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[ Observation on therapeutic effect of picking therapy on Graves ' disease ] . OBJECTIVE To observe therapeutic effect of picking therapy on Graves ' disease ( GD ) and its effects on thyroid function . METHODS Sixty cases of GD were randomly divided into a treatment group ( pricking therapy group ) and a control group ( medication group ) . They were treated respectively with pricking thyroid gland high point or oral administration of tapazole . And changes of total triiodothyronine ( TT3 ) , total thyroxine ( TT4 ) , free T3 ( FT3 ) , free T4 ( FT4 ) , thyroxine receptor antibody ( TRAb ) , supersensitive thyrotropin ( S-TSH ) after treatment were investigated . RESULTS The total effective rate was 93.33 % in the treatment group and 76.67 % in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups ( P < 0.05 ) . After treatment , serum TT3 , TT4 , FT3 , FT4 and S-TSH contents had very significant change in the two groups ( P < 0.01 ) , TRAb had very significant change in the treatment group ( P < 0.01 ) and no significant change in the control group ( P > 0.05 ) there were significant differences in decrease of TT3 , FT3 , TRAb ( P < 0.05 ) and no significant difference in decrease of TT4 , FT4 and increase of S-TSH between the two groups ( P > 0.05 ) . CONCLUSION Pricking therapy has a definite therapeutic effect on Graves ' disease , which is carried out through regulating thyroid function .
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Intervention_Physical
pricking therapy
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Intervention_Surgical
medication
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Intervention_Physical
pricking thyroid gland high point
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Intervention_Pharmacological
or
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Intervention_Control
oral administration of tapazole
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Intervention_Pharmacological
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Outcome_Physical
total triiodothyronine ( TT3 ) , total thyroxine ( TT4 ) , free T3 ( FT3 ) , free T4 ( FT4 ) , thyroxine receptor antibody ( TRAb ) , supersensitive thyrotropin ( S-TSH )
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Outcome_Physical
serum TT3 , TT4 , FT3 , FT4 and S-TSH contents
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Outcome_Physical
TT3 , FT3 , TRAb
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Outcome_Physical
TT4 , FT4 and increase of S-TSH
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Participant_Condition
Graves ' disease
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Participant_Condition
Graves ' disease
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Participant_Condition
GD
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Participant_Sample-size
Sixty