Management of Deviated Nasal Septum by Holistic approach of Siddha Therapy- A case study
DNS is a very common condition and occurs due to some trauma or congenital causes. In moderate or severe cases, it causes nasal obstruction, bleeding from nose, sinusitis, migraine and obstructive breathing. Due to relapse of symptoms, patients take up alternative methods in DNS cases. Peenisam or neerkovai in Siddha literature bears a resemblance to clinical symptoms of Nasal blockage of Modern medicine by deviated nasal structure. Siddha vaidyam; an ancient and old therapy, has been adopted to treat many patients of DNS by structurally correction of nasal bone by just using hand pressure technique that helps in improved breathing and decrease in symptoms.
In this article, we present a case report of 35 years old male with deviated septum who underwent 4 siddha sessions in 21 days. The patient's DNS clinically was classified as Type III (severly deviated) when he came for treatment which after the sessions was designated as Type I (reduced polyps and straitening of nasal bone). A questionnaire was made in centre to determine the difference of symptoms pre and post correction of DNS. It showed reduction in all parameters from 41 (Pre-treatment) to 9 post treatment. Symptomatically, patients snoring reduced, breathing was better, and sleep disturbance was less. The pre and post x-rays showed the nasal septum correction improving his facial contour. The bio-markers i.e the lab investigations taken pre and post therapy also showed improvement with Hb increase from 12.8 to 13.5. The study showed that Siddha therapy with just hand pressures can prove to get good results both symptomatically and correction in nasal deviation without intervention of any surgery and medications.