abdominal pain
Conditions
Interventions
Real Acupuncture Group:Phloroglucinol Injection and real acupuncture. Acupuncture sites: Select 1-3 areas of the ipsilateral ankle according to the body segment where the patients tender point is loca
Sham acupuncture group:Phloroglucinol Injection and Sham Acupuncture. Acupuncture points: Select the lower 4th area and lower 5th area under non-therapeutic targets.
Conventional treatment group:No acupuncture operation was performed, and only the basic treatment with phloroglucinol injection was given.
Sponsors
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (General Hospital Emergency Department)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Aged 18 to 75 years, regardless of gender; (2) Acute onset of abdominal pain with a reported onset time within one week; (3) Numeric Rating Scale score = 4 points; (4) Physical examination shows abdominal tenderness, rebound tenderness, or signs of peritoneal irritation; (5) Signed the informed consent form and is willing to cooperate with the researchers.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) The patient has used analgesics, spasmolytics, or other drugs (including oral and injectable drugs) within 6 hours before the visit; (2) The patient has a history of long-term chronic pain; (3) The skin at the acupuncture site has conditions unsuitable for acupuncture, such as infection, ulcer, scar, tumor, severe bleeding tendency, long-term oral or injectable anticoagulant use, or severe skin edema; (4) The patient has diseases with insensitivity to pain, such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or the patient themselves is not very sensitive to pain; (5) The patient has a history of fainting during acupuncture; (6) The patient has obvious psychological disorders or neurological diseases, poor compliance, and cannot receive acupuncture or drug treatment; (7) The patient has received acupuncture within 24 hours; (8) The patient has high cardiovascular risk factors (especially patients after coronary artery bypass grafting, patients with angina pectoris symptoms); (9) The patient has severe liver or kidney function impairment; (10) Female patients who are pregnant or lactating.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain relief time;Analgesic effect; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety score;Procalcitonin;The recurrence rate of abdominal pain; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYanfeng Guo
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed