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immune system
surgical treatment sequelae
diagnoses
definition and etiology
definition:
macro- or microtrauma following surgery
effects of hospital environments
iatrogenic conditions
etiology:
Surgery causes physical trauma whose healing may be enhanced by appropriate therapeutics.
Many patients get sick in the hospital from nosocomial staphylococci (and other) infections and iatrogenic infections. Also, surgical adjuncts like anesthetics and other pharmacologic interventions have toxic potential.
It has been clearly shown that most hospitalized patients become nutritionally depleted from the stress of their illness; the stress of being in a hospital environment; the diagnosis and treatment of their illness (extensive lab tests and surgery, often); and the unhealthy nutrition offered at most surgical facilities.
signs and symptoms
patient feels excessively traumatized by surgery
patient complains "never well since surgery"
patient fails to respond appropriately to therapy
patient wishes to optimize recovery/healing process
patient desires prophylaxis for effects of impending surgical procedure
course and prognosis
Any natural treatments that nurture and nourish the post-surgical patient will be extremely helpful aids in both helping the tissues heal, detoxifying the patient, restoring metabolism and preventing additional infection from developing.
Interestingly, some natural treatments encounter an "obstacle to cure" which can be traced to surgery, e.g., scar tissue disrupting flow of Qi in acupuncture channels.
On a more gross level, adhesions can likewise obstruct normal bodily processes.
differential diagnosis
usually apparent from history, but rule out other causes of pain, fatigue or whatever dysfunction manifests
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