Abstract

SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF AYURVEDIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HAEMARTHROPATHY- A CASE REPORT

Ahmed Nasreen* and Kajaria Divya

Abstract

Haemarthropathy occurs when there is bleeding in the joint spaces.It mainly occurs in the patient suffering from haemophilic disorders. The clotting factor deficiency is responsible for the severity of the disease. It occurs following the injury over the joint of haemophilic patient. Joints involved mainly are knee joint, ankle joint, elbow joint, shoulder joint. Signs and symptoms are joint pain, swelling and unable to move the arms or difficulty in flexion or extension of the arms. Treatment mainly involved painkillers, steroids, infusion of clotting factors in case of haemophilic patients. It can be correlated with Vatarakta in Ayurveda on the basis of signs and symptoms. In Ayurveda treatment for vatarakta is explained in detail, basti is considered as the best treatment in case of vatarakta as mentioned by Acharya charak. A case study was done on a known case of haemophilic disorder suffering from arthropathy. Treatment mainly done on the basis of the principles mentioned in Ayurveda for Vatarakta. Basti was given along with oral medications for 15 days and results were analysed. There was noticeable reduction in the swelling over the bilateral knee joints, pain subsides and movements of the arms increases and overall Quality of life was improved.

Keywords: Haemarthropathy, Vatarakta, Basti, Ayurveda, Haemophilic Disorder.