{"id":8046,"date":"2025-10-29T02:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2025-10-29T02:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:25:39","slug":"doctors-stunned-by-gold-needles-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8046","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Stunned by Gold Needles Found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Unexpected Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 65-year-old woman in South Korea went to the hospital for routine knee pain, expecting arthritis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, X-rays revealed \u201cdozens of tiny gold needles embedded around her knee joints,\u201d surprising doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternative Therapy Gone Too Far<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman had tried acupuncture to ease osteoarthritis pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her practitioner left fine gold needles permanently under her skin,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>believing they would provide long-term healing energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Medical Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors warned that \u201cleaving metal objects in the body carries serious risks,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>including infection, inflammation, and complications with future scans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While acupuncture is generally safe when done properly, permanent needle implantation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cis not supported by scientific evidence and is not considered a medically approved practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lesson for Patients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman recovered well, and health officials urged consulting licensed practitioners before alternative treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her case highlights that even traditional remedies can be dangerous if misapplied,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and \u201ctrue healing always begins with informed, responsible care.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unexpected Discovery A 65-year-old woman in South Korea went to the hospital for routine knee pain, expecting arthritis. Instead, X-rays revealed \u201cdozens of tiny gold needles embedded around her knee joints,\u201d surprising doctors. Alternative Therapy Gone Too Far The woman had tried acupuncture to ease osteoarthritis pain. Her practitioner left fine gold needles permanently under&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}