Efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of anovulation from January 2010 to December 2013
Abstract
Introduction: Sterility is as old as human history. Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse.
Method: An experimental study, phase IV clinical trial, patients from the infertility department in the Provincial General Teaching Hospital of Morón from January 2010 to December 2013 whose cause was the anovulation from ovarian origin. After meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, two groups were formed: one treated with acupuncture (study group) and the other with conventional treatment (control group), which was evaluated at three months, six months and a year of treatment, which was demonstrated the presence or absence of ovulation.
Results: It was found that the acupunctural treatment proved effective for a 91.7% of the patients, while conventional treatment was effective in 70%. It was obtained a 66.6% of pregnancies in the study group, while in the control group a 58.3%. Complications predominated in the group with treatment with a 61.6%.
Conclusions: Patients treated with traditional medicine, strengthen their health and balance their endocrine system. They also become pregnant and recover more easily, by what constitutes an alternative to avoid the use of hormones and with them their side effects and complicationsDownloads
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