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S B Jensen

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PubMed1982

Effect of acupuncture on tension headache and urinary catecholamine excretion.

Sixteen patients with tension headaches were treated with acupuncture, needles being inserted in the hand and foot and then electrostimulated. All patients were seen at four 2-h sessions with intervals of 1 week between each. The first two sessions were used for clinical examination only, thus serving as control, while acupuncture was administered during the last two sessions. Urine samples were collected immediately before and after each session and later analyzed for catecholamine content. During the 1-week intervals between sessions, records were kept of headache attacks and medicine intake. Following acupuncture two-thirds of the patients showed reduction in number of headache attacks, and about one half of the patients reduced their use of pain relieving drugs considerably. Urinary excretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline was always higher in samples collected before sessions than after sessions. However, this reduction in catecholamine excretion was significantly greater when acupuncture had been administered.

Acupuncture Therapy↗
PubMed1981

Nature and frequency of dental changes in idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism.

Eleven patients with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism were examined orally and medically. All patients had a history of tetanic and/or epileptic manifestations. Correspondingly, disturbances in the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus had been present in all. Dental anomalies were demonstrated in all patients but one. Enamel hypoplasia was observed in six cases, disturbances in tooth eruption in eight, root defects in five and hypodontia in seven. Dental anomalies were more frequent than could be expected from the literature, probably because the dental aspects of hypoparathyroid disease often have been overlooked. In the present material, the above-mentioned disturbances were most severe and frequent in the pseudohypoparathyroid group. Hypoparathyroid conditions are highly invalidating, easily accessible to treatment, but often undiagnosed for years. Therefore, the dental observation of severe disturbances in tooth formation and eruption pattern may be of crucial importance and should lead to further medical investigation.

Adolescent↗