MEDRADSC 3DH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homeostasis, Turmeric, Muscular System
4 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
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western and biomedicine are interchangeable
• Alternative and western are interchangeable
• Wellness/integrated medicine/holistic interchangeable
Integrative Medicine
• Mr. T. has CA prostate with bone metastases to his lumbar spine. He is in a lot of pain.
• What strategies could be used to treat a patient in pain?
• Meditation for pain relief:
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCNXi_0lsCk
• Guided imagery for pain relief:
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwiiWrt3Ld8
Western Medicine
• Conventional treatments currently accepted and widely used in the Canadian healthcare
system; e.g. radiation therapy, chemotherapy, sx
• Treats the disease and/or symptoms
• Rigorous scientific research has shown trt to be safe and effective
• Delivered by medical doctors and other HCPs
• Also called allopathic medicine, biomedicine, conventional medicine, mainstream medicine, or
orthodox medicine
o Orthodox: conforming to what is generally accepted as right or true; established and
approved
• Immunology
• Hematology
• Oncology
• Cardiology
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• Dermatology
• Gastroenterology
• Endocrinology
• Ophthalmology
• Gynecology
• Nephrology
• Laryngology
• Neurology
• Obstetrics
• Orthopedic
• Otology
• Pediatrics
• Urology
Complementary Medicine
• Used alongside (i.e. in addition to) conventional medicine
• Goal to help improve overall health and well-being (QOL)
• Supportive role, helps pts cope with physical and emotional aspects
• Does not directly treat the disease
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• Includes wide range of modalities; e.g. acupuncture, meditation aromatherapy, herbal medicine,
homeopathy, naturopathy, yoga
• Potential for harm; e.g. severe allergic reaction
• May interact with conventional trt
Complementary Therapies
• Acupuncture
• Aromatherapy
• Art therapy
• Ayurveda
• Biofeedback
• Chiropractic therapy
• Energy therapies
• Guided imagery
• Hypnosis
• Massage therapy
• Medical marijuana and cannabinoids
• Meditation
• Music therapy
• Naturopathic medicine
• Tai Chi
• Traditional Chinese herbal remedies
• Yoga
• Mind-body medicine
Naturopathic Medicine
• Relies on diet and lifestyle to address health problems (natural approaches)
• Important: not always safe; some herbs can interact with prescription drugs, some foods can
induce allergic reaction
• Important to tell health care team about drugs, trts and remedies being used
• Areas of recent research:
o Diet analysis: dentify inflammatory vs therapeutic/functional foods
▪ e.g. Dairy (inflammatory), Oatmeal (lower s cholesterol levels)
o Nutrient Therapy: Identify therapeutic nutrients and preventative nutrients
▪ e.g. vit D (MS)
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o Herbal medicine: Identify herbs that reduce pain, inflammation, increases energy,
antioxidant support
▪ e.g. ginger & tumeric (pain) wild blueberries, dark chocolate (antioxidants)
o Acupuncture: Pain management, symptom recovery
Role of Naturopath: patient work-up
• Identify factors which create or contribute to the inflammation. Mitigate and/or treat those
factors to return the body to a balanced state of homeostasis.
• Current diagnosis, prognosis and patient goals.
• Current medications and supplements
• Diet analysis
• Drug-nutrient interactions or enhancements
• Analysis of lifestyle factors influencing primary disease
• Determining factors influencing symptoms or progression of disease that can be
changed/reversed
• Prevention of end-stage complications of disease
• Educate person/family at adopting changes which will reverse the degenerative process.
• Recommend treatment and/or referrals to other physicians or health professionals for co-
treatment as required
Alternative Medicine
• Used in place of conventional medicines or treatments
o Complementary is used alongside other treatments
• Often lacking in scientific evidence
• May be unsafe or cause harmful side effects
• Potential for disease to advance
What is CAM?
• Term used to encompass both approaches
o Complementary medicine: used together with conventional medicine
o Alternative medicine: used in place of conventional medicine
• A group of diverse medical and health care practices and products not presently considered to
be part of conventional medicine.
Holistic medicine (Holism)
• Refers to a philosophy of care
o Believes in treating the whole person-integration of mind, body, spirit
o Believes that illness and injury are often a result of disharmony in the mind, body, spirit
▪ Disharmony can come about from a dysfunction in any one of these areas
o Dysfunction in one area affects the whole person and not just the one area of the body
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Document Summary
Western and biomedicine are interchangeable: alternative and western are interchangeable, wellness/integrated medicine/holistic interchangeable. Integrative medicine: mr. t. has ca prostate with bone metastases to his lumbar spine. He is in a lot of pain: what strategies could be used to treat a patient in pain, meditation for pain relief, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=qcnxi_0lsck, guided imagery for pain relief, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=xwiiwrt3ld8. Immunology: hematology, oncology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, gynecology, nephrology. Includes wide range of modalities; e. g. acupuncture, meditation aromatherapy, herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, yoga: potential for harm; e. g. severe allergic reaction, may interact with conventional trt. Complementary therapies: acupuncture, aromatherapy, art therapy, ayurveda, biofeedback, chiropractic therapy, energy therapies, guided imagery, hypnosis. Naturopathic medicine: massage therapy, medical marijuana and cannabinoids, meditation, music therapy, naturopathic medicine, tai chi, traditional chinese herbal remedies, yoga, mind-body medicine, relies on diet and lifestyle to address health problems (natural approaches) Important: not always safe; some herbs can interact with prescription drugs, some foods can induce allergic reaction.
