Hussein Emad Ahmed Fathy, Negm Shahira Hassan Ibrahim, Shaikh Tabish Ishaq, Saleh Ahmed Helmy
Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Family Medicine Diploma of Arab Institute of Continuing Professional Development (AICPD), Al Sheikh Zayed Central Hospital, Giza, Egypt.
Ayurveda Practitioner, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Higher Educational Institution in Nashik, Nashik, Maharashtra, India.
J Pharmacopuncture. 2023 Mar 31;26(1):94-98. doi: 10.3831/KPI.2023.26.1.94.
A forty-three-year-old male patient was diagnosed with an acute abscess in the dorsum of the right hand. On the 5th day of conventional pharmacological therapy the patient was still suffering, and was referred to the Outpatient department (OPD) to evacuate and drain the abscess and treat the edema around the area with Hijama (wet cupping therapy, WCT). The hand abscess was successfully cured within a week using an integrative approach of wet cupping therapy together with conventional drug therapy.
一名43岁男性患者被诊断为右手背部急性脓肿。在常规药物治疗的第5天,患者仍感不适,遂被转诊至门诊部,通过拔火罐(湿拔罐疗法,WCT)排出脓肿并治疗该区域周围的水肿。采用湿拔罐疗法与传统药物治疗相结合的综合方法,手部脓肿在一周内成功治愈。