FELON- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Felon is the painful abscess in the tip of the finger. It is usually caused by a bacterial infection, most often from Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FELON
  • CAUSES OF FELON
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FELON
  • DIAGNOSIS OF FELON
  • TREATMENTS FOR FELON
  • PROGNOSIS OF FELON
  • COMPLICATIONS OF FELON
  • FELON AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF FELON
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF FELON
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF FELON
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FELON
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF FELON
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR FELON
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR FELON
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR FELON
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR FELON
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR FELON
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR FELON
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR FELON
  • YOGA FOR FELON

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FELON 

  • Enrojecimiento
  • Hinchazón
  • Secreción maloliente
  • Pain

CAUSES OF FELON 

  • Bacterial infection – Staphylococcus aureus

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FELON 

Felon is commonly occurring due to bacterial infections. Bacterial infection in the tip of the finger leads to the formation of a pocket of pus (or abscess) that is very painful as it expands. If the infection spreads to the entire finger there is a chance to block the blood vessels leads to permanent damage to the finger.

DIAGNOSIS OF FELON 

  • Felon is diagnosed by the proper inspection of the site.
  • A gram stain and culture of discharge or drainage.

TREATMENTS FOR FELON 

  • Antibiotics for infections
  • Incision and drainage

PROGNOSIS OF FELON 

  • Felon is curable in the early stages
  • Untreated felon leads to complications

COMPLICATIONS OF FELON 

  • If the inspection spreads to the entire finger then permanent damage to the finger tissues may occur.

FELON AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, a felon can be managed based on the treatment of ‘dushta vrana’.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF FELON