Association between Acute and Chronic Inflammatory States: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fever is the hallmark of efficient acute inflammatory response, which may be disrupted in chronic inflammatory conditions. The "continuum theory" proposes that the return of acute inflammatory states with high fever predicts improvement in chronic diseases during treatment. Our objective was to investigate the observation made, during classical homeopathic treatment, that such an association exists between chronic inflammation and efficient acute inflammation.

Methods

In a case-control study, the reports of patients diagnosed with chronic inflammatory conditions with at least 6 months of follow-up under homeopathic treatment were retrospectively sampled from homeopathic medical practices from Greece, India, Romania and Russia. Twenty patients who improved under ho

SUBMITTER: Mahesh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493469 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature