A Dramatic Relief from Cluster Headache by Classic Bloodletting Acupuncture Evidenced by Thermography Analysis: A Case Report

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: This is the report of the first successful experience of relieving cluster headache by puncturing the superficial engorged venules of the ipsilateral leg.

 

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of very high interest for the journal Surgical Case Reports.

 

In the Discussion, the authors have mentioned the prevalent medical treatment for cluster headache, the role of alternative therapy for the especially refractory types and laid out the possible rationale behind the successful resolution of this particular case with bloodletting acupuncture.

 

o   The manuscript is well-written. It contains just a few minor errors (already corrected in the galley proof), which are listed below –

·       Omission of “the”, e.g., before “orbital” in the 2^nd sentence of Case presentation in the Abstract, before “classic” in the next sentence, and so on.

·       In the 2^nd sentence of the Background in the Abstract, “to relieve” must be replaced with “of relieving”, and “puncture upon” must be replaced with “puncturing the”.

·       In the last sentence of the 1^st paragraph of the Discussion and Conclusion, “can be” must be replaced with “as a”.

Author Info

Chung-Jen Chen Huang-Lung Lin Ya-Ling Yang Yu-Chien Wu

Corresponding Author

Chung-Jen Chen
College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.)

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 18, May 2020
Accepted: Wed 03, Jun 2020
Published: Mon 15, Jun 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Chung-Jen Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.06.10