Health, illness, predbolezn in the concept of Eastern and Western medicine

"The disease - a drama in two acts, the first of which is played out in sullen silence of our fabrics on repayment of candlelight, and when there is pain or other unpleasant phenomena, it is almost always the second act" - wrote the French surgeon Leriche.

Recently, in connection with a clear tendency to blur the boundaries between East and West, the submission of traditional oriental medicine on health and illness "are becoming a greater understanding among doctors of Western orientation. There were the first attempts to systematize and classify the knowledge gained about the development of the disease as a philosophical category.

What tactics doctor at these stages of the disease?

"The disease - a drama in two acts, the first of which is played out in sullen silence of our fabrics on repayment of candlelight, and when there is pain or other unpleasant phenomena, it is almost always the second act" - wrote the French surgeon Leriche.

Modern Western medicine views a person as conventionally biosocial system with pyramid-shaped construction principle and highlights in this pyramid are two levels: the lowest - this is the physical body, the supreme - the psyche or the mind of man. The disease initially affects the physical body, the presence of disease over time leads to a reduced state of consciousness, formed somatonevroz. On the other hand, in recent years in Western medicine emerged the concept of psychogenic illness, when the original traumatic situation causes distress (prolonged stress), resulting in violation of the acts of innervation and trophic system of certain organs. As a result, the second formed somatic disease. Examples of such diseases can be stressful stomach ulcer. myocardial infarction and some others.

Oriental medicine is a deeper structure of the human system and it provides four levels: the physical body, the meridional system, emotions and psyche. At the same time each higher level has an impact on the lowest. Disease, in view of the East doctors, often begins in the depths of the mind. Negative thoughts, unfair actions violate the harmony of emotions. Frustrated emotions lead to a breach of the circulation of energy through the body, depriving some bodies life force. The disease, therefore, is realized on the physical level, transforming into the pathology of the physical body. At disease of the physical body must exist at the level of violation of the psyche and emotions. Higher levels of harmony makes the harmony of the lower levels. In their approach takes into account the integrity of oriental medicine and the relationship of all levels of the organism.

Health and illness - the basic philosophical categories in medicine.

If the category of "illness" More specifically, the "health" are almost always abstract. At the same time, the absolute disease and absolute health in real life there, among them there are an infinite number of forms, bonds and mutual transitions.

The higher the level of health, the less the possibility of developing the disease, and vice versa: disease development is possible only when sufficient reserves of health.

Thus, between health and disease there Transitional third state, which is characterized by "incomplete health" or "predboleznyu.

Western Medical School Doctors treat patients and little to help people in a position predbolezni. Doctors of traditional oriental medical schools believe their main task to promote the health of healthy, increase reserves in the health status predbolezni and, of course, to treat patients. Traditional Oriental medicine has a clear preventive orientation, basic ozdoravlivayuschim and medical factors in its favor are not drugs, as in Western medicine, treatment, diet, physical activity dose, a positive emotional disposition, virtuous and lofty thoughts.

Recently, in connection with a clear tendency to blur the boundaries between East and West, the submission of traditional oriental medicine on health and illness "are becoming a greater understanding among doctors of Western orientation. There were the first attempts to systematize and classify the knowledge gained about the development of the disease as a philosophical category.

The concept of "healthy person" is taken conditional, because the criteria of health are different for different ethnic and social groups and in different periods of history are evaluated differently. Rather, we can speak of a clinically healthy man, what an absolutely healthy. Health is not a fixed state. It has several intermediate states.

I. Absolute health - a theoretical criterion, which is ripernoy point in the study of processes occurring in the body.

II. Clinical health is divided into two stages:

Compensatory stage - when through the involvement of internal reserves of the body maintains homeostasis. At this stage a dynamic equilibrium, in which there is a change of physiological parameters within the rules. This organism has a high adaptive capacity.
Disadaptation - when the internal reserves of the organism is not enough to maintain homeostasis. As a result of sustained effect of adverse factors on the human body is a violation of adaptive mechanisms and self-regulatory body.
At this stage, there are the initial manifestation of metabolic disorders, accumulates in the body of toxic products of metabolism, violated neurohumoral regulation, the functional activity of the immune system, intestinal microflora and other protective mechanisms of the organism.

One of the major violations at this stage should be regarded as reduction of antioxidant protection of the organism, leading to violations of its functional activity at the cellular level.

III. Predbolezn - a state of accumulation dezadaptatsionnyh changes in the body. Predbolezn is an intermediate state between health and disease. At this stage, the mobilization of body defenses to compensation for possible violations, the failure of adaptation and compensatory reactions, exacerbation of the manifestations of syndrome of peroxidation on the background of a persistent decline in antioxidant status, develop immunodeficiency, and may develop persistent metabolic disorders.

Because of these violations is greatly reduced non-specific protection of the organism, which manifests itself in reducing the overall vitality, fatigue, prone to bacterial and viral diseases on the background of the formation of immunodeficiency states, internal systems are formed pathological changes.

IV. Disease. Condition "predbolezn" is the first stage of the disease (Ado, AD, 1973). It goes into a stage of the disease itself, which is characterized by the most pronounced general and local manifestations that are characteristic of each particular disease.

What tactics doctor at these stages of disease development?

When compensatory stage of health requires periodic reception of preventive nutraceutical.

In the stage of decompensation reception nutraceutical is mandatory. For it is useful to add reception parapharmaceuticals, mainly antioxidants.

Under predbolezni assign Nutriceutics and parapharmaceuticals with an emphasis on immunostimulation and detoxification, compulsory antioxidants.

In the chronic stage of disease the patient should undertake a regular exchange treatment parapharmaceuticals, the choice is determined by the underlying illness, against the background of continuous use nutraceutical.

Finally, in the acute stage should be with the potent drugs as soon as possible to bring the patient out of this state, and then maintain a balance in the body with the help of dietary supplements.

Thus, we see that the true knowledge about health, predbolezni, illness in the eastern and western medical schools do not contradict each other, interpenetrate and vzaimoobogoschayutsya and ultimately lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms of disease development, and therefore more successful her treatment and prevention.