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Women who experience repeated bouts of urinary tract infections (UTI) may want to try acupuncture to prevent another episode, new study findings suggest. Results of a new study showed women with recurrent UTIs who were treated with acupuncture were half as likely to have another infection during the next 6 months as women who did not receive acupuncture.
The authors found that 73% of the women who received acupuncture remained infection-free during the 6 months after treatment, relative to only 52% of those who did not receive acupuncture. This difference translates into a 50% reduced risk of experiencing another UTI during a 6-month period, Alraek and colleagues write.
Patients who had acupuncture had a 50% decrease in the urine left in their bladders after urinating, while residual urine levels did not appear to change in those who did not receive acupuncture.
The study involved about 94 women who received treatment twice a week for 4 weeks.
SOURCE: American Journal of Public Health 2002;92:1609-1611.
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