When doctors examined an X-ray image of the knees of a woman
experiencing severe joint pain, they found a gold mine: hundreds of tiny gold
acupuncture needles left in her tissue.
The 65-year-old South Korean woman had
previously been diagnosed with osteoarthritis,
a condition in which the cartilage and bones within the joints degrade, causing
pain and stiffness. But when pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs didn't
alleviate the pain in her knees and only caused stomach discomfort, she had
turned to acupuncture, the doctors wrote last week in the New England Journal
of Medicine.
In the woman's acupuncture
treatment, the needles, which were presumably made of gold, were intentionally
left in her tissue for continued stimulation, according to the report. [14 Oddest Medical Case Reports
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