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EFFECT OF HYPNOTHERAPY AND BODY IMAGE CHANGING ON ASTHMA, a case report 


Farzad Goli, MD.

 


    This assay report's hypnotic management of a 12 years boy affected by asthma from 3 years of age. He involved asthma attack in response to physical activities, strong odors, feather, dust, and 
pungent foods in spite of his regular medicinal regiment (intal-clobetasol-sulbotamol), and so 
he also suffered dyspnea and wheezing during sleep.

     We assigned a conditioned key to control attacks after 2 sessions. The key performed instead of sulbotamol spray at the time of attacks, it was more efficacious than sulbotamol. After 5th session attacks due to physical effort were disappeared even in exercise. 

    He was still sensitive to chemical stimulants but lesser than befor and well controlled by the key. Sleep dyspnea and wheezing cured completely. and his medications were stopped and after 11th session, desensitization during hypnosis was completed and he tolerated great amounts of the allergens and longer exposures.

     He followed up after 6 monthes and there was no symptom or clinical findings of asthma. He exercised several sports hardly without any problem but unexpectedly in control spirometery was seen lesser changing and showed a mild to moderate obstruction. Most of mechanisms involved in this type of therapy are unknown still and need more clinical and experimental researches.

 

 


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