A Clinical Case Report of Soyangin Patient Diagnosed as Sjögren’s Syndrome with Irritable Bladder

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A Clinical Case Report of Soyangin Patient Diagnosed as Sjögren’s Syndrome with Irritable Bladder Min-jung Lee⋅Minyoung Park⋅Min-woo Hwang Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong. Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee Univ. Introduction This study aims to report a significant improvement of Sjögren’s syndrome patient with irritable bladder, diagnosed as ‘Soyangin chest-binding symptomatology’ based on Sasang medicine. Methods The patient had treatment with ‘Dojeokganggi-tang’ and western medications. We evaluated the treatment outcome of Sjögren’s syndrome symptoms by using a numerical score of 0 to 10, based on the patient’s subjective discomfort of dry eye and dry mouth, and irritable bladder symptoms by recording the number of night urination every month. Results Sjögren’s syndrome symptoms were significantly improved, and the number of night urination was decreased. After 41 weeks of treatment, the patient didn't have dry mouth any more and had only a little dry eye. The number of night urination was decreased from 3-4 times to once a night. Discussion The patient diagnosed with Sjögren’s syndrome, treated with Dojeokganggi-tang and western medications for 41 weeks, showed a significant improvement in dry eye, dry mouth, and night urination compared to the first visit.