METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61G10/00 A61B18/02 A61H39/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to rehabilitation medicine, rehabilitation of the patients with bronchial asthma. With underlying basic therapy, a daily therapeutic course of 10-12 daily procedures is conducted. In the morning hours - sylvinite speleotherapy microclimate for 60-90 min. During afternoon - chest massage with a cryopackage of 300-500 ml at temperature -21°C to -23°C with each procedure including short applications of two cycles of 3-5 min every 2 min. The first procedure is performed with a patient initially lying on back within an upper part of chest to a level of breast, and in males - to a level of nipples: stroking, then applications. At the end of the second cycle, they are added with longitudinal stroking of sternum for 3-5 sec. Then the patient is initially proned for cryomassage of the paravertebral regions at the level T₂-T₆ longitudinally, lower back and lumbus starting from angles of scapula transversally: stroking and applications. After the procedure, the patient is covered with a blanket and having rest for 20-30 min. The 2nd procedure of crymassage: the patient is laid on back for stroking, applications on the sternum transversally, lower chest, upper stomach with covering oblique muscles and costal arches transversally. Then with the prone patient - cryomassage of shoulder girdles and paravertebral zones at a level T₂-T₆ in the form of stroking and applications with similar rest after the procedure. The procedures of cryomassage are alternated.

EFFECT: method provides anti-inflammatory, broncholytic, antiedematous, anti-allergic, immunocorrective, analgesic, psychorelaxing effect with delayed disease progression, prolonged remission, reduced frequency of aggravations and drug-induced load on the patient, and enables the use in the patients with comorbid diseases.

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