In 2004, a doctor named Christina Liossi made an experiment. She studied 80 children, aged 6 and 16. Some groups were treated by hypnosis and anesthetic while the other group with anesthetic alone. 40 of them who were treated by hypnosis were hypnotizes and taught to self hypnotize themselves by psychologists. They were all asked to rate the pain they felt before and after treatment.
According to Dr Gruzelier, a doctor from Imperial College in London, when people are hypnotized some changes occur. The patients who undergone hypnosis was observed to have fewer symptoms associated as side effects of cancer treatment.
Dr David Spiegel believe that by directing the attention of the patient elsewhere, the patient who undergo hypnosis got less post operative emotional distress and nausea.
"The key concept is that this psychological procedure actually changes pain experience as much as many analgesic medications and far more than placebos."
More research needs to be carried out before this is likely to be introduced into mainstream cancer treatments. Dr Christina Liossi thinks that hypnosis can prolong the life expectancy of cancer sufferers. However more clinical trials will be necessary to support this. Over the past thirty years, there have been a small number of observational studies and quasi experimental studies which have suggested that psychological factors may influence the outcome of the disease. However there have been no clinical trials that support the idea that any psychosocial interventions have prolonged the time of survival or affected the time of survival.
Less anesthetics, means less money you will spend for drugs. So if you will undergoing surgery, you can ask your doctor about this.
According to Dr Gruzelier, a doctor from Imperial College in London, when people are hypnotized some changes occur. The patients who undergone hypnosis was observed to have fewer symptoms associated as side effects of cancer treatment.
Dr David Spiegel believe that by directing the attention of the patient elsewhere, the patient who undergo hypnosis got less post operative emotional distress and nausea.
"The key concept is that this psychological procedure actually changes pain experience as much as many analgesic medications and far more than placebos."
More research needs to be carried out before this is likely to be introduced into mainstream cancer treatments. Dr Christina Liossi thinks that hypnosis can prolong the life expectancy of cancer sufferers. However more clinical trials will be necessary to support this. Over the past thirty years, there have been a small number of observational studies and quasi experimental studies which have suggested that psychological factors may influence the outcome of the disease. However there have been no clinical trials that support the idea that any psychosocial interventions have prolonged the time of survival or affected the time of survival.
Less anesthetics, means less money you will spend for drugs. So if you will undergoing surgery, you can ask your doctor about this.
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