Rastogi Sanjeev, Chaudhari Priyanka
Department of Pancha Karma, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Pancha Karma, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India ; Annals of Ayurvedic Medicine, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2014 Apr;5(2):125-8. doi: 10.4103/0975-9476.131736.
Nevus of Ota is a congenital blue-gray color nevus afflicting unilaterally, the area near the eyes. It poses a huge cosmetic concern besides being a potential threat for developing melanoma sometime in the course of the disease. The treatment options are neither many nor promising besides they are too expensive. We have treated a case of nevus of Ota with leech therapy where leech was applied upon the lesion for five times spanned in a period of 2 months. The results in terms of change in the color of lesion were evaluated with the help of serial photographs following every treatment session to mark the level of color changes in the lesion. A substantial reduction in color of the nevus was reported following the completion of the therapy. The results were demonstrated with the photographs. Although, recommended as the classical Ayurvedic management for skin diseases, leech therapy is not reported earlier in such conditions. It proposes a novel approach to deal with such congenital pigment lesions where other options are not promising.
太田痣是一种先天性蓝灰色痣，单侧累及眼部周围区域。它除了在疾病过程中的某个时候有发展成黑色素瘤的潜在威胁外，还带来了巨大的美容问题。治疗选择既不多也不理想，而且费用太高。我们用蚂蟥疗法治疗了一例太田痣，在2个月的时间里，将蚂蟥敷在病变部位5次。每次治疗后，借助系列照片评估病变颜色变化的结果，以标记病变颜色变化的程度。治疗完成后，报告痣的颜色有显著减轻。结果用照片展示。虽然蚂蟥疗法被推荐为治疗皮肤病的经典阿育吠陀疗法，但此前在这种情况下尚未有报道。它提出了一种处理此类先天性色素病变的新方法，而其他选择并不理想。
