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Research show that it is possible to teach children to use fantasy to block bouts of stomach pain.
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Research show that it is possible to teach children to use fantasy to block bouts of stomach pain.
There are special relaxation program on CD, which asks them to imagine themselves in some situation. For example, children should to imagine that they float on a cloud and it leads to exciting improvement of pain. Such a program works good if a child has a prolific imagination according to words of the US researchers. It has been judged that about 1of 5 children suffer of frequent stomach pain, the cause of which is impossible to identify.
The magazine “Pediatrics” published the results of investigations, which show that hypnosis is an effective treatment for functional abdominal pain. It has such method like irritable bowel syndrome. The investigations of the University of North Carolina and Duke University Medical Center say that the idea to make CD with the relaxation program appeared because of a lack of therapists.
Thirty children between six and fifteen years age participated in the investigations.
Half of these children listened the program on CD every day during 8 weeks. The other part of children got usual treatment. 73.3% of children who listened to CD informed that the pain reduced in two times and just 26.7% of those who took usual treatment told that pain reduced.