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What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into specific points on the body. These lie on 'chi meriridans', lines of energy flowing through the body from specific organs. Acupuncture aims to disrupt blockages of chi energy that accumulate in these points to improve health.
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Reasons Taken
63 patients in the community are having or have had Acupuncture.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 14 | 22% |
| Pain | 9 | 14% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 9 | 14% |
| Slow my MS progress | 8 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 11% |
| Dizziness | 2 | 3% |
| Fatigue | 2 | 3% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 3% |
| Neuropathy pain | 1 | 1% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | 1% |
| bilateral shoulder, upper back pain upon movement and worsens with repetitive movement | 1 | 1% |
| Back pain | 1 | 1% |
| Brain fog | 1 | 1% |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Top reported side-effects include: things sometimes get worse before they get better, Pain, Fatigue
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)
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- Mr. Kamakazie
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by Mr. Kamakazie
Sep 14, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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