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Study NCT ID: NCT03230760
Status: UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted: 2017-08-02
First Post: 2017-07-24
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Acupuncture for Breast Engorgement During Lactation
Sponsor: Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Acupuncture for Breast Engorgement During Lactation: a Pilot Study.
Status: UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date: 2017-08
Last Known Status: RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Breast engorgement which may manifest swell, throb, and cause mild to extreme pain is the common difficulty for breast feeding woman. It occurs in the mammary glands due to expansion and pressure exerted by the synthesis and storage of breast milk and it usually happens when the breasts switch from colostrums to mature milk. However, engorgement can also happen if lactating women miss several nursing and not enough milk is expressed from the breasts. It can be exacerbated by insufficient breastfeeding and/or blocked milk ducts. Engorgement may lead to mastitis and untreated engorgement puts pressure on the milk ducts, often causing a plugged duct.

According the meridian theory, the investigators propose the acupuncture treatment for patients of breast engorgement.

The investigators will include 60 patients and measure the acupuncture effect. The inclusion criteria are women with breast engorgement and 20 years old or older. Exclusion standards are patients with: 1. diabetes mellitus 2. Psychological disease or mental illness 3. Fever \> 38 degrees Celsius 4. Mastitis 5.analgetics or anti - inflammatory agents used 6. ultrasound therapy applied
Detailed Description: None

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: