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Medical Hypnosis is an Effective and Safe Method to Treat Stomach Ache

by Dr. Trupti Shirole on May 25 2016 8:00 AM

 Medical Hypnosis is an Effective and Safe Method to Treat Stomach Ache
Hypnosis refers to the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion. Therapeutic hypnosis is an effective and safe complementary technique in surgery and the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, suggested a systematic review published in the latest issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International.
The existing evidence for the efficacy and safety of hypnosis techniques in somatic medicine is inadequate. The authors therefore systematically reviewed meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. It emerged that hypnosis was superior to standard treatment in the reduction of emotional stress, pain, time needed for convalescence, and drug consumption associated with medical interventions. Among patients with irritable bowel syndrome, symptoms were relieved more effectively by gut-directed hypnosis than by the treatments in the control groups.

In clinical practice hypnosis is already widely used as a complement to modern, safe methods of anesthesia, particularly to minimize anxiety and stress in patients about to undergo surgery. Live or audio file-aided hypnosis can be offered. The use of audio files is also effective in functional gastrointestinal disorders. Furthermore, therapeutic hypnosis is used in dentistry.

Source-Eurekalert


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