The present study is a case series study, conducted to introduce a common disease of abdominal wall which has received less attention in scientific resources. The study population was all patients who following repeated hospital visits did not improve, and for their last try, they visited a traditional clinic, and were diagnosed with umbilical hernia.
Background: The present study is conducted to introduce a common disease of abdominal wall which has received less attention in scientific resources. In traditional medicine sources Some scholars believe that this condition occurs due to the movement of the abdominal muscle near the umbilicus or nave laterally movement of nave. Design: A case series study Method: This study was a case series study. The study population was all patients who following repeated hospital visits did not improve, and for their last try, they visited a traditional clinic, and were diagnosed with umbilical hernia during a period of 5 months.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
traditional techniques of treatment including, (a)cupping therapy, (b)Backstroke for young people, (c)Sitting on all fours while the other person holds both knees firmly with the hands, the patient is asked to bend at the back so that the abdominal muscles are stretched, (d)taking a nerve that passes under the armpit with two index fingers and thumbs and applying intense pressure to the extent that the patient goes unconscious due to the severity of the pain, (e)Hanging the patient from the horizontal bar and stretching the abdominal muscles, (f)Tie an onion-sized object such as, a bag of wheat or salt, with a scarf on the navel for one hour, (g) taking the gum of mountain pistachio tree which is the same as turpentine and halve a walnut and fill it with raw turpentine and put it inside the navel for 72 hours, and then move it in the umbilical region by twisting hand movements, (h)cupping therapy.
Komar University
Sulaymaniyah, Iran, Iraq
Demographic information questionnaire
age, gender
Time frame: 1 hour through study completion
standard form of health history taking
onset of the disease, cause, signs and symptoms, Hospital visits and all medical procedures, including lab test results, imaging, failed medical interventions that the patients have received once they suspected the problem with their health, and differential diagnosis.
Time frame: 5 hour through study completion
body mass index
BMI in kg/m\^2
Time frame: once at admission time
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