Pediatric Palliative Care Program, Children's National Medical Center, District of Columbia, Washington, United States; Division of Hematology, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's National Medical Center, District of Columbia, Washington, United States; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, District of Columbia, United States.
Division of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, District of Columbia, Washington, United States; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, District of Columbia, United States.
Complement Ther Med. 2020 Mar;49:102287. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.102287. Epub 2020 Jan 11.
Pain associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) is frequently treated with opioids which have many side effects. There is a need for adjuvant non-opioid therapies that can improve pain control. Acupuncture, an integrative approach, has been shown to be useful in non-SCD pain conditions but has been used to a very limited extent in SCD. In this report we present a single academic pediatric center experience showing acceptability, feasibility and improved pain experience with adjuvant acupuncture therapy in children with SCD and suggest that acupuncture should be explored as a treatment option for managing pain in SCD.
与镰状细胞病（SCD）相关的疼痛通常采用阿片类药物治疗，但这类药物有许多副作用。因此需要辅助性的非阿片类治疗方法来改善疼痛控制。针灸是一种综合性的方法，已被证明对非 SCD 疼痛疾病有效，但在 SCD 中应用非常有限。在本报告中，我们介绍了一家学术性儿科中心的经验，表明辅助性针灸治疗 SCD 儿童具有可接受性、可行性，并能改善疼痛体验，提示针灸可作为 SCD 疼痛管理的治疗选择。
