Homeopatía: ¿un enfoque preventivo de la medicina? / Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine?

Aplicando el principio de similitud terapéutica, la Homeopatía busca estimular alorganismo para que reaccione en contra de su propia perturbación. Para que losmedicamentos homeopáticos puedan despertar respuestas homeostáticas eficacesdeben ser individualizados, esto significa que deben ser elegidos en función desu similitud con el conjunto de síntomas característicos de los pacientes. De estamanera, teniendo el propósito de disminuir la susceptibilidad individual que predispone a la enfermedad, los medicamentos homeopáticos curan y generan efectospreventivos en muchas enfermedades humanas. Por otra parte, los medicamentos homeopáticos pueden tener indicaciones específicas en el tratamiento y prevención de enfermedades epidémicas, con la condición de que también se elijan de acuerdo con el conjunto particular de síntomas peculiares de una epidemia determinada, a saber, el llamado “genio epidémico”, como lo muestran varios ejemplos históricos. En este trabajo se analiza la actualización de las bases epistemológicas de la Homeopatía de Hahnemann desde el enfoque médico preventivo, las evidencias científicas que apoyan su aplicación clínica y los requisitos mínimos para emplearla tanto terapéutica como preventivamente en las epidemias.

By applying the principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathy seeks to stimulate theorganism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awakeneffective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that itmust be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms inpatients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing individual susceptibility predisposingto disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specificindications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they arealso chosen according to the particular set of symptoms peculiar to a given epidemic,viz. the so-called “epidemic genius”, as historical examples show. This updatepaper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann‟s homeopathyas a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinicalapplication and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically andpreventively in epidemics.

Homeopatía: ¿un enfoque preventivo de la medicina? / Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine?

Aplicando el principio de similitud terapéutica, la Homeopatía busca estimular alorganismo para que reaccione en contra de su propia perturbación. Para que losmedicamentos homeopáticos puedan despertar respuestas homeostáticas eficacesdeben ser individualizados, esto significa que deben ser elegidos en función desu similitud con el conjunto de síntomas característicos de los pacientes. De estamanera, teniendo el propósito de disminuir la susceptibilidad individual que predispone a la enfermedad, los medicamentos homeopáticos curan y generan efectospreventivos en muchas enfermedades humanas. Por otra parte, los medicamentos homeopáticos pueden tener indicaciones específicas en el tratamiento y prevención de enfermedades epidémicas, con la condición de que también se elijan de acuerdo con el conjunto particular de síntomas peculiares de una epidemia determinada, a saber, el llamado “genio epidémico”, como lo muestran varios ejemplos históricos. En este trabajo se analiza la actualización de las bases epistemológicas de la Homeopatía de Hahnemann desde el enfoque médico preventivo, las evidencias científicas que apoyan su aplicación clínica y los requisitos mínimos para emplearla tanto terapéutica como preventivamente en las epidemias. (AU)

By applying the principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathy seeks to stimulate theorganism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awakeneffective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that itmust be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms inpatients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing individual susceptibility predisposingto disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specificindications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they arealso chosen according to the particular set of symptoms peculiar to a given epidemic,viz. the so-called “epidemic genius”, as historical examples show. This updatepaper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann‟s homeopathyas a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinicalapplication and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically andpreventively in epidemics. (AU)

Homeopatia nas doenças epidêmicas: conceitos, evidências e propostas / Homeopathy in epidemics diseases: concepts, evidence and proposals

Empregando o princípio da similitude curativa, a homeopatia visa estimular o organismo a reagir contra os seus próprios distúrbios. No entanto, para que o medicamento homeopático desperte uma reação homeostática efetiva, ele precisa ser individualizado, ou seja, ser escolhido pela semelhança com o conjunto de sintomas característicos do binômio doente-doença. Dessa forma, buscando diminuir as suscetibilidades individuais que predispõe ao adoecer, o medicamento homeopático atua curativa e preventivamente em muitas doenças humanas. Por outro lado, possui indicação específica no tratamento e na prevenção das doenças epidêmicas, desde que escolhido individualmente segundo o conjunto de sintomas peculiares à epidemia (denominado “gênio epidêmico”), com exemplos históricos descritos na literatura. Nessa atualização, iremos discorrer sobre as premissas epistemológicas que fazem da homeopatia hahnemanniana uma prática médica preventiva, as evidências científicas que endossam sua aplicação clínica e os requisitos mínimos para utilizá-la terapêutica e preventivamente nas doenças epidêmicas.

By applying the principle of therapeutic similitude, homeopathy seeks to stimulate the organism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awaken effective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that they must be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms of the patients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing the individual susceptibility predisposing to disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specific indications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they are also chosen according to the particular set of peculiar symptoms to a given epidemic, viz the so-called “epidemic genius”, as historical examples show. This update paper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann‟s homeopathy as a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinical application and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically and preventively in epidemics.

