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Lifestyle Interventions Improving Cannabinoid Tone During COVID-19 Lockdowns May Enhance Compliance With Preventive Regulations and Decrease Psychophysical Health Complications
Full text linkStudies investigating the psychosomatic effects of social isolation in animals have shown that one of the physiologic system that gets disrupted by this environment-affective change is the Endocannabinoid System. As the levels of endocannabinoids change in limbic areas and prefrontal cortex during stressful times, so is the subject more prone to fearful and negative thoughts and aggressive behavior. The interplay of social isolation on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and cannabinoid tone triggers a vicious cycle which further impairs the natural body's homeostatic neuroendocrine levels and provokes a series of risk factors for developing health complications. In this paper, we explore the psychosomatic impact of prolonged quarantine in healthy individuals, and propose management and coping strategies that may improve endocannabinoid tone, such as integration of probiotics, cannabidiol, meditation, and physical exercise interventions with the aim of supporting interpersonal, individual, and professional adherence with COVID-19 emergency public measures whilst minimizing their psycho-physical impact
Hypnosis as sole anesthesia for oral surgery: The egg of Columbus
No full textBackground and Overview: Hypnosis, despite its effectiveness, has been neglected. The aim of this study is to show the effectiveness and manageability of hypnosis as a stand-alone technique in dentistry. Case Description: Three patients underwent 6 oral surgery procedures (surgical third-molar removal, implant surgery, maxillary bone augmentation, and mucogingival surgery) with hypnosis as the only anesthetic. Two of the 3 patients had difficulties: 1 was sensitive to multiple chemicals, had Addison disease, and had previously experienced anaphylactic reactions to local anesthetics; the other was allergic to lidocaine and had undergone a paradoxical reaction to pharmacologic sedation in the past. All 3 patients had 2 preoperative sessions each to assess their perioperative risk, level of anxiety, hypnotic susceptibility, and capacity to develop full hypnotic analgesia. On a surgery day, hypnosis was induced and hypnotic analgesia was obtained according to a standard protocol, a procedure taking no more than 9 minutes in each case. Each surgical procedure was then completed successfully with the patient in a painless condition of full relaxation and sense of well-being, with stable cardiovascular parameters. None of the patients required postoperative analgesics, which were prescribed for use as needed. Conclusions and Practical Implications: Hypnosis is a valuable tool in dentistry, enabling the safe and rapid relief of anxiety and phobia and raising patient pain thresholds to the level of surgical analgesia. Unlike drugs and equipment, it is always readily available, cost-free, and has no adverse effects when administered by competent professionals. Hypnosis can be used for sedation in most patients and as a stand-alone technique in those with appropriate hypnotic susceptibility, improving the well-being and safety of patients
Neuropathic Pain Due to Avulsion of C -C Nerve Roots: A Successful Integrative Approach by 5 7 Acupuncture, Trigger Point Injection and Hypnosis
Full text linkNeuropathic pain is one of the major challenges in clinical practice, the pharmacological treatment of which is far below the expectations. We report on a case with persistent shoulder and arm pain following avulsion of C5-C7 nerve roots despite pharmacological therapy (oxycodone 20 mg and pregabalin 225 mg daily, plus ketorolac 10 mg as needed). The
clinical examination disclosed the co-occurrence of myofascial trigger-points, suggesting a twofold origin of pain and the need for treating both of them. Therefore, the patient was submitted to 10 sessions of acupuncture plus trigger point injection with lidocaine and steroids, followed by three sessions of hypnosis. At 12 months follow-up the patient reported a relevant
decrease of pain (VAS decrease from 7 plus frequent paroxysm at 10 to 4 plus 1-2 paroxysm/month at 7) that allowed him to withdraw the pharmacological therapy. Our results, though based on a single case, suggest the potential benefits of hypnosis in neuropathic pain and the need of a careful differential diagnosis of pain mechanisms actually involved, in order to properly
guide an integrative approach
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS IN YOUNG DENTISTRY: IS THERE ANY PROOF OF STRESS RELATED ACTIVATION?
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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