Realistic cure prospects for common diseases

9. AMOEBIASIS

Chronic cases are curable , approximately 20 days for some , for some 1- 3 months of medication ensures total cure.

Food patterns are very necessary to be modified for maximum results.


10. CIRRHOSIS LIVER

If alcohol induced – almost incurable.

Medications upto six months are required .

Early stage cases are responding well. Chronic cases do require longer duration medications.

Cases without severe oesophageal varices or ascitis respond very well to medications.

Exceptionally few number of cases even with ascitis have recovered from the situation completely but life span could not be prolonged to further two years.

Further complications can surely be avoided. Many have symptomatic relief for sure in the second week of starting medications.

Very rarely some patients have survived above 8 yrs.


11. GALL BLADDER CALCULI

Varied response, usually conservative management is prolonged.

Calculi up to 2-3 mm are manageable by 6 weeks medications. Most patients report pain relief in the initial 3 days itself and increased quality of life even though the calculi is visible in ultra sound scan.

Exceptionally some patients require 6 months of medications- they are the ones who were recommended surgery but could avoid surgery .


12. PANCREATITIS

Acute cases are generally tough though treatable .

Chronic cases respond well by 4 weeks medication.

Diet restriction is of profound importance.

Some severe cases present with generalized oedema and are of poor prognosis .


13. DIABETES MELLITUS

Type 2 diabetes with values up to FBS 200 & PPBS level below 350 are manageable by medicine, exercise and selective food pattern recommended in Ayurveda.

Its almost impossible to help a insulin dependant patient to bring back to medications only scenario.

Complications ( almost all) of Diabetes mellitus can surely be prevented and cured. This is one very potential area for Ayurveda .

Patients with onset of diabetes within 3 yrs if put on medicines are able to avoid all the complications at multi system level for up to 15 years.

Cases of Diabetic nephropathy with serum creatinine levels up to 5 & serum urea up to 75 are manageable & any value above this needs dialysis.

14. HYPOTHYROIDISM

Cases with TSH level up to 40 can be cured of symptoms in duration of 4-8 weeks medication .
Late onset ( above 40 yrs age ) hypothyroidism is found to respond better. Myxoedema is incurable.

Interestingly Hypothyroidism is found to mimic as Rheumatoid arthritis in many ladies above 40 yrs of age.

Some patients would present features of Hypo & hyper thyrodism on alternate fashion for many days. Generally response to medications is not much encouraging.

15. HYPERTHYROIDISM

Total cure requires 4- 6 weeks.

Symptomatic relief is attained very profoundly in the first ten days itself.

Generally follow up is found to be difficult as many patients keep on changing doctors.

16. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Generally a tough prognosis and initial stages only turn out to be curable.

Of the wide range of presentation in all stages of this, only 20 % are found curable, 35 % are manageable & remaining with severe deformity and sub luxation are of poor prognosis.

Patients with low hemoglobulin level( ie below 10),ESR above 80, severe deformity, severe early morning stiffness generally respond poorly.

75 – 80 % relief is achievable in 3 months medication and treatments.

Both OPD & IPD level management is absolutely essential. Monoarticular arthritis, ESR level below 80 are favourable factors.

Mild to moderate deformities can be bettered by various treatments and herbal paste bandages. It requires at least 2 months for results to be appreciatable.

17. SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

Generally tough in chronic cases. Profound relief and increased quality of life is very much possible by OPD & IPD level management.

3 months are required for 90 % relief and that ensures the relapse to be avoided for over 2 years. Medications are required for as long as 8 months for some patients.

Good prognosis is found in cases without albumin urea and without epileptic seizures. Steroid can be tapered and avoided completely in a span of 4 – 8 weeks of starting medicines.