2015, Number 1
Homeopathic complex in the treatment of the benign prostatic hyperplasia
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 17-25
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: prostate benign hyperplasia is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostatic gland. It is the most common benign tumor in men. With a histological prevalence that goes from 8% at age 40 to 90% from age 80, it causes the death to 30 in 100.000 men in developed countries and is one of the illnesses that originates a greater sanitary expense.Objective: to determine the response to the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia with the use of the homeopathic complex at “Dr. Carlos J. Finlay” Central Military Hospital.
Methods: a quasi-experimental study was performed to patients carriers of benign prostatic hyperplasia in a period of six months, which were referred to the service of urology previously treated and that did not show signs of improvement. The universe and sample of study were conformed by 98 patients carriers of benign prostatic hyperplasia who attended the urology service, carriers of benign prostatic hyperplasia in a period comprised between January 2007 to July 2007. They studied variables were: age, evolution (by groups of symptoms), clinical evolution and therapeutic response.
Results: it was produced an improvement of the symptoms present in 55 patients, with a total remission in 41 patients, without complications associated or aggravation of the initial picture.
Conclusions: after the application of the homeopathic complex urinary symptoms improve in the patients, being more effective in the irritative symptoms thatn in the obstructive. The clinical evolution was satisfactory in a high percentage.
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