[The application of invasive and non-invasive reflexotherapeutic methods for the improvement of tolerance to the influence of seasonal meteorological factors and correction of bronchial asthma].

Abstract

The present study included 94 patients presenting with bronchial asthma (BA) who underwent the controlled treatment during one year. The treatment consisted of basal anti-asthmatic therapy in combination with acupuncture reflexotherapy or a complex of non-invasive reflexotherapeutic methods (CNIRTM) designed to increase the effectiveness of correction of asthma, to improve the clinical status of the patients, to decrease by more than two-fold the frequency of unstable episodes of the disease showing the well-apparent seasonal dependence, and to diminish the consumption of pharmaceuticals (reduction of the mean daily dose of prednisolone by 31% and 37% in comparison with its 79% increase in the patients receiving the standard treatment). Moreover, it was shown that the achievement of clinical and preventive effect of the application of non-pharmacological methods may be associated with the activation of the mechanisms of adaptation to the stress factors (such as correction of the cortisol blood level and parameters of the immune status, etc.) and the increase of the patient's tolerance to their influence.

• Authors: L G Semenovа, S A Radzievsky, I P Bobrovnitsky, L G Agasarov, V K Frolkov, S G Choyzhinimaeva, I A Bokova, E M Orekhova, T V Konchugova, T S Solodovnikova, T V Ektovа, T V Luk'yanovа, M A Panina, E I Chesnikova
• Journal: Voprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury (Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult) 2015 Mar-Apr Vol. 92 Issue 2 Pg. 4-8 ISSN: 0042-8787 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 26036080 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acupuncture Therapy (methods)
• Animals
• Asthma (physiopathology, therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Reflexotherapy (methods)
• Seasons