Week 4: Common Illnesses and the Use of CAM
The Course Outcome covered this week is CO1.
CO1: Identify theories, concepts, and beliefs related to
... [Show More] transcultural nursing. (PO1)
We encounter patients after they have explored various avenues of self-help. At times, these avenues involve the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Our readings this week are very helpful.
1. Select a common (or not so common) illness or condition that affects a specific ethnic group.
I selected two common illness are back pain and migraine. These two illnesses not affected a specific group. Migraine more common women and back pain common in people who used to do weighting lifting jobs.
2. Identify two (2) CAM therapies that patients are likely to try before seeking (or in addition to) allopathic, osteopathic, or ayurvedic medical intervention for the illness or condition.
I identified two CAM therapy are acupuncture and Shiatsu. Acupuncture used in migraine treatment and Shiatsu used for pain management used musculoskeletal pain.
3. Discuss the effectiveness of each therapy you identified.
First, I like talk about the Shiatsu used for musculoskeletal pain. pain condition is affected all ethnicity group. Shiatsu is technique used widely used in Japanese culture. Shiatsu technique use kneading, pressing, soothing, tapping, and stretching techniques and is performed without oils through light, comfortable clothing”. These techniques used in other different condition too like muscle stiffness, stimulate the skin, aid digestion, and influence the nervous system, headaches, PMS, digestive disorders, fatigue, insomnia, fibromyalgia, stress, anxiety, and musculoskeletal pain. And used in internal, musculoskeletal, emotional and chronic conditions. Shiatsu is combination of massage therapy and acupuncture. It is great option without medication. This treatment gives patient as other alternative option without any side effect. As we know the western medication have lot side effect especially the pharmacological treatment.
These medications eventually affect liver and kidneys and suffer from metabolizing and filtering these medicines. If we can find a way to cure an illness with CAM or naturally its better than taking a medication. I would recommend the patient to use CAM before the western medicine Most research is published in Japanese journals or done on massage therapy and acupuncture “chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation and massage therapy; they are used by 8.5% of US adults” (Andrews 113). According to
Jenkins “82% had an overall improvement, and confidence, in their health” (Jenkins 2009).
Seconded I like to talk about Acupuncture used for migraine. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard medical care. Acupuncture or electroacupuncture was found to be most commonly used for migraine among these complementary and alternative therapies. Acupuncture is widely used for treatment for migraine and found very effective treatment.” Migraine is a chronic and devastating disease with periodic exacerbation of pain during attacks, in which acupuncture has been demonstrated to be more efficient and cost-saving than placebo’’ (Iseri, & Cabıoğlu 2012). Acupuncture to reduce their medication intake and Acupuncture which has almost no side effect or contraindication should be more widely used in migraine treatment and prevention.
According to research “the standardized definition of a decrease in migraine headache frequency is a decrease of 50 percent, based on criteria from the International Headache Society. This is in persons who have two to eight migraine attacks per month for at least one year” (PICICKETTETT& BLACKKWELL2010). The American Academy of Neurology is recommending use of hypnosis, acupuncture, transcutaneous electrical stimulation, cervical manipulation, occlusal adjustment, or hyperbaric oxygen as preventive or acute therapies for migraine be even first line is pharmacologic treatment.
References
Jenkins CL. (2009). Shiatsu for health and wellbeing. Positive Health, (161), 11. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105412173&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Iseri, S. Ö., & Cabıoğlu, T. (2012). Migraine Treatment And The Role Of Acupuncture: A Literature Review. Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society, 18(2), 89–93. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=a2h&AN=78054677&site=eds-live&scope=site
Stux, G. (1987). Treatment of migraine with acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture in Medicine, 4(2), 6. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login? url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=66044770&site=eds- live&scope=site
Guirguis-Blake, J. (2010). Effectiveness of acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis. American Family Physician, 81(1), 29. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login? url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mdc&AN=20052960&site=eds- live&scope=site.
PICICKETTETT, H., & BLACKKWELL, J. C. (2010). Acupuncture for Migraine Headaches. American Family Physician, 81(8), 1036. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login? url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=49094422&site=eds- live&scope=site [Show Less]