Asthma

Asthma is a respiratory tract disorder characterized by contraction of the bronchi forming the respiratory tract due to various stimuli, swelling of the bronchial membrane or obstruction of the airways by sticky fluids such as sputum and consequently difficulty in airflow.
There is a chronic non-microbial inflammation of the airways.
The patient thinks that he has difficulty in breathing when the crisis comes, in reality there is difficulty in breathing.
The patient, who often has no complaints other than the attacks, has symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, difficulty producing sputum, and a feeling of tightness in the chest during the attack, and the severity of these symptoms can vary greatly from patient to patient.
Attacks usually occur at night, at night, regress and disappear spontaneously or with medication, but reappear with a new attack. In untreated or irregularly treated cases, the frequency and severity of attacks increase over time. In these patients, symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing and a feeling of tightness in the chest continue.
Asthma is one of the few chronic conditions most common among children and adults. The incidence of this disease is increasing in societies. Although the reason for this increase is not known exactly, changing lifestyles, industrialization, air pollution in places with heavy traffic, and increase in allergen density can be shown as the most obvious reasons.
It is known that in some cases, hereditary factors are important in asthma disease, and the disease occurs as a result of genetic predisposition.
Sometimes, asthma appears as an occupational disease. Bakers, hairdressers, painters, farmers, people working in the lumber and furniture business, and in the food industry, develop asthma due to some substances.
Asthma is a disease that develops on an allergic basis in most of the cases, although not always. This is particularly evident for childhood-onset asthma. However, having an allergic nature (atopic) is something different from having asthma. Other allergic diseases (rhinosinusitis, conjunctivitis, dermatitis, urticaria) may coexist with asthma or asthma may not be present when these diseases are present. On the contrary, although he has asthma, he may not be allergic.
It is possible to return asthma patients to their normal lives with treatment. Especially in some of the asthmatics whose complaints start in childhood, the disease can be completely healed in adulthood.
The duration of treatment varies according to the patient. The disease is first brought under control with treatment, then gradually reduced gradually and sometimes completely stopped.
There is a need for relaxing drugs, which we call quick relievers, to stop asthma attacks, and preventive drugs for reducing airway inflammation, which is the main problem, to protect the lungs and prevent the onset of asthma attacks. In cases where prevention methods and drugs are not sufficient, vaccine treatment is also applied.
Asthma Treatment with Acupuncture:
The aim of asthma treatment should not be merely the elimination of complaints. A treatment that relieves the complaints and relieves the patient, but does not cure the disease, does not stop its progression, does not bring the patient’s lung functions back to normal, and does not return the patient to his natural life will not benefit the patient, on the contrary, will cause harm. Because the patient, who has passed the troubles, feels better and loses time to stop looking for a cure and start the right treatment.
The patient who comes to our clinic first undergoes a classical general examination. In terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the patient is examined and the energy levels of the organs and body systems are examined. To determine these, pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, body and ear acupuncture points diagnosis are performed. The examinations and analyzes previously requested by the allergy-chest diseases specialist are also evaluated, and the drugs used by the patient are learned, and the appropriate treatment method and program is determined for the patient.
In addition, physical and mental blockages (disabled) of the patient are determined during the examination. To give an example, depressed mood is a psychological blockage and changes the rhythm and depth of breathing and disrupts lung energy.
Dislocations (dislocations) in the spine joints or curvature of the back spine (scoliosis) are physical blockages.
Removing these physical and psychological blockages with a number of special treatment methods we use (magnetic field, phytotherapy, breathing exercises, movement therapy, massage therapy, personalized purification programs for the body and mind) provides permanence in the treatment and supports the acupuncture treatment in a positive way.
From the 3rd session, the patient’s complaints begin to decrease significantly. The average number of sessions is 8 to 15. The exact number of sessions is determined for each patient after the examination.