Abstract

A CASE STUDY TO EVALUATE “EFFECTIVENESS OF AYURVEDA CHIKITSHA IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY”

Dr. Suparna Dhar*, Dr. Shyamanta Kalita and Dr. Ranjan Kalita

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Abstract

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an uncommon, debilitating and degenerative neurological disorder characterized by progressive weakness due to peripheral nerve damage, with chronicity of more than 9 weeks. Clinical manifestation is bilateral symmetrical proximal and distal weakness of muscles of extremities, tingling, numbness, fatigue, gait imbalance with loss of tendon reflexes. It is also termed as an autoimmune disorder for which no specific and effective treatment is available, though steroid therapy, immunotherapy, stem cell therapy, plasmapheresis etc. have been tried with variable success rates. Here is a case study that war treated by Modern medicine by steroid and plasmapheresis for than 3 month with not improvement but case was only deteriorated. Such type of case came to Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital in wheel chair. With initiation of ayurvedic treatment, there was marked improvement in his condition, and that patient began to walk. This case study offered a ray of hope to thousands of such poor sufferers of CIPD and demonstrating that Ayurveda has potential and strength to effectively treat this type of progressive neurological disorder.

Keywords: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating disorder, Autoimmune disease, Shodhana and shamana chikitsha of Ayurveda, Guillain- barre syndrome, Aam vata vyadhi.