Homeopathic therapy in pediatric atopic diseases: short- and long-term results
| Autor: | Marialessandra Panozzo, Linda Nurra, Marco Picchi, Paola Bartoli, Chiara Cervino, Elio Rossi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Longitudinal study medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Adolescent Homeopathic therapy Dermatitis Atopic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Child Retrospective Studies Asthma business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Retrospective cohort study Homeopathy Long term results Atopic dermatitis medicine.disease Rhinitis Allergic Dermatology 030205 complementary & alternative medicine body regions Italy Complementary and alternative medicine Child Preschool Female Observational study business |
| Zdroj: | Homeopathy. 105:217-224 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4245 1475-4916 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.homp.2016.03.001 |
| Popis: | Aim: To study the outcomes of atopic diseases in children treated with homeopathy at the Homeopathic Clinic of Lucca (Italy) and related long-term results after approximately an 8-year period. Materials and methods: Our data derive from an observational longitudinal study carried out on 857 pediatric patients who consecutive visited from 1998 to 2014. Children with atopic diseases were 325 (37.9%), 126 (39%) suffered from atopic dermatitis, 72 (22%) from allergic rhinitis, and 127 (39%) from asthma. Moreover, a long-term study was conducted on a subset of 107/165 patients, consecutively visited from 1998 to 2006, and with ≥5 years follow-up. The study also investigated the evolution of overall symptoms in those patients with a complex atopic symptomatology. Results: 75.8% of atopic children had moderate or major improvement (67.1% with asthma as the primary disease; 84.2% rhinitis; 84.2% dermatitis). At re-evaluation after 5–10 years, complete remission of atopic symptoms was obtained in 70.1% of the children: 84.2% in dermatitis; 48.1% in allergic rhinitis; 71.4% in asthma. Children with two or three atopic diseases at the first visit were completely cured in 40% of cases. Conclusion: The results seem to confirm that homeopathic medicine produces positive therapeutic response in atopic children. |
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