Abstract:
Since ancient times different thinkers saw the harmful effects of the extreme emotion in humans; specifically on the immunologic system. Therefore, this state is favorable to the growing of the neoplasic tissue through the stress. The role of stress in their relationship with Cancer must be observed in two aspects: in the first place in its participation in the etiology, the other in its therapy.Findings suggest the useful of the hypno-relaxation applied in the treatment of cancer patients. The Technique used in this research is based on the theory and technique of Herbert Benson of Harvard Medical School; also the hypnosis' technique of Konstantin Platonov, from Russia, the classical techniques of relaxation of Heinrich Schultz and Edmund Jacobson, and the Meditation from Maharishi University, Iowa, USA. The hypno-relaxation takes account the conception of Walter Hess, Swiss physician Nobel Prize in Medicine, about the mechanism of physiological defense of the body.Hypothetically, the nervous-emotional inhibition under the effect of the hypno-relaxation Increase the capacity of the NK cells in the immune system, reducing the tone of activation in the nervous system, decreasing thus the anxiety, depression and stress, the pain and collateral effects of chemotherapy. The patients then increase the confidence in their healing and their welfare.We report five cases of cancer seen in consultation of hypno-relaxation. Among the outcomes it was observed reduction of pain, anxiety and depression, weight gain, and elevation of social and family Functioning. It was reduced the ascites edema in a case.
Keywords:
Cancer, Psycho-Neuro-Immunology, stress, relaxation, hypnosis.