In order to explore the treatment effect of chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS) by acupuncture and its mechanism, we treated 47 patients using acupuncture and Electro-acupuncture on these acupoints: Zhongji (CV3) Front-Mu Point of the Bladder [3], Guilai (ST29) [4], Yinlingquan (SP9) He-Sea Point [5], Sanyinjiao (SP6) [6], Guanyuanshu (BL26) [7], Shuidao (ST28) [8], Xuehai (SP10) [9], Taichong (LR3) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Point [10]. The chronic pelvic pain syndromes index (CPSI) is applied to grade the pain and uncomfortable sense of patients before and after treatment, detecting the level of prostate fluid interleukin IL-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor TNF-a, analyzing the change and the correlation to pain grade.
Result: After treatment, the chronic pelvic pain syndromes index (CPSI) and the uncomfortable sense grade are improved evidently than the situation before treatment, the grade of IL-8, IL-10 and TNF-a go down remarkably comparing with the condition before treatment, there is position correlation between the grade of IL-10 and the pain symptoms grade, the total effective rate is 89.4%.
Result: obvious effect is gained when the disease is treated by acupuncture, the grade of IL-10 is reduced so that the pain is relieved, the inflammatory response is eliminated when the IL-8 and TNF-a are falling.
Key words: chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS), needling, interleukin IL-8, tumor necrosis factor TNF-a, interleukin IL-10
Writer: Shaoying Yuan, Shen Tan, Dongsheng Liu, Weiqiang Yi, Zhaolei Zhang, Shenguo Li
Male disease department, Zhu Hai Hospital, Guangdong Province TCM Hospital, Zhu Hai 519000; Guangdong University of TCM
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