Clinical observation on acupuncture combined with medicine for treatment of infantile febrile convulsion / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore an effective therapy for treatment of infantile febrile convulsion.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Seventy infants of febrile convulsion were randomly divided into two groups, a combined acupuncture and drug group (n = 36) were treated with Xingnao Kaiqiao needling method with Shuigou (GV 26) selected as main combined with intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam; and a drug group (n = 34) treated with simple intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam. Their therapeutic effects, the time of inducing the stopping convulsion, and the recurrence rate were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 86.1% in the combined acupuncture and drug group, better than 79.4% in the drug group (P<0.05), and the time of inducing the stopping convulsion in the combined acupuncture and drug group was shorter than that in the drug group (P<0.01), and the recurrence rate in the combined group was lower than that in the drug group (P<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture combined with intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam is an effective and safe method for febrile convulsion.</p>