ABSTRACT
Erythron membrane impairment was investigated using membrane -active drugs (obsidan, delagil, morphium, ethanol) to specify indications to acupuncture in bronchial asthma (BA). The patients were studied during the treatment and followed up for a year. It was found that both immediate and long-term results of acupuncture were related to patterns of the membrane impairment. BA patients with a sharp, greater than 1.5 fold diminution of microcyte count upon delagil test should be assigned to repeated courses of acupuncture during a year. To monitor the treatment effect, it is recommended to define osmotic resistance of the red blood cells in obsidan test in addition to clinicofunctional indices.
Subject(s)
Acupuncture Therapy , Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use , Asthma/therapy , Adult , Asthma/blood , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Clinico-catamnestic and logopedic examinations were carried out in 125 patients who had been suffering from grave neurosis-like spasmophemia since the speech mastering. By the time of the examination the patients' average age was 20 years. The examinations have shown that in 59%, of the patients the spasmophemia has ceased; 22% have had a considerable improvement; in 10% there was a slight improvement, and 9% showed no improvement at all. Of great importance for eliminating and relieving the spasmophemia was correction of not only the speech defect, but also the patients' personality peculiarities.
