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Vol. 17. Issue 2.
(April - June 2023)
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Auricular chromotherapy in the management of chronic pain: Case series
Cromoterapia auricular en el tratamiento del dolor crónico: Serie de casos
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Cüneyt Bozer
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cuneytbozer@trakya.edu.tr

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Trakya University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Balkan Campus, Edirne, Turkey
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness triggered by a horrific event that one has either experienced or witnessed. People with PTSD are more likely to suffer from chronic pain than people who have not experienced trauma. The pain associated with PTSD may be caused by changes in the way the body processes pain signals. Auricular chromotherapy is a new treatment method that combines auriculotherapy, chromotherapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) techniques. The purpose of this study was to report on four cases of chronic pain that were successfully treated with auricular chromotherapy.

Four patients with chronic pain were selected for this study. Auricular chromotherapy sessions were performed on each patient three times at one-week intervals. After the third session, a three-month follow-up was performed. After the treatments, all four patients reported that their pain had disappeared without any side effects.

These case reports suggest that auricular chromotherapy may be effective in treating chronic pain due to PTSD. Further preclinical and clinical studies are needed to investigate the mechanism of action of auricular chromotherapy in the treatment of pain.

Keywords:
Auricular acupuncture
Auriculotherapy
Chromotherapy
Psychologic trauma
Chronic pain
Abbreviations:
PTSD
EMDR
eV
SUDS
PBM
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El trastorno de estrés postraumático (TEPT) es una enfermedad mental desencadenada por un suceso horrible que uno ha vivido o presenciado. Las personas con TEPT tienen más probabilidades de padecer dolor crónico que las que no han sufrido traumas. El dolor asociado al TEPT puede deberse a cambios en la forma en que el organismo procesa las señales de dolor. La cromoterapia auricular es un nuevo método de tratamiento que combina la auriculoterapia, la cromoterapia y las técnicas de desensibilización y reprocesamiento por movimientos oculares (EMDR). El propósito de este estudio era informar sobre cuatro casos de dolor crónico tratados con éxito con cromoterapia auricular.

Para este estudio se seleccionaron cuatro pacientes con dolor crónico. Se realizaron sesiones de cromoterapia auricular en cada paciente tres veces a intervalos de una semana. Después de la tercera sesión, se realizó un seguimiento de tres meses. Tras los tratamientos, los cuatro pacientes informaron de que su dolor había desaparecido sin efectos secundarios.

Estos informes de casos sugieren que la cromoterapia auricular puede ser eficaz en el tratamiento del dolor crónico debido al TEPT. Se necesitan más estudios preclínicos y clínicos para investigar el mecanismo de acción de la cromoterapia auricular en el tratamiento del dolor.

Palabras clave:
Acupuntura auricular
auriculoterapia
cromoterapia
trauma psicológico
dolor crónico

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