기침 및 호흡곤란을 호소하는 폐 이식 환자의 복합 한방 치험 1례

• Published in: 대한한방내과학회지 Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 1101 - 1108
• Main Authors: 이세연, 구기범, 김마리아, 남이랑, 김민화, 한창우, 이인, 홍진우, 권정남, 김소연, 윤영주, 박소정, 최준용, Seyeon Lee, Kibeom Ku, Mariah Kim, Irang Nam, Minhwa Kim, Changwoo Han, In Lee, Jinwoo Hong, Jungnam Kwon, Soyeon Kim, Youngju Yun, Sojung Park, Junyong Choi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한한방내과학회 01.10.2023
• Subjects: 한의학; Korean medicine; lung transplantation; dyspnea; cough; herbal medicine
• ISSN: 1226-9174

We report the case of a lung transplantation patient whose cough and dyspnea symptoms improved after receiving complex Korean medicine treatment. Lung transplantation provides a solution to many end-stage patients with lung disease who are refractory to conventional treatment, but the five-year survival rate of lung transplantation remains around 50%, and even surviving patients suffer from side effects, including infection, respiratory difficulty, and gastrointestinal problems. A 66-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease was advised to undergo lung transplantation surgery when she suffered from dyspnea and failing respiratory symptoms after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and contracting pneumonia. Approximately five months after receiving a bilateral lung transplantation operation, she experienced acute pulmonary thromboembolism, and even after receiving anticoagulation therapy, she still struggled with cough and respiratory difficulty. After she received complex Korean medicine treatments, including herbal medicine, cupping therapy, and electrical moxibustion, we observed a decrease in inflammation, alleviation of symptoms such as cough and dyspnea, and improvement of pulmonary function and exercise capacity.