REFLEXOTHERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS IN
CHILDREN WITH RHEUMATISM
Gugutishvili
Ts, Cavtaradze T, Ukleba M, Dagundaridze N
Scientific-Research
Institute of Pediatrics, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Objective: The aim of the work is to establish Reflexotherapeuticeffectt
and some of its mechanisms in children on basic therapy of rheumatizm. 4-14
year old 68 children have been investigated, among them 19 (II group) were
only under basic therapy and 49 ¨C on RT together with the basic one (II
group).
Methods: Traditional (eastern)
method of reflexotherapy (RT) was used on microcirculation and immunity
improving points. The effect was established by estima tion of rutinal
clinical and paraclinical indices.
Results: Dynamic observation has
revealed improvement of changed vegetative status in shorter period of time
in comparison with the first group (release of subjective complains,
improvement of common state, decline of excitation, sleep regulation,
positive changes for the better on ECG and FCG). Before treatment in both
groups there was revealed deviation in humoral of immune status (lowering
of B_lymphocytes, increase of JgA, JgM and circulatory immune complexes) as
well as in cellular (lowering of T_lymphocytes and T) rings.
Conclusion: RT helps lowering of Tc effect and earlier onset of elimination
process of circulatory immune complexes. Thus, under the influence of
reflexotherapy there is improvement of immune and vegetative status and
lowering of rheumatism activity in shorter period of time than it takes place
only in the result of basic therapy. RT is a simple, available,
economically, cheap method without medicine, which maybe used in the basic
therapy complex of rheumatism as helpful, effective means for optimization
of immunity and vegetative status.