Guest guest Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Loreen, I have successfully treated several older men with hernias. It is essential that you do some kind of "scelerosing" treatment to scar the muscle so it actually forms a scar to hold the intestines in. Lyc for R side, Nux v for L side repeated daily doses calc fluor 6x tissue salts truss all the time, except in shower to prevent tissue from protruding. bi-weekly interferential treatment around the hernia (for a couple of months) while lying on a slant board (to get gravity to help) [ this is the sclerosing part]. You could probably do microcurrent or some other therapy. Dr. Turska was known for injecting sclerosing solution into these to "cure them". It is a lot of work and the biggest challenge is to prevent him from tearing the sclerosing muscle tissue as it is healing (6-8 weeks). Dick Thom Beaverton, OR  Hi Everyone I have a case that is stumping me a little. This is a 45 yo M who I have only been treating for a couple months. He initially presented with irritable bowel aggravated by anxiety. He has been doing much better after 2 rounds of UNDA – 9, 24, 228 and 3, 9 and 50, B complex, HMF and some major dietary improvements. He phoned yesterday thinking he was having appendicitis. LLQ pain and a lump…. Over the phone we figured out it was actually an inguinal hernia, and he was able to lay down and push it back in, which relieved the pain. The hernia came on after some particularly heavy lifting at work all week. He went to an MD to get paperwork filled out for a WBC claim, and to discuss surgery. I thought it was a fairly simple surgery, but after asking the MD and several of the guys he works with who have had them, he learned the surgery is quite significant, requiring several months to recover and he doesn’t want to do it. Does anyone know of anything else that can be done? We have discussed a truss, which he can get this weekend. I haven’t seen it yet, but will see him on Monday, and would like to have some other suggestions. According to the MD, the waiting time for surgery is about 3 months (which gives us time to do other things – don’t you just love socialized medicine), and he is expected to work up until then, but not do heavy lifting (which is part of his job.) I have looked in several references and haven’t found much to suggest alternative treatments. My local herbalist suggested treating it as a prolapse and using chi tonics to help hold things up. Any other suggestions? It seems like it must be a common problem, but one I have never run across in 7 years of practice. Any ideas would be appreciated.  Loreen Dawson, ND Sechelt, BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005  What does it mean to truss? PS, my name comes up as and Ken. Ken is my husband and is not connected with this web site. I just don't know how to get his name off. -----Original Message-----From: Drdwthom@... [mailto:Drdwthom@...]Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:33 PMloreen_dawson@...; Subject: Re: - Inguinal Hernia - ALoreen, I have successfully treated several older men with hernias. It is essential that you do some kind of "scelerosing" treatment to scar the muscle so it actually forms a scar to hold the intestines in. Lyc for R side, Nux v for L side repeated daily doses calc fluor 6x tissue salts truss all the time, except in shower to prevent tissue from protruding. bi-weekly interferential treatment around the hernia (for a couple of months) while lying on a slant board (to get gravity to help) [ this is the sclerosing part]. You could probably do microcurrent or some other therapy. Dr. Turska was known for injecting sclerosing solution into these to "cure them". It is a lot of work and the biggest challenge is to prevent him from tearing the sclerosing muscle tissue as it is healing (6-8 weeks).Dick ThomBeaverton, OR Hi EveryoneI have a case that is stumping me a little. This is a 45 yo M who I have only been treating for a couple months. He initially presented with irritable bowel aggravated by anxiety. He has been doing much better after 2 rounds of UNDA – 9, 24, 228 and 3, 9 and 50, B complex, HMF and some major dietary improvements. He phoned yesterday thinking he was having appendicitis. LLQ pain and a lump…. Over the phone we figured out it was actually an inguinal hernia, and he was able to lay down and push it back in, which relieved the pain. The hernia came on after some particularly heavy lifting at work all week. He went to an MD to get paperwork filled out for a WBC claim, and to discuss surgery. I thought it was a fairly simple surgery, but after asking the MD and several of the guys he works with who have had them, he learned the surgery is quite significant, requiring several months to recover and he doesn’t want to do it. Does anyone know of anything else that can be done? We have discussed a truss, which he can get this weekend. I haven’t seen it yet, but will see him on Monday, and would like to have some other suggestions. According to the MD, the waiting time for surgery is about 3 months (which gives us time to do other things – don’t you just love socialized medicine), and he is expected to work up until then, but not do heavy lifting (which is part of his job.) I have looked in several references and haven’t found much to suggest alternative treatments. My local herbalist suggested treating it as a prolapse and using chi tonics to help hold things up. Any other suggestions? It seems like it must be a common problem, but one I have never run across in 7 years of practice. Any ideas would be appreciated. Loreen Dawson, NDSechelt, BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Hi A truss is also called a hernia belt. It is a belt which goes around the hips and has a pad and/or plastic egg shaped mold which presses into the hernia to hold it in. You should be able to get your husband’s name off your email by going into your email server and either creating a new account for yourself, or creating an alias for yourself. Most accounts let you create up to 5 aliases. Loreen Dawson, ND Sechelt, BC Re: - Inguinal Hernia - A Loreen, I have successfully treated several older men with hernias. It is essential that you do some kind of " scelerosing " treatment to scar the muscle so it actually forms a scar to hold the intestines in. Lyc for R side, Nux v for L side repeated daily doses calc fluor 6x tissue salts truss all the time, except in shower to prevent tissue from protruding. bi-weekly interferential treatment around the hernia (for a couple of months) while lying on a slant board (to get gravity to help) [ this is the sclerosing part]. You could probably do microcurrent or some other therapy. Dr. Turska was known for injecting sclerosing solution into these to " cure them " . It is a lot of work and the biggest challenge is to prevent him from tearing the sclerosing muscle tissue as it is healing (6-8 weeks). Dick Thom Beaverton, OR Hi Everyone I have a case that is stumping me a little. This is a 45 yo M who I have only been treating for a couple months. He initially presented with irritable bowel aggravated by anxiety. He has been doing much better after 2 rounds of UNDA – 9, 24, 228 and 3, 9 and 50, B complex, HMF and some major dietary improvements. He phoned yesterday thinking he was having appendicitis. LLQ pain and a lump…. Over the phone we figured out it was actually an inguinal hernia, and he was able to lay down and push it back in, which relieved the pain. The hernia came on after some particularly heavy lifting at work all week. He went to an MD to get paperwork filled out for a WBC claim, and to discuss surgery. I thought it was a fairly simple surgery, but after asking the MD and several of the guys he works with who have had them, he learned the surgery is quite significant, requiring several months to recover and he doesn’t want to do it. Does anyone know of anything else that can be done? We have discussed a truss, which he can get this weekend. I haven’t seen it yet, but will see him on Monday, and would like to have some other suggestions. According to the MD, the waiting time for surgery is about 3 months (which gives us time to do other things – don’t you just love socialized medicine), and he is expected to work up until then, but not do heavy lifting (which is part of his job.) I have looked in several references and haven’t found much to suggest alternative treatments. My local herbalist suggested treating it as a prolapse and using chi tonics to help hold things up. Any other suggestions? It seems like it must be a common problem, but one I have never run across in 7 years of practice. Any ideas would be appreciated. Loreen Dawson, ND Sechelt, BC -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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