TAILIEUCHUNG - Báo cáo khoa học: "Electro-acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of cervical intervertebral disk disease in a dog"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế về bệnh thú y đề tài: Electro-acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of cervical intervertebral disk disease in a dog | J. Vet. Sci. 2007 8 1 95-98 JOURNAL OF Short Communication Veterinary Science Electro-acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of cervical intervertebral disk disease in a dog Ayne Mil rata Hayashi1 Julia Maria Matera1 Tatiana Soares da Silva2 Ana Carolina Brandão de Campos Fonseca Pinto1 Silvia Renata Gaido Cortopassi1 Department of Surgery Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Sdo Paulo Sdo Paulo Brazil 2Veterinary Hospital Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University ofSdo Paulo Sdo Paulo Brazil A non-ambulatory dog with tetraparesis following a pain episode that had evolved over 2 months was submitted for medical treatment and diagnosed with intervertebral disk disease at C3-C4 and dorsal extradural compression at C1-C2 and C3-C4 using myelography and computed tomography. The dog experienced ambulation recovery after 15 days of treatment with only electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine with marked improvement occurring after only 10 treatments. Six months of followup demonstrated that the dog was stable and had no recurrence of symptoms. Therefore it was concluded that the combination of electroacupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine was responsible for motor rehabilitation. Key words acupuncture Chinese herbs disk disease dog motor recovery Acupuncture is sensory stimulation that affects the central nervous system by increasing the release of neuropeptides from nerve endings 2 9 . Acupuncture and Chinese herbs are treatment methods used in Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM . Acupuncture has been used for treatment of neurological 7 and musculoskeletal diseases such as intervertebral disk disease 6 10 and spinal cord injury 12 14 The combination of acupuncture and Chinese herbs for treatment of intervertebral disk disease IDD is related in literature 4 13 Cervical IDD represents 14 to 16 of the IDD that occurs in dogs 11 Symptoms include severe pain and ataxia of pelvic limbs to tetraparesis. Non-ambulatory tetraparesis occurs in approximately 11

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