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WHAT IS COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (CAM)?
Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine. An example of a complementary therapy is using aromatherapy to help lessen a patient's discomfort following surgery.
Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. An example of an alternative therapy is using acupuncture instead of surgery for back pain that has been recommended by a conventional doctor.
Numb hands caused from "The Bends"
by woody21, Nov 04, 2007 06:50PM
Hello everyone :)
I was wondering if anyone could help me out there. My husband is a commercial underwater construction diver and in August 2006 they messed up his decompression which caused "the bends". After the incident he had to do hyperbaric therapy for i think it was about 5 days. Over the time he has problems with his feet and especially his hands. They tend to go numb and they ache, sometimes being itchy. At times, it wakes him from his sleep in the mornings or at night it tends to be worse.
I was wondering if this is a circulation problem? And I wanted to know if there is any herbal/natural remedies out there that would help his, at times, painful and annoying condition. I heard cayenne and ginger extracts help with circulation.
Would this help at all? If anyone could help or give some advice for us to try, I would be greatly appreciative.
Thank you for reading my post.
I was wondering if anyone could help me out there. My husband is a commercial underwater construction diver and in August 2006 they messed up his decompression which caused "the bends". After the incident he had to do hyperbaric therapy for i think it was about 5 days. Over the time he has problems with his feet and especially his hands. They tend to go numb and they ache, sometimes being itchy. At times, it wakes him from his sleep in the mornings or at night it tends to be worse.
I was wondering if this is a circulation problem? And I wanted to know if there is any herbal/natural remedies out there that would help his, at times, painful and annoying condition. I heard cayenne and ginger extracts help with circulation.
Would this help at all? If anyone could help or give some advice for us to try, I would be greatly appreciative.
Thank you for reading my post.
Member Comments (1)
by caregiver222, Nov 05, 2007 02:09PM
My experience with diving is non-existent, except for research I conducted involving the use of hyperbaric chambers maintained by the Navy for emergency use in civilian carbon monoxide poisoning. That being said I found the Naval personnel to be extremely knowledgeable and sharing of information. You husband probably knows this. I would contact the Commandant, United States Navy Diving School 350 South Crag Rd 1, Panama City Florida 32307 for suggestions.
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