Saturday, January 25, 2014

Pediatric Seizure Cases Can Get Help From Chiropractors

By Swat Zingson


Chiropractic care for pediatric cases is well documented when right amount of planning and resources are allocated to it. It shows good outcome if properly diagnosed. The right diagnosis and intervention in time can bring wonderful results to the patients. If it is planned and executed as per the schedule creates a win win situation for all. . In this article we shall discuss about pediatric patients who are epileptic or have some kind of seizure and how chiropractic intervention can help such patients. According to documented texts, subluxation based chiropractic management has been successfully administered to the above mentioned patients.

How autism and epilepsy are connected

Autism and epileptic attacks in children can have various kinds of pathology and at times can be idiopathic. The epileptic condition enumerates stages where the patient experiences or has a tendency to have recurrent seizures. A temporary imbalance in the brain function results in seizure. In such sequence a group of nerve cells in the brain send abnormal and excessive signals and this results in seizure. The seizure may last from a few seconds to a few minutes.

Application of chiropractic care first evolved 20 years ago and stemmed to the concept reversal of cerebral penumbra. To a great extent this was able to explain the changes which could be envisaged in ASD children who underwent chiropractic care based on subluxation techniques.

Two major types of injury are possible in the ischemic cerebro-vascular bed of the central nervous system. One of these major zones of injury is the core ischemic zone. If injury happens in this zone, this remains irreversible, however if the injury happens in the borderline necrotic tissues then is called ischemic penumbra. The second type of the damage can be reversed. The collateral arteries supply blood to the penumbral zone.

The interlinked and closely netted branches of these arteries form the location where the pharmacological interventions are mostly effective. Agamanolis depicts that Ischemic damages in the region of penumbra, can result in the dysfunction which results from metabolic dysfunction or ionic imbalance.

This results in severe compromise in the structural aspects and damage. Administration of drugs in such levels can be proven effective at this stage. At the same time there are chances that, the drug administration can result in higher level of ischemia. However by application of subluxation techniques of a chiropractor a safe drugless technique can be proven effective and result in adjustment of the spine which helps the restoration of spine to the proper alignment. This proper alignment provides normal signals to brain and allows signals to flow to and from the brain.

The higher-center ischemia can be reversed by using the chiropractic techniques . Finally the restoration of the the brain-body balance can be facilitated and help the paediatric patients suffering from epilepsy.




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