susie- Autopsies and Acupuncture

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susie

 

i don't file first-hand accounts from a good friend under 'hearsay'. i don't

personally know who the practitioner was, or what guage needle was used, but

they were BAcC registered and not a GP or physio.

the only Sx the girl had was persistent breathlessness immediately following Tx

and chest pains. she was admitted to casualty and had a tube inserted to allow

accumulated air to be drained.

i mention it only as a matter of interest. i am aware that the number of adverse

reactions from Ac. is miniscule compared to those from WM, as was discussed

extensively by this group a short while ago. we should maybe be aware, however,

that GPs do not necessarily report these cases, and so there may be many more

like this one that go unnoticed. let's hope not, but it is a possibility.

jason (davies)

 

 

 

Jason

That is interesting, but why didn't they report them? Also who had done the

acupuncture? A great deal of acupuncture is performed by physios and GPs.

I am also interested to know how they diagnosed a not serious presentation

because I presume you mean that there were few signs & symptoms. I was

taught that a fine acupuncture needle was highly unlikely to cause a

pneumothorax and a couple of doctors have also told me that an acupuncture

needle is too fine to cause such a problem.

There were two large studies published in 2001/2002 which showed the

incidence of serious adverse effects of acupuncture to be very low. What you

and the other Jason are talking about appears to be hearsay or dare I say it

MSUing!

Regards

Susie

 

 

" susie parkinson "

wrote:

> Jason, are there many cases of pneumothorax from acupuncture? Its not

> common at all in the UK, I don't believe there has been a case for

years.

> The most significant case I heard of was a Doctor causing a

pneumothorax and

> he would have had access to cadavers in his training.

 

maybe cases don't always get recorded in this country (UK). A GP friend of

mine saw a patient with pneumothorax from acupuncture 2 weeks ago and knew

of another GP friend who had also seen one recently! they were not serious

presentations, but pneumothorax nevertheless.

jason davies