Cupping (Hijama) Treatment: Benign or Sinister?

J Patient Saf. 2018 Mar;14(1):e1-e2. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000162.

Abstract

Cupping treatment is on the rise in the Western world as an alternative medicine modality.We present a hitherto unreported complication of bilateral subdural hemorrhage associated with this therapy, highlighting the need for vigilance in patients presenting with headache because they may get misdiagnosed unless history for such therapies is explored.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Headache / etiology*
  • Hematoma, Subdural / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma, Subdural / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / adverse effects*