Medisan (Sep 2019)
Bach flowers for the treatment of children with acute herpetic gingivostomatitis
Abstract
Introduction: Acute herpetic gingivostomatitis is the most common form of infection in childhood. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of Bach's floral therapy in children with this infection. Methods: A study of therapeutic intervention in 42 children from 2 to 6 years of age who went to the Stomatology Department of Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Teaching General Hospital was carried out, from 2016 to December, 2018. They were distributed in 2 groups in a random way, with 21 members each: that of study (even numbers), received the floral therapy sublingually, and that of control (odd numbers), was treated in the habitual way with acyclovir in cream on the lesions. For the gathering of the data a schedule was made which included the clinical course of the clinical and psychological symptoms evaluated in the interview to the parents and in the clinical exam. Percentage was used as summary measure and the Chi squared statistician with a confidence of 95 %. Results: In the study group there was a clinical improvement of the symptoms in more than 50.0 % of the patients at the 72 hours of receiving the treatment and in 100.0 % of these to the seventh day; however, in the control group this improvement was achieved in 57.1 % of those affected. Conclusions: The favorable clinical and psychological clinical course showed the usefulness of this therapy in the children with acute herpetic gingivostomatitis.
