Management of Uncomplicated Chronic Sinusitis with Siddha therapy- A case report
Sinusitis or inflammation of mucosa is very common complaint in clinical practice seen recently. The common symptoms of sinusitis are nasal blockage or obstruction, feeling of heaviness in cheeks, severe headache, mucosal discharge and sleep disturbances. According to siddha principles some energy blockage in skull is the main cause of sinus. Elimination of mucous, reliving of obstruction, cleansing the channel is the line of treatment.
Chakrasiddh has treated many patients with such conditions by traditional techniques of using hand pressures and massage. Siddha believes by aligning body energies (mind, body and spirit), and aims to treat all disorders from the root cause.
In this article, we present a case report of 29 years old woman with Chronic Sinusitis from childhood. The symptoms presented by patient at time of admission like nasal obstruction, breathlessness, sleeplessness, stiffness in neck, headache, mouth breathing, and snoring. She underwent 4 siddha sessions and special 2 energy sessions for reliving the obstruction in nasal passage along with Cervical sessions and has a good result without complications. Different hand pressures at neck and nasal points were administered, which helps in reducing the severity of symptoms. There was marked improvement in snoring and breathing issues. Stiffness in neck and headache which were at scale 9 was lowered to 2 on completing the treatment on VAS scale. The changes can be felt by patients by changes in severity in symptoms and routine work activities. Clinically can be justified by pre and post x-rays of Paranasal sinus (PNS).