Talk:Hemotherapy

Autohemotherapy elucidated

Autohemotherapy is not the same thing as Ozone therapy. The intrinsic nature of each one shows they are irrefutably different, so there should not be any doubt about this theme. In fact, "Autohemotherapy is sometimes performed in conjunction with ozone therapy to treat joint pain due to rheumatoid arthritis or gout. Blood is removed from the patient, enriched with ozone (an unstable form of oxygen that some feel has healing effects) and then reinjected." (Natural Healing Guide). Ex positis, there comes so clear that, although conjunction of both therapies is possible, there is no confusion of one with other.

By the way, it is presented below some concise definitions for "autohemotherapy":

1. Merriam-Webster: Main Entry: au•to•he•mo•ther•a•py [Variant(s): or chiefly British au•to•hae•mo•ther•a•py \-ˌhē-mō-ˈther-ə-pē\; Function: noun, Inflected Form(s): plural au•to•he•mo•ther•a•pies]: treatment of disease by modification (as by irradiation) of the patient's own blood or by its introduction (as by intramuscular injection) outside the bloodstream.
2. Institute of Science: Autohemotherapy, referring here to the immediate intramuscular or subcutaneous reinjection of one's own blood, appears to comprise a compelling therapy option in the absence of others, one that may also merit replacing other (experimental and often risky) attempts at therapy currently in vogue. Since the introduction of this method by Ravaut in 1913, autohemotherapy has been employed in a wide range of disease conditions. Several hundred articles on the subject have been published in mainstream medical journals mostly from the early 1920s through the early 1940s, as listed in the various Index Medicus volumes (generally under the subject category "serum therapy"). Additionally, the subcutaneous or intramuscular reinjection of autologous blood or components is often discussed in the literature without specific reference to the term "autohemotherapy", as may be noted in a number of contemporary examples.
3. Altmeds: "Autohemotherapy is a form of transfusion therapy that is far more common in Europe than in the United States. Its goal is to enhance the immune system's ability to fight disease."
4. Dicionário Digital de Termos Médicos: 1.02915. Autohemoterapia, tratamento com injeções de sangue do próprio paciente por via intramuscular.

• For much more references, Google Search 14:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC) shows about 11,500 entries for "authohemotherapy".

And more...:

1. Autohemotherapy at Pt.Wiki;
2. Autohemotherapy Talk at Pt.Wiki
3. Autohemotherapy, archived file, at Pt.Wiki
4. Autohemotherapy, an appreciation, at Pt.Wiki: [...] "Omitem-se informações fidedignas como a transcrita a seguir: "Relatório clínico-médico nos EUA reporta caso de tratamento bem-sucedido de herpes zoster obtido com a aplicação da auto-hemoterapia" [Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA] (Successful treatment of herpetic infections by autohemotherapy).

EgídioCampos^Diz! 14:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)