Hypnosis instead of anesthesia
Alex Lenkei, a 61-year-old hypnotist, opted against using any traditional anesthetic for his recent surgery, choosing instead to send himself into a hypnotic trance for the duration of the surgery.
He was able to hear the cracking of his bones and the surgeon asking for a saw -- he could even hear the surgeon "hammering away at the bone" with a hammer and chisel. He could feel the doctor "pulling and manipulating" him, but felt no pain.
Much of the medical community is quite interested in this, as studies have shown that using less anesthetic can reduce the time patients spend in the hospital and speed healing. Additionally, many patients are nervous about using an anesthetic, and while they might not opt for using hypnosis only, it might help to calm them and allow a lower dose of anesthetic to be used.Hypnosis has been used in place of anesthesia for many years, but the patients have not hypnotized themselves before, which makes Lenkei's surgery especially interesting to the medical community.
What do you think? Would you consider hypnosis in place of anesthesia? What about in addition to it?
He was able to hear the cracking of his bones and the surgeon asking for a saw -- he could even hear the surgeon "hammering away at the bone" with a hammer and chisel. He could feel the doctor "pulling and manipulating" him, but felt no pain.
Much of the medical community is quite interested in this, as studies have shown that using less anesthetic can reduce the time patients spend in the hospital and speed healing. Additionally, many patients are nervous about using an anesthetic, and while they might not opt for using hypnosis only, it might help to calm them and allow a lower dose of anesthetic to be used.Hypnosis has been used in place of anesthesia for many years, but the patients have not hypnotized themselves before, which makes Lenkei's surgery especially interesting to the medical community.
What do you think? Would you consider hypnosis in place of anesthesia? What about in addition to it?
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4-18-2008 @ 9:01PM
Chris Melon said...
Yes, I'd consider using hypnosis as an anesthetic. I have an aunt who has some medical and medication issues and she has used self-hypnosis on a number of occasions when faced with minor surgery.
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