Effect of needle-pricking in treating functional anejaculation and its influence on sex hormone levels / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the therapeutic effect of needle-pricking (NP) for treatment of anejaculation (AE), and its influences on sex hormone levels.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty-two AE patients were randomized into the treated group (62 patients) treated with NP applied mainly on bilateral points of sacral plexus and para-vertebra L1, every 5 days; and the control group (60 patients) treated orally with L-dopa and ephedrine 1 h before sexual intercourse. The therapeutic course for both was 45 days. Changes of clinical conditions and blood sex hormones levels were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 82.3% (51/62) in the treated group, which was significantly higher than that in the control group, 58.3% (35/60, P < 0.05); levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicular stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol (E2) were improved significantly in the treated group after treatment (P < 0.01), but in the control group no significant change of FSH was shown, and the improvement of LH and FSH was inferior to that in the treated group (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>NP could improve the clinical symptoms and adjust the blood levels of sex hormone in patients with AE, showing an effect better than L-dopa plus ephedrine in increasing LH and FSH levels.</p>