Bhattacharya Sudip, Singh Amarjeet
Community Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jun 17;2018:bcr-2018-225405. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-225405.
In this case study, we describe our experiences with a rural poor family from north India that initially contacted faith healers for treatment of their child who was having symptoms suggestive of epilepsy, but the seizures continued even after this. The family migrated to a city, where they started allopathic treatment, but eventually they had to discontinue it as there was no apparent relief. Again, they went back to their native village and restarted the treatment from the faith healer.This case study highlights the fact that in spite of the significant development of medical science, many questions pertaining to epilepsy treatment are still unanswered. Such dissatisfaction with the allopathic treatment of epilepsy is very common. Complexity of the disease and high cost of modern medication, side effects of drugs, efficient but heavy treatment protocols and unpredictable outcome are responsible for continued practice of people consulting faith healers for treatment of epilepsy. However, these remain unnoticed and undocumented.
在本案例研究中，我们描述了与印度北部一个农村贫困家庭的经历。该家庭最初联系了信仰治疗师来治疗他们有癫痫症状的孩子，但即使这样做了，癫痫发作仍在继续。这家人搬到了一个城市，在那里他们开始接受西医治疗，但最终由于没有明显缓解而不得不停止。再次，他们回到了自己的村庄，重新开始接受信仰治疗师的治疗。本案例研究突出了这样一个事实，尽管医学科学有了显著发展，但许多与癫痫治疗相关的问题仍然没有答案。对癫痫西医治疗的这种不满非常普遍。疾病的复杂性、现代药物的高成本、药物的副作用、有效但繁重的治疗方案以及不可预测的结果，是人们继续寻求信仰治疗师治疗癫痫的原因。然而，这些情况仍然未被注意到且未被记录下来。
