Adverse Events of Acupuncture: A Systematic Review of Case Reports

Table 12

Adverse events associated with cupping (10 cases).

First author/year (reference)	Country	Case age/sex	Disease treated	Cupping site	Adverse events	Practitioner	Remarks
Birol 2005 [113]	Turkey	36/F	Cough	Back	Keloid scar	Not specified	Recovered (several days)
Kose 2006 [114]	Turkey	30/M	Back pain	Back	10% burns at shoulder and back	Self	Recovered (11 d)
Tuncez 2006 [116]	Turkey	57/F	LBP	Low Back	Suction bullae	Not stated	Diabetic; cupping lasted 40 min
Weng 2008 [118]	Taiwan	58/F	Not stated	Thigh	Acquired hemophilia A	Not stated	Improved (1 wk)
Sohn 2008 [121]	Korea	66/F	Pain	Not specified	Reversible cardiac hypertrophy	Self	Bloodletting with cupping >10 y, recovered (3 mo)
Lee 2008 [122]	Korea	39/M	Musculoskeletal pain	Back	Iron deficiency anemia	Not stated	Bloodletting with cupping Pt. fully recovered
Lin 2009 [117]	Taiwan	55/M	Not stated	Back	Bullae	Not stated	Recovered (several wk)
Blunt 2010 [119]	UK	55/M	Not stated	Back and neck	Hemorrhagic; stroke (14 h later)	Not stated	May be due to stimulation of baroreceptor, neck area
Kulahci 2011 [115]	Turkey	32/M	Back pain	Back	Burns on back and shoulder	Mother	Recovered
Moon 2011 [120]	Korea	56/F		Neck and shoulder	Factitious panniculitis	Self	Recovered (3 mo)