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Asthma Study Shows
Chiropractic Benefits
From the November / December 2000 issue of Todays
Chiropractic, comes a study report on Asthma. The
article notes that approximately 14 Americans die each
day from asthma. Asthma is only one of three diseases
that has shown an increasing death rate in recent years,
up 58% since 1979. Presently estimates say that 17
million Americans suffer from the disease making it the
most common and costly illness in the United States
today, costing over $13 billion annually. Presently,
asthma causes more hospitalizations of children than any
other childhood disease.
In the study, 47 patients were observed for a two year
period. These patients had all been medically diagnosed
with persistent asthma ranging from mild persistent in
11 cases, moderate persistent in 28 cases, to severe
persistent in 8 cases. The care rendered consisted of
specific chiropractic adjustments. The range of visits
was from 14 to 44, with the average being 26 during the
study period. Most patients in the study began care at a
rate of 3 visits per week with this frequency being
reduced after 4 to 8 initial weeks.
The patient results were very good with all 47 of the
study patients showing a marked improvement ranging from
87 to 100 percent. Patient observed improvement was
measured by both improvement in their symptoms as well
as a decrease in their usage of acute asthma attack
medication. Even more impressive was that all of the
patients in the study reported maintaining their
improvement after a two-year follow up.
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