Overview
The aim of the study is to show that auriculotherapy is effective in the treatment of xerostomia
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients over 18 years old;
- Complain about xerostomia after cervical irradiation in the context of ENT cancer;
- End of radiotherapy> 3 months
- Covered by a national healthcare insurance
- Consent form signed.
Non inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women;
- Local counterindication to auriculotherapy;
- With anticoagulant treatment;
- History or existing of hemophilia;
- Valvular prosthesis;
- Ear's pavilion infection;
- Treatment by auriculotherapy or acupuncture in this indication in the previous 12 months;
- Having started in the 48 hours preceding the first auriculotherapy session, any new management of xerostomia and likely to interfere with the study (specific medication and/or complementary therapeutic management);
- Difficulty to comply with the treatment, questionnaires or study protocol;
- Being deprived of liberty or under guardianship.