Evolución clínica en pacientes tratados con Esencias Florales de Bach y costo del tratamiento / Clinical Evolution and Cost of Treatment in Patients Treated with Bach Flower Essences

Introducción: La Medicina Natural y Tradicional constituye hoy en día una necesidad, no como opción terapéutica, sino por su valor intrínseco, al tratar al paciente de forma holística, además de su inocuidad y bajo costo. Objetivo: Evaluar la evolución clínica en pacientes tratados con Esencias florales de Bach y costo del tratamiento. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio de evaluación de la evolución de pacientes con diagnóstico clínico de Psoriasis, Vitíligo y Liquen plano, los cuales fueron tratados con Esencias florales de Bach en el período de marzo del 2016 a marzo del 2018, en Consulta Multidisciplinaria Dermatología- Medicina Natural Tradicional- Psicología, del Policlínico Docente Héroes del Moncada; del municipio de Cárdenas, Matanzas. Los datos fueron recopilados y procesados en el software Excel, atendiendo a variables demográficas, se tuvieron en cuenta los criterios de inclusión, exclusión y consentimiento informado de pacientes vírgenes de tratamiento convencional. Las esencias florales utilizadas fueron: Crab Apple, Willow, Verbain, Impatiems, Walnut, Cherry Plum, Sweet Chestnut, Chicory, Clematis, Beech, Star of Bethlehem, While Chestnut y Larch de forma oral y tópica. Resultados: En el sexo femenino predominó el Vitíligo y Psoriasis. La ansiedad estuvo presente en 17 pacientes, en cuanto a la evolución, 14 pacientes asintomáticos y 14 mejorados. El costo de las Esencias florales oral fue gratuito y el tópico muy bajo. Conclusiones: La evolución clínica fue favorable y el costo del tratamiento muy bajo, lo cual demostró la efectividad de la terapia floral en la muestra(AU)

Introduction: Natural and traditional medicine is nowadays a necessity, not as a therapeutic option, but because of its intrinsic value, since it allows to treat the patient holistically, in addition to its innocuousness and low cost. Objective: To assess the clinical evolution and cost of treatment in patients treated with Bach flower essences. Methods: A study was carried out to assess the evolution of patients with a clinical diagnosis of psoriasis, vitiligo and lichen planus, who were treated with Bach flower essences in the period from March 2016 to March 2018, at a multidisciplinary consultation of dermatology, traditional natural medicine and psychology from Héroes del Moncada Teaching Polyclinic in Cárdenas Municipality, Matanzas Province. The data were collected and processed in the EXCEL software, taking into account demographic variables, together with inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as informed consent of patients who had not received any conventional treatment. The flower essences used, orally and topically, were crab apple, willow, verbain, impatiens, walnut, cherry plum, sweet chestnut, chicory, clematis, beech, star of Bethlehem, white chestnut and larch. Results: The female sex predominated in cases of vitiligo and psoriasis. Anxiety was present in seventeen patients. Regarding evolution, fourteen patients were asymptomatic and the same amount achieved improvement. The cost of the oral flower essences was free and that of the topical ones was very low. Conclusions: Clinical evolution was favorable and the cost of treatment was very low, which demonstrated the effectiveness of flower therapy in the sample studied(AU)

A mortalidade por aids no Brasil: um estudo exploratório de sua evolução temporal / Mortality for AIDS in Brazil; an exploratory study of its temporal evolution

Trata-se de estudo descritivo e exploratório baseado na análise das taxas de mortalidade padronizadas por aids no Brasil entre 1982 a 2002. A análise do perfil de mortalidade por aids contemplou as seguintes variáveis do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade: sexo; faixa etária; estado civil; escolaridade; e ocupação habitual. Os resultados evidenciaram queda da mortalidade a partir de 1996, ano de introdução do tratamento com anti-retrovirais pelo serviço público de saúde, embora haja importante desaceleração dessa queda nos três últimos anos. A redução da taxa de mortalidade é mais expressiva no sexo masculino que no feminino; e os adultos jovens e os de menor nível socioeconômico são, ainda, os mais afetados. Concluiu-se que a desaceleração da queda da mortalidade por aids no país sugere a necessidade de aumento do acesso ao diagnóstico precoce e à assistência, melhoria da qualidade da atenção de quem vive com HIV/aids e aprimoramento dos sistemas de vigilância epidemiológica e monitoramento dos óbitos por aids, para um controle mais efetivo da epidemia...

This descriptive and exploratory study was based on the analysis of AIDS standardized mortality rates in Brazil along the period of 1982 to 2002. The analysis of the AIDS mortality profile considered the following variables of the Mortality Information System: sex; age; marital status; educational level; and occupation. The results evidenced the decrease of mortality rate after 1996 when public health services introduced antiretroviral treatment, although there was an important deceleration of this decrease in the last three years. The reduction of the mortality rate is greater in the male sex than in the female one; and young adults and lower-class people are still the most affected ones. It can be inferred that the deceleration of the decrease of AIDS mortality rate in the country suggests the need of increasing the early diagnosis access and assistance, the improvement in the quality of the care for those who live with HIV/AIDS, and the adjustment of the epidemiological surveillance and monitoring of AIDS deaths to more effectively control of the epidemic.