Homeopatia nas doenças epidêmicas: conceitos, evidências e propostas / Homeopathy in epidemics diseases: concepts, evidence and proposals

Empregando o princípio da similitude curativa, a homeopatia visa estimular o organismo a reagir contra os seus próprios distúrbios. No entanto, para que o medicamento homeopático desperte uma reação homeostática efetiva, ele precisa ser individualizado, ou seja, ser escolhido pela semelhança com o conjunto de sintomas característicos do binômio doente-doença. Dessa forma, buscando diminuir as suscetibilidades individuais que predispõe ao adoecer, o medicamento homeopático atua curativa e preventivamente em muitas doenças humanas. Por outro lado, possui indicação específica no tratamento e na prevenção das doenças epidêmicas, desde que escolhido individualmente segundo o conjunto de sintomas peculiares à epidemia (denominado “gênio epidêmico”), com exemplos históricos descritos na literatura. Nessa atualização, iremos discorrer sobre as premissas epistemológicas que fazem da homeopatia hahnemanniana uma prática médica preventiva, as evidências científicas que endossam sua aplicação clínica e os requisitos mínimos para utilizá-la terapêutica e preventivamente nas doenças epidêmicas.(AU)

By applying the principle of therapeutic similitude, homeopathy seeks to stimulate the organism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awaken effective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that they must be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms of the patients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing the individual susceptibility predisposing to disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specific indications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they are also chosen according to the particular set of peculiar symptoms to a given epidemic, viz the so-called “epidemic genius”, as historical examples show. This update paper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann‟s homeopathy as a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinical application and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically and preventively in epidemics.(AU)

Transmisión de enfermedades en los vuelos comerciales: del mito a la realidad / Infectious diseases transmission during air travel: from myth to reality

En pocas horas el transporte aéreo puede diseminar enfermedades infecto-contagiosas alrededor del mundo. Aunque se considera uno de los medios de transporte más seguros, poco se conoce sobre qué tanto lo es para la salud pública internacional, teniendo en cuenta que se está expandiendo e incrementando la cantidad de usuarios que pueden llegar a adquirir y diseminar este tipo de enfermedades. El punto crítico para evitar una pandemia es prever y estar preparados; esto se logra con el entrenamiento del personal de la salud y el de aviación. Por estas razones, este manuscrito busca mostrar el panorama general del impacto que tiene el ambiente aeronáutico sobre la transmisión de enfermedades infecciosas y las estrategias que se han ideado para lograr activar las alertas epidemiológicas tempranamente y controlar un posible brote, las cuales abarcan la educación del personal de salud, el de vuelo y el pasajero en tierra, la prevención, profilaxis e identificación temprana de la enfermedad y el manejo inmediato y retrospectivo del evento después del vuelo.

Air transport could disseminate infectious diseases in a few hours around the world. Although it is considered one of the safest means of transportation, little is known about its public health safety impact, keeping in mind that it is expanding and increasing the amount of users who can acquire and spread these diseases. The critical point to avoid a pandemic outbreak is to foresee and to be prepared; this could be done with health and aviation personnel training. Thus, this paper shows a general background about the aeronautical impact on infectious diseases transmission and all strategies created to get an early activation of epidemiological alarms to control any outbreak. They include from health, flight staff and passenger education on ground to prevention, prophylaxis, early disease identification as well as both immediate and retrospective post-flight event management.

Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine? / Homeopatia: prática médica preventiva?

By applying the principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathy seeks to stimulate the organism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awaken effective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that they must be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms in patients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing individual susceptibility predisposing to disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specific indications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they are also chosen according to the particular set of symptoms peculiar to a given epidemic, viz. the so-called “epidemic genius”, as historical examples show. This update paper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann’s homeopathy as a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinical application and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically and preventively in epidemics.(AU)

Empregando o princípio da similitude curativa, a homeopatia visa estimular o organismo a reagir contra os seus próprios distúrbios. No entanto, para que o medicamento homeopático desperte uma reação homeostática efetiva, ele precisa ser individualizado, ou seja, ser escolhido pela semelhança com o conjunto de sintomas característicos do binômio doente-doença. Dessa forma, buscando diminuir as suscetibilidades individuais que predispõe ao adoecer, o medicamento homeopático atua curativa e preventivamente em muitas doenças humanas. Por outro lado, possui indicação específica no tratamento e na prevenção das doenças epidêmicas, desde que escolhido individualmente segundo o conjunto de sintomas peculiares à epidemia (denominado “gênio epidêmico”), com exemplos históricos descritos na literatura. Nesse artigo de atualização, discorremos sobre as premissas epistemológicas que fazem da homeopatia hahnemanniana uma prática médica preventiva, as evidências científicas que endossam sua aplicação clínica e os requisitos mínimos para utilizá-la terapêutica e preventivamente nas doenças epidêmicas.(AU)

Homeopathy: a preventive approach to medicine?

