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YOGA-ARTICLE: The Decisive Factor

26 апреля26 апр

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One day, while pondering the links between medicine and yoga, I recalled an interesting case from my medical practice. It was in the 90-s, I just finished my internship and worked as a reanimation doctor. Once we had a 30-year old woman as a patient. Some time ago she had her appendix removed and in time an adhesion has accumulated and crushed part of the intestine (adhesions in the abdomen appear after all operations, but not all of them squeeze the internal organs). She spent a day at home with severe abdominal pain, taking painkillers. Thus, when she was in the operating room, a large portion of her small intestine became necrotic and developed peritonitis (purulent inflammation of the abdominal cavity). The surgeons removed a significant portion of the intestine and she was placed in our intensive care unit. Read more 👈

Once we had a 30-year old woman as a patient. Some time ago she had her appendix removed and in time an adhesion has accumulated and crushed part of the intestine (adhesions in the abdomen appear after all operations, but not all of them squeeze the internal organs). She spent a day at home with severe abdominal pain, taking painkillers.

Thus, when she was in the operating room, a large portion of her small intestine became necrotic and developed peritonitis (purulent inflammation of the abdominal cavity). The surgeons removed a significant portion of the intestine and she was placed in our intensive care unit.