A Case of Palmoplantar Pustulosis Followed by Joint Pain Successfully Treated with Saikokeishito / 日本東洋医学雑誌
Kampo Medicine
;
: 722-726, 2011.
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in Japanese
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ABSTRACT
Orthopedic symptoms are not rare in palmoplantar pustulosis, but standardized treatments have not yet been established.Here we report a case of palmoplantar pustulosis followed by joint pain that was successfully treated with the Kampo formulation saikokeishito. The patient was a 44-year-old Japanese man. He was suffering from pustules on the soles of his feet due to palmoplantar pustulosis, and joint pain of the sternoclavicular area, hip and lumbo-sacral area, which had not been controlled with diclofenac sodium suppositories. We prescribed saikokeishito for 1 month, and he felt less joint pain and experienced less pustulosis. After that, he suffered from an upper respiratory tract infection, and he again developed plantar pustulosis. We added kikyo (<I>Platycodon grandiflorum</I> root) to treat the sore throat, and his symptoms almost disappeared following this treatment. No author has reported a patient with palmoplantar pustulosis accompanied by joint pain who was treated with saikokeishito. The results experienced in this case suggest that saikokeishito could be a useful formulation for the treatment of palmoplantar pustulosis accompanied by joint pain.
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Kampo Medicine
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2011
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