Case Report for Severe Hepatitis A Treated in a Korean Hospital
Case Report for Severe Hepatitis A Treated in a Korean Hospital
대한한의학회지 / Journal of Korean Medicine, (P)1010-0695; (E)2288-3339
2020, v.41 no.4, pp.100-105
https://doi.org/10.13048/JKOM.PUB.41.4.100
Sul-Ki Kim
(Liver and Immunology Research Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon Univ.)
Cheon-Hoo Jeon
(Department of Internal Medicine, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon Univ.)
Nam-Heon Lee
(Liver and Immunology Research Center, Cheonan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon Univ.)
Jung-Hyo Cho
(Liver and Immunology Research Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon Univ.)
Chang-Gue Soh
(Liver and Immunology Research Center, Dunsan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon Univ.)
Kim,
S.,
Jeon,
C.,
Lee,
N.,
Cho,
J.,
&
Soh,
C.
(2020). Case Report for Severe Hepatitis A Treated in a Korean Hospital. 대한한의학회지, 41(4), 100-105, https://doi.org/10.13048/JKOM.PUB.41.4.100
Abstract
A 25-year-old male presented with influenza-like symptoms and took Western anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs for 2 days. The symptoms aggravated, so the patient decided to rely on Korean medicine (KM). Based on the highly elevated hepatic enzymes (AST 4,621 IU/L and ALT 2,763 IU/L) with a positive result of anti-HAV IgM, he was diagnosed with hepatitis A. The patient was hospitalized and given herbal drugs (Chunggan-plus extract, Innae-Tang) and acupuncture, according to symptom differentiation, the accumulation of damp heat (濕熱蘊結)”. The subjective symptoms (fatigue, nausea, gastric discomfort) including jaundice and dark urine as well as laboratory abnormalities gradually improved gradually in 10 hospital days, and the patient completely recovered in 25 days as an out-patient. This case presents a classic case of severe hepatitis A in 2019 Korean outbreak, and is informative to physicians for diagnosis and treatment in the traditional Korean medicine field.
- keywords
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epatitis A,
HAV,
Traditional Korean medicine
- 투고일Submission Date
- 2019-12-16
- 수정일Revised Date
- 2020-01-22
- 게재확정일Accepted Date
- 2020-01-28