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Terapia combinada de homeopatía y Su Jok en pacientes con herpes zóster / Combined therapy of homeopathy and Su Jok in patients with herpes zoster
Forero Perdomo, Jobana Carmenza; Escalona Veloz, Rafael.
  • Forero Perdomo, Jobana Carmenza; Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso. Santiago de Cuba. CU
  • Escalona Veloz, Rafael; Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso. Santiago de Cuba. CU
Medisan ; 19(3)mar.-mar. 2015. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: lil-740861
RESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio cuasi-experimental, de intervención terapéutica, en 60 pacientes con herpes zóster, que asistieron a la consulta de Dermatología del Hospital General Docente "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" de Santiago de Cuba, desde julio del 2012 hasta marzo del 2014, a fin de determinar la efectividad de la terapia combinada de homeopatía y Su Jok, para lo cual se utilizaron pruebas estadísticas paramétricas y no paramétricas. Los pacientes fueron asignados aleatoriamente a 2 grupos; en uno se aplicó el tratamiento convencional (grupo de control) y en el otro, la terapéutica alternativa (grupo de estudio) Se emplearon los remedios homeopáticos Sulphur, Apis mellifica, Rhus toxicodendron y Daphne mezereum; las semillas de cardo santo para estimular los puntos de correspondencia de Su Jok y los medicamentos aciclovir, dipirona y difenhidramina. En la serie predominaron las féminas (38,3 %), los grupos etarios de 45-64 años (58,3 %) y la forma clínica intercostal (38,3 %); asimismo, los síntomas más frecuentes fueron el dolor, prurito y ardor, con primacía del primero (51,6 %). La terapia combinada de Su Jok y homeopatía mostró resultados similares (83,3 %) a los obtenidos con la convencional (86,6 %) y produjo mínimos efectos adversos (6,6 %).
ABSTRACT
A quasi-experimental study of therapeutic intervention in 60 patients with herpes zoster who attended the Dermatology department of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from July, 2012 to March, 2014, in order to determine the effectiveness of the combined therapy of homeopathy and Su Jok, for which parametric and not parametric statistical tests were used. The patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups; in one the conventional treatment was applied (control group) and in the other, the alternative therapy (study group) . The homeopathic remedies Sulphur, Apis mellifica, Rhus toxicodendron and Daphne mezereum; the thistle saint seeds to stimulate the correspondence points of Su Jok and the medications acyclovir, dipirone and diphenhydramine were used. In the series females (38.3%), the age group 45-64 years (58.3%) and the intercostal clinical form (38.3%) prevailed; also, the most frequent symptoms were pain, pruritus and ardour, with primacy of the first one (51.6%). The combined Su Jok therapy and homeopathy showed similar results (83.3%) to those obtained with the conventional therapy (86.6%) and it produced minimum adverse effects (6.6%).
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Acupuncture Therapy / Herpes Zoster / Homeopathy Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Acupuncture Therapy / Herpes Zoster / Homeopathy Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU