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Case report of Li's Tongbian scraping therapy for patients with severe refractory acne complicated with anxiety
Wei-Sheng Gu1, Qing-Xin Mai, Xiao-Ling Chen
1Department of Nursing, Shenzhen Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China.
Rationale:
This report presents the case of a patient with severe acne (grade IV) accompanied by moderate anxiety who was treated by Li's Tongbian scraping therapy.
Patient Concerns:
A 52-year-old man was suffering from recurrent acne for over 10 years, accompanied by insomnia and anxiety.
Diagnoses:
He was diagnosed with severe (grade IV) acne, moderate anxiety, and mild insomnia.
Interventions:
The patient was treated with Li's Tongbian scraping therapy for 3 months.
Outcomes:
Patient's skin inflammation had significantly subsided, his anxiety score had reduced from 63 to 43, and his insomnia severity index had decreased from 14 to 5. The patient's overall quality-of-life had improved significantly.
Lessons:
Li's Tongbian scraping therapy may serve as an optimal non-pharmacological treatment option for recalcitrant acne.
