Abdulah Deldar Morad, Mohammedsadiq Hawar Abdulrazaq, Mohammed Ary Habeeb
Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq.
Community and Family Medicine Department, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq.
J Complement Integr Med. 2021 Apr 1;18(3):569-577. doi: 10.1515/jcim-2020-0183.
Chronic migraine is a disabling condition that negatively affects many aspects of migraineurs' lives. Patients who use pharmacological agents experience various side effects. Some studies have reported clinical improvement following wet cupping therapy in migraine patients. This study examined the effectiveness of wet cupping therapy on headache severity and its complications in patients with migraine.
In this study, a total of 29 patients previously diagnosed with migraine were treated with wet cupping therapy and followed up for headache severity. The severity of pain was measured before therapy, 1 h after therapy, and one month after therapy. The wet cupping therapy was performed by an experienced nurse who was not part of the research team.
The mean age of the patients was 36.17 (Sta. Deviation: 10.74 years; range: 22-68 years), and on average, patients had experienced migraine for 11.14 years. The severity of headache pain was decreased significantly from 6.66 (very intense pain) before cupping therapy to 2.48 (discomforting pain) 1 h after cupping therapy and 0.72 (very mild pain) one month after cupping therapy (p<0.001). The observed complications were skin pigmentation (6.9%), skin scarring (24.1%), and itching in the cupping region (31.0%).
The present study suggests a significant improvement in the severity of headache in migraine patients 1 h and one month after wet cupping therapy.
慢性偏头痛是一种致残性疾病，会对偏头痛患者生活的多个方面产生负面影响。使用药物治疗的患者会出现各种副作用。一些研究报告称，闪罐疗法可使偏头痛患者的临床症状得到改善。本研究旨在探讨闪罐疗法对偏头痛患者头痛严重程度及其并发症的疗效。
本研究共纳入29例先前诊断为偏头痛的患者，采用闪罐疗法进行治疗，并对头痛严重程度进行随访。在治疗前、治疗后1小时和治疗后1个月测量疼痛严重程度。闪罐疗法由一名不属于研究团队的经验丰富的护士实施。
患者的平均年龄为36.17岁（标准差：10.74岁；范围：22 - 68岁），患者偏头痛平均病程为11.14年。头痛疼痛严重程度从闪罐治疗前的6.66（非常剧烈的疼痛）显著降低至治疗后1小时的2.48（令人不适的疼痛）以及治疗后1个月的0.72（非常轻微的疼痛）（p<0.001）。观察到的并发症有皮肤色素沉着（6.9%）、皮肤瘢痕形成（24.1%）和闪罐部位瘙痒（31.0%）。
本研究表明，闪罐治疗1小时及1个月后，偏头痛患者的头痛严重程度有显著改善。
