Lupus SLE

This paperwork shows a clinical case that I am working on at my clinic.

Clinical case:

Patient is 28 years old. She was diagnosed with lupus SLE at the age of 17, she was hospitalized 10 years ago, and another time recently before coming to see me seeking help. The reason for hospitalization was systemic Lupus complication.

The patient was experiencing issues with kidneys (lupus nephritis), has severe edema and swelling, joints completely inflamed, and muscles were getting weaker.

Physically, the patient couldn’t lift her body, wasn’t able to go to the washroom on her own and she was giving a walker.

She developed pneumonia while hospitalized which went away later on, but breathing was still labored.

Arthritis in hand was bad and she gets locked fingers after a mild work on the computer or phone.

All the joints were very painful (hip, knees, ankle, shoulders …). She also has asthma which gets worse with Lupus flare up.

She has vision problems, bad migraines daily, frequent and painful urination, memory problems, lots of stress and depression.

She is on medication including prednisone, doxazosin, perindopril, hydroxychloroquine, Lasix.

Patient came to see me a month ago, we did a thorough consultation and we agreed on treatment plan of 3 times a week for one hour session each time.

After two weeks of treatment, lots of her symptoms disappeared and the patient gained lots of strength and energy.

The patient was able to walk with no pain and with no walker, No more locked fingers, no more migraines, no more pain in the joints hip, knees. Heel, ankle, the ankle edema reduced by 60%.

third week we were already able to start working on her internal and kidneys.

Patient told me that her days are much easier and happier, she gets to smile more often, she has more hope, and her stress level went down significantly.

Lupus is an auto immune disease which means that the patient needs to keep me on her contact list for long time. We still have long way to go but lots of good expectations will be allowed along the way, and her health will get better and better as long as she stays regular to her treatment sessions and follow her MD and my instructions.

Acupuncture is great in helping people with the most severe health issues that modern medicine cannot find out really the cause, nor the cure. Acupuncture can be a very good way of natural, holistic pain relief and even improvement of the condition. even dough the disease won’t be cured, acupuncture can make it more manageable holistically and people can have an easier, better, and happier life.