Open AccessHypnotherapy: A useful adjunctive therapeutic modality in hansen′s disease
Author(s) -
EN Abdul Latheef,
Najeeba Riyaz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.127678
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , neuralgia , anxiety , hypnosis , depression (economics) , adjunctive treatment , treatment modality , disease , quality of life (healthcare) , visual analogue scale , atopic dermatitis , neuropathic pain , surgery , psychiatry , alternative medicine , anesthesia , pathology , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Hypnotherapy is a useful adjunctive psychotherapeutic procedure used in various conditions such as pain disorders, atopic dermatitis, and alopecia areata. However, it is less utilized in the field of dermatology. Only limited data exist on its role in the management of various skin diseases. There is dearth of literature on the role of hypnotherapy in Hansen's disease (HD). We report two cases of HD, one with very resistant neuralgia and the other with recurrent erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). Both the patients were assessed using hospital anxiety and depression scale, dermatology life quality index and the neuralgia was assessed using the visual analog scale. Three sessions of hypnotherapy were given to both the patients. There was dramatic improvement in the incidence of ENL and neuralgia and we could rapidly reduce the dose of drugs used for both conditions.