By applying the principle of therapeutic similarity, homeopathy seeks to stimulate the organism to react against its own disturbs. For homeopathic medicines to awaken effective homeostasis responses they must be individualized, this means that they must be chosen according to their similarity to the set of characteristic symptoms in patients. In this way, by aiming at decreasing individual susceptibility predisposing to disease, homeopathic medicines have healing and preventive effects in many human illnesses. On the other hand, homeopathic medicines may have specific indications in the treatment and prevention of epidemic diseases provided they are also chosen according to the particular set of symptoms peculiar to a given epidemic, viz. the so-called ?epidemic genius?, as historical examples show. This update paper discusses the epistemological foundations of Hahnemann?s homeopathy as a preventive medical approach, the scientific evidences supporting its clinical application and the minimum requirements to employ it both therapeutically and preventively in epidemics.

Epidemia global de enfermedades vasculares crónicas: un nuevo paradigma y desafio / Global epidemic of chronic vascular illnesses: a new paradigm and I challenge

A nivel mundial, está ocurriendo un proceso de transición epidemiológica con un incremento de la morbilidad y la mortalidad por enfermedades no transmisibles y aunque el fenómeno es global es más acelerado en los países emergentes. Entre estas enfermedades se destacan la enfermedad cardio-vascular, la enfermedad cerebrovascular, la hipertensión arterial, la diabetes mellitus , la macroangiopatía y la enfermedad renal crónica. Estas enfermedades tienen en común que en su origen, progresión a la cronicidad y en sus complicaciones está presente el daño vascular y comparten los mismos factores de riesgo. En este artículo, se analiza la morbilidad, mortalidad y tendencia de estas enfermedades, los principales riesgos y la transición de éstos que están influyendo en este problema de salud epidémico. Se propone un nuevo paradigma integrador de y un enfoque para su prevención(AU)

An epidemiological transition is ocurring throughout the world, leading to an increased morbidity and mortality by non-communicable diseases; in despite of the global characteristic of this phenomenon it is more accelerated in the emerging countries. Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, macroangiopathy and chronic renal disease are among the main diseases. These diseases have in common that in their origin, progression to chronicity or their complications the vascular damage is presented and on the other hand shares the same risk factors. In this article is analysed the morbidity, mortality and the tendency of these diseases and the risks and transition risks that may influence in this epidemic health problem. A new paradigm integrating the concept of chronic vascular disease and estrategies for its prevention is proposed(AU)

Enfermedades notificables: Venezuela 1994 / Notification diseases: Venezuela 1994

La división de enfermedades Transmisibles del Ministerio de Sanidad y asistencia Social de Venezuela, registra, analiza y publica semanalmente los resultados de la Vigilancia Epidemiológica de 23 Enfermedades Notificables, de las cuales 20 son enfermedades infecciosas. Al totalizar los resultados de las 52 semanas epidemiológicas de 1994 se determinaron 646.829 casos de estas enfermedades, con 1.669 defunciones y una letalidad de 0,26 por ciento. Diarrea en menores de un año acupó el primer lugar, con 228.346 casos, 915 defunciones y una letalidad de 0,40; enfermedades virales 121.243, con una letalidad de 0,25 por ciento, mordeduras sospechosas 45.653, intoxicaciones 25.338, paludismo 16.151 y enfermedades bacterianas, 2.531 con una letalidad de 5,73 por ciento. Al comparar los resultados con los de 1993 se aprecia aumentos considerables en la mortalidad de hepatitis, parotiditis, paludismo y dengue y disminución en sarampión, meningitis, SIDA y tétanos neonatal. La publicación y análisis de las enfermedades notificables es de gran relevancia para el infectólogo, ya que su conocimiento le permite inferir en algunas circunstancias, un diagnóstico epidemiológico presuntivo, cuando se enfrenta a un paciente con un proceso infeccioso

Colera y medicina homeopatica: la experiencia del Peru / Cholera and homeopathic medicine: the Peru experience

La organizacion HOMEOPATHES SANS FRONTIERES inicio en marzo de 1991 un programa de ayuda a los afectados por la epidemia de colera de Peru, que ha durado, en diversos periodos, hasta la primavera de 1992. El tratamiento homeopatico se realizo en combinacion con la rehidratacion. En el transcurso de la mision se realizo un protocolo de estudio con el objetivo de evaluar la importancia del uso de los medicamentos homeopaticos en asociacion con la rehidratacion en el tratamiento del colera, cuyos resultados estan actualmente en curso de analisis en la Universidad de Montpellier

Homoeopathic treatment of cholera in Peru

The medical charity Homeopaths sans Frontieres sent a mission to a shanty town in Peru during the current cholera epidemic. Homoeopathic treatment was combined with fluid and electrolyte therapy. Results appeared favourable. A small-scale uncontrolled study is reported. Further studies are being undertaken