COMPLEX TREATMENT APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH DISCAL HERNIA

1. COMPLEX TREATMENT APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH DISCAL HERNIA Konstantin Nikitin Tomsk, Russia

2. MOTTO I do not teach anyone But life sends me seriously or in joke A question after question Which I answer.

3. The seriousness of pathology with discal hernia is well known. It is related to serious disorders of metabolic processes and is accompanied with severe symptoms from pain syndrome to complete inability to walk. • Therapy is extremely complicated.

4. In orthodox medicine it is reduced to struggle with symptoms. Even the surgical intervention in fact is a palliative. • It is not a simple task for the SCENAR therapist, too, since restoration of the metabolism in a separate area is not possible. The restoration of metabolism in the whole organism is necessary and this is always a problem.

5. The search of the optimal tactics led us to the necessity of clearly setting forth the task for ourselves and every time to explain it to the patient. • As a basis we adopted the conception that the disease occurs as a result of influence of the environment more intensive than the adapting abilities of the organism.

6. Since we talk about disorders of metabolic processes this problem is most commonly] related to problems of digestive system. So we lay the emphasis on the main destructive factors: • Neuropsychological • Alimentary • Medication • Physical inactivity

7. If all these factors are not eliminated nevertheless how good the treatment was the healing effect will short term. Therefore we have the task to eliminate them. But all these factors are part of the living environment of the person. It is not possible to change the environment every time.

8. For example, if a person likes his work but the boss is sure that his employees would work well only under stress and every day strings them up then the situation is without way out: it is not easy to replace the boss and the person does not want to change work. In the same time the stress causes vasospasm in the small intestine and the stomach and overcharge of the nerve centers. This results in disorder of the whole digestive system.

9. When it is not possible to change the environment the attitude to it should be changed. Most of the problems of the person are related to its way of thinking. So the revolution should be made in the mind. We treated 16 persons with discal hernia. In all cases the presence of one or several hernias in the lumbosacral spine were proved with tomography examination. Stable positive result was obtained with 9 patients (follow-up 2 – 5 years). Age 32 – 64 years. Number of treatment sessions 4 - 8. Duration of the course of treatment 15 - 25 days. Duration of the whole treatment 4 months – 2 years.

10. At admittance all patients had the typical complaints of pains in the lumbosacral spine, in the buttocks area, legs, numbness in lower limbs, weakness and muscles hypotrophy. In the anamnesis numerous inflammatory processes (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, otitis,sinusitis) which were treated with massive dozes of antibiotics. Three of them had peptic ulcer, two – hepatitis B.

11. During the examination we found disorders in many systems and in the first place – in the digestive system. Seven of patients (out of nine) were with overweight and disorder in fat metabolism.

12. Some patient (four of nine) assured us that they had no problems with the digestive system what was confirmed by the examinations including ultrasonic diagnosis. But in scrutinized interview it turned out that they so called hidden complaints. They avoided the discomfort by eliminating the use of some products (fried potatoes, chilly pepper, smoked sausages, milk etc.).Besides this at palpation pains in the intestine were detected and clear signs of asymmetry and small asymmetry in the liver projection and on the abdominal wall were found with tomography.

13. At the first sessions we explained our patients that their current status is not casual and it is a result of long term combined influence of damaging factors of their environment. We analyzed in details their dietary pattern and explained that the water should not be boiled, meat should not be eaten with potatoes and fruits, tomatoes combined with cucumbers make a harmful mix and that the deserts should be eaten 3 hours after the meal. Often after these analysis our patients asked in amazement what they should eat. (In Siberia and maybe in Russia the most popular dish is meat and potatoes. We understood that the alternative should be worth since to change the eating habits of an adult is not so easy and it is not possible to avoid tasty food for a long time. That is why we started to select and develop recipes for dishes (mainly vegetable ones) for each patient.

14. The same way we worked with the possible ways of eliminating nervous overcharge. We created prerequisites for correction of the point of view and soul-searching. We tried not only to explain but also to train and did this during the whole course of treatment. This is possible during the SCENAR therapy since changes in the nervous system are obvious. Usually after the second – fifth session reactions of the intestinal tract occurred (pain, diarrhea, vomit) and it was included in the processing. In the same time some sorbents were prescribed.

15. After 4 – 8 sessions most of the patients felt loss of appetite. They often complained they could not finish up their dish. Strangely enough it was very difficult to teach them not to eat if they were not hungry.We reached this with 9 patients. Nevertheless we convinced our patients to pass 7-day healingfast. Before fasting the intestines ware cleaned. 7 days patients drank only water. On the second and forth days the cleaning was repeated to avoid intoxication.Exacerbations ware treated with the SCENAR. Sometime in the next courses the fast was repeated.

16. Intervals between courses were 1 – 3 months. With the occurrence of ability to move some physical exercises were included in the therapy designed to obtain aerobic metabolism. Currently all 9 patients maintain the status reached during the course of treatment considerably changing their life styles. They are not in pains, movements in full-scale, hypotrophy and digestive system disorders disappeared. Seven of them lost 7 – 18 kg of weight.

17. 2 of the rest 7 patients got rid of the pain after the first course of treatment and did not come again so we do not have information about them. Four others did not want either to change their life styles or fast. After two courses of treatment they reached considerable improvement. Currently they visit us 2 –3 times a year when they have pain syndromes. One patient after one course of treatment in which he experienced three crises preferred surgical intervention.

18. We have to state that the success in treatment of such diseases depend not only on the qualification of the physician and the right choice of the treatment methods but also on the decisiveness and understanding of the patient.

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