the surgery served its intended purpose, she started to suffer from intense headaches and runny nose with yellow purulent exudate, associated with frequent head colds that she caught every time she went outside. She had to take a week worth of prescribed regimen of drug therapy to treat the condition. Eventually, she came to see me after she was diagnosed with sinusitis and was recommended for another operation. She was afraid to undergo another surgery and had no other choice but to avoid going outside for 3 years. 

 

 

She became bedridden after her initial visit. The symptoms became even more severe when she went outside, due to treated nasal mucosa. After she barely recovered from it, she came back for another procedure and she fell ill for days. She suffered after each treatment for the first ten treatments. One day, she asked me a serious question

 "Dr. Lee, by all means, I may need to do another surgery. I am now required to wear a protective mask that looks like a gas mask when I even go to a grocery store. I found it unbearable. I cannot even go out to meet my friends. The cost I have to bear is too much every time I go out. It may be difficult to be treated with oriental medicine. Perhaps, another surgery provides some relief. Should I go for it?"

Her statement much troubled me. Repeated procedures had not yielded improvement but suffering remained.

However, her symptoms do not represent accurate indicants for the operation. She had to blow her nose constantly to remove yellow discharge; this may match the classical symptom of sinusitis. However, taking medicines alleviated her symptoms from time to time, indicating her sinusitis condition was not constant.

Suctioning the paranasal sinuses did not indicate the presence of infected fluid. It seemed her condition was contributed from compromised immune system of the nasal mucosa, unable to handle the polluted air in Seoul. I earnestly begged her to reconsider and not to lose hope.  (the story will be continued.....)  

 

 

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