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Impact of acupuncture points stimulation on constipation in hypertensive obese patients
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Abstract
Constipation is the common digestive complaint in the United State as per survey data.It{u2019}s more common in women, the elderly and children.,it occurs more frequently in the elderly is felt to be due to an increasing number of health problems as human age and decease physical activity purpose:The study was conducted to detect the impact of multiple points stimulation acupuncture on constipation for obese hypertensivepatients. participants: Sixty female patients were divided intotwo equal groups Group( A ) : with mean age 59.8 +2.78 and the mean value of their body mass index 40.2 +4.2 group (B): with mean age 59.8 +2.78 with the mean value of their body mass index 40.2 +2.9(BMI). Constipated hypertensive obese female patients divided into two groups equal in number (A and B) group (A): 30 patients received medications alone (laxatives, anti-spasmodics and anti-depressants) group (B) :30 patients received medications (laxatives, anti-spasmodics and anti-depressants ), in combination with multiple point stimulation acupuncture Results:The present study showed that heighly significant progressive improvement in the frequency of defecation/week after 6and 12weeks in group B pvalue (highly significant). After 6week in group B mean value 4.8+ 0.55 more than group A mean value 4.03 + 0.61. After 12 week in group B mean value 5.7+0.6 more than group A mean value 4.37+0.56 . As regard constiency of stool , the results showed that highly significant progressive improvementboth after 6 and 12 weeks in group B .In after 6 weeks group 2 about 73.3% more than group A about 20 % in grade 3. After 12 weeks group B about 76.7 % more than group Atwelve weeks group B showed improvement about 76.7 % more than group A which showed improvement about 13.3 % in Grade 2. from the results of the present study. It Is concluded that; combined medical treatment and multiple points acupuncture stimulation has beneficial effects on constipation for hypertensive obese patients