LIU Hong, TENG Yue, YU Xiao-yi, et al. Lingnan fire needling combined with 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops in the treatment of xerophthalmia: a randomized controlled trial[J]. Acupuncture research, 2021, 46(10): 863-868.
DOI:
LIU Hong, TENG Yue, YU Xiao-yi, et al. Lingnan fire needling combined with 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops in the treatment of xerophthalmia: a randomized controlled trial[J]. Acupuncture research, 2021, 46(10): 863-868. DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.200960.
Lingnan fire needling combined with 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops in the treatment of xerophthalmia: a randomized controlled trial
Objective To observe the effect of Lingnan fire needling combined with artificial tears in the treatment of xerophthalmia. Methods A total of 86 xerophthalmia patients were equally and randomly divided into treatment group and control group. The patients of both groups were received treatment with 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops in their eyes 3 times a day
one drop in each eye. In addition
the patients of treatment group also treated by Lingnan fire needling on bilateral Shaoze(SI1)
Neichengqi and beside lacrimal puncta once a week. The treatment was conducted for 4 consecutive weeks. Before and after 4 weeks of treatment
the clinical efficacy
visual acuity
intraocular pressure
ocular symptom score
OSDI score
fluorescence staining(FL) score
schemer I
tear menisci height
tear film break-up time(BUT) and eye redness index were recorded and evaluated. Results After the treatment
self-comparison showed that the symptom score
OSDI score
FL score and eye redness index were significantly decreased(P<0.05)
and BUT was notably increased in both groups(P<0.05) in comparison with their own pre-treatment. The tear menisci height in the treatment group was higher than that before the treatment(P<0.05). Comparison between the two groups showed that the symptom score
OSDI score and eye redness index were obviously lower in the treatment group than in the control group(P<0.05)
whereas the BUT and tear menisci height were evidently higher(P<0.05). The total effective rate of the treatment group was 84.88%(73/86)
better than 76.74%(66/86) of the control group(P<0.05). Conclusion Lingnan fire needling combined with 0.1% sodium hyaluronate eye drops is more effective than simple sodium hyaluronate eye drops for xerophthalmia patients
with significant curative effect and no adverse reactions.
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