Apparent adverse outcome of acupuncture.

Alternative and complementary medical care are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, although many patients continue to consult mainstream physicians as well. As a result, physicians are seeing an increasing number of interactions between alternative treatments and their own medical practices. Many alternative and complementary forms of medicine are not studied in a scientific or evidence-based manner, frequently making the interaction and its extent difficult to determine. The case reported here is an example of that difficulty.

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