Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of acupuncture treatment for symptom management in patients with hyper-immunoglobulin E (IgE) syndrome (HIES).
Design: This was a retrospective case series.
Setting/location: The study was conducted at the The Clinical Research Center of the National Institutes of Health.
Subjects: There were 8 adult patients with HIES ages 23-56 with varying symptoms in the study.
Intervention: Acupuncture treatments were given from May 29, 2001 to February 17, 2009.
Outcome measures: Acupuncture treatment efficacy was measured and evaluated using a 0-10 assessment instrument pre- and post-treatment.
Results: The 8 patients with HIES suffered from a wide variety of symptoms related to the disease. Acupuncture treatments uniformly decreased the self-reported severity of symptoms.
Conclusions: This case series demonstrates that acupuncture is a clinically useful and safe therapy for symptom management in patients with HIES.