Canan ERDOĞAN, Kıymet BAZ, Güliz İKİZOĞLU, Ümit TURSEN, Ali BİÇER

High frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment in patients with generalized pruritus

Amaç: Kaşıntı birçok deri ve sistemik hastalıklar ile generalize prüritisde majör bir semptomdur. Generalize prüritis dermatolojik bozukluklar arasında etyolojisi bilinmeyen, genellikle farmakolojik ve diğer konvansiyonel tedavilere cevap vermeyen sıkıntılı bir hastalıktır.Bu çalışmada, generalize prüritisi olan 15 hastada, transkutanöz elektrik sinir stimulasyonunun (TENS) kısa dönem etkilerini 3 hafta boyunca değerlendirdik. Gereç ve YöntenvTüm hastalar günde bir defa, bir saat süreyle bir transkutanöz sinir stimulasyon cihazı ile tedavi edildiler. Hastalardan TENS tedavisi sonrası 1. 2. 3. ve 4. hafta görsel analog skorları (GAS) alındı. Bulgular: Hastaların yaş ortalamaları ve standart sapmaları 44.13$pm$15.79 idi. Ortalama hastalık süresi 4.00±4.81 yıldı. Tüm hastalarda 1. haftadan sonra önemli oranda kaşıntıda azalma oldu (p

Generalize prüritisli hastalarda yüksek frekanslı transkutanöz sinir stimulasyonu tedavisi

Purpose: Itching is a major symptom in several systemic and skin diseases and generalized pruritus. Generalized pruritus is a troublesome dermatologtcal disorder with unknown etiology and is usually unresponsive to pharmaceutical and other conventional treatments. In this study, we evaluated the short-term efficacy oftranscutanepus electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in IS patients with generalized pruritus for a 3-week period. Materials and Methods: All patients were treated by a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device once daily for 1 hour. Scores of the visual analogue scale (VAS) of the patients were obtained 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after the TENS treatment. Results: The mean age and standard deviation of the patients was 44.13$pm$15.79 years. The mean duration of the disease was 4.00±4.8J years. A significant reduction of pruritus was obtained in all patients after the first week (p

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