Médecine
MENUWhat are the risks to the patient during an acupuncture session? Volume 15, issue 6, Juin 2019
Authors
1 Médecin généraliste, 66650 Banyuls sur mer
2 Médecin généraliste, Programme Hippokrates, York, UK
3 Interne en médecine générale, Programme Hippokrates, Turin, Italie
4 Interne en médecine générale, 34000 Montpellier
* Correspondance
- Key words: acupuncture, bleeding, adverse effects
- DOI : 10.1684/med.2019.444
- Page(s) : 253-5
- Published in: 2019
Acupuncture is a frequently performed medical practice (between 3,000 and 4,000 doctors perform this skill). Adverse effects due to acupuncture practice are rare (less than 1/1000) and mostly are a vasovagal episode or local pain. However, some local bleeding or infection complications (such as perichondritis) need to be known about to allow the famiily doctor to intervene quickly if these happen.
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