Wound post Split-Skin Graft
This mind concentration and visualization, he did very intently. By three weeks after surgery, healthy and viable tissues were formed. Usually, even in the best of cases, this process takes four to six weeks. Thus a split-skin graft could be done earlier than expected and the wound healed much faster. He was ambulant, and back to his job as an accountant, within six weeks of surgery. Normally one would take 8 to 12 weeks to return to work and normal activity. Thus, defying all odds and medical predictions, the patient had healed his leg wound and prevented a major amputation.
I have been practicing this treatment modality since past few years, with excellent results. This method can be applied to any organ system of the body, and most diseases of the body and mind can be cured by using this method in conjunction with management by the specific allopathic consultant doctor--required investigations and medical/surgical management as deemed necessary. Care-givers have thus been able to help heal patients with acute and chronic problems, some of them declared to be incurable. It is of course very important that the patient should have the willingness and mental ability to understand and comply with the management plan to effect a cure. Care-givers can only explain the specific processes to the patient and relatives, and guide the patient along the path to a complete recovery.
This and other case studies highlight the important role of patients' beliefs and emotional responses to their illness in influencing their health-care management. Human physiology informs us that our body is a miracle of nature and has an extraordinary talent to heal itself. Our body has an energy field. Sometimes due to mental stress and worry, we experience negative energy, which blocks the body's natural healing ability. Very often a build-up of negative emotions results in sickness. Stress lowers the immune system of the body. Thus the body is not protected against a disease. Once the stressful situation is over, it takes time for the body to switch back to its immune system.
Meditation works largely by influencing stress-response pathways. People who meditate regularly have lower cortisol levels, and studies have shown that they have changes in their amygdala, a brain area involved in fear and the response to threat. Physical exercise too is very important. Many studies have shown the positive effects of physical activity on the physical and mental health of individuals. We must not undermine the important role played by the patients' beliefs and emotional responses to their illness, in influencing their health-care management.
Author's Note: Necrotising fasciitis is a deadly infective disease affecting the soft tissues of usually immunocompromised individuals, like those with diabetes, malnutrition, HIV infection. The lesion may start as a minor wound over the leg or foot and rapidly progress to involve the other parts of the lower limb. This condition has poor prognosis and a high mortality rate if not treated aggressively. In a patient with diabetes, necrotizing fasciitis is a limb- and life-threatening disease, and the bacterial infection can easily spread through the blood, to the patient's other organs (like the heart, brain, kidneys) suppressing their functions and leading to a serious multi-organ dysfunction.
Dr Ajit Kumar Varma, CNS (Citizen News Service) columnist
(Dr Ajit Kumar Varma is Senior Consultant, Department of Podiatric Surgery, Aster Medcity Institute, Kochi, India, and is a columnist with CNS. He can be contacted at: ajitkumarvarma@gmail.com)
- Shared under Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
2
2
1
