A Case of a Yolgwol Headache with Bacteremia

균혈증(菌血症)을 동반(同伴)한 열궐두통(熱厥頭痛)의 치험(治驗) 1례(例)

  • Kim, Ja-Young (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Joonghwa Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Ji-Young (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Joonghwa Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Wang, Teh-Chung (Dept. of Oriental Internal Medicine, Joonghwa Oriental Medical Hospital) ;
  • Ahn, Dae-Jong (Dept. of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Joonghwa Oriental Medical Hospital)
  • 김자영 (중화한방병원 한방신경정신과) ;
  • 이지영 (중화한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 왕덕중 (중화한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 안대종 (중화한방병원 한방신경정신과)
  • Published : 2007.12.30

Abstract

Bacteremia is the transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood. Bacteremia may result no symptom to the healthy persons, but it may result symptoms such as pylexia, headache and even septic shock to the patient in immunosuppression. In this case, a 75 years old male patient had a dental caries and cerebrovascular accident ago, therefore was in a bad condition and often caught cough. Suddenly be bad a headache with a high fever caused by Streptococcus Mutans Bateremia. After defervescence, a slight fever and a headache remained. It may the symptoms of Yolgwol headache(熱厥頭痛) , so Cbeougsaugsabwa-taug(淸上瀉火湯), the symptoms such as a slight fever and a headache are on the mend.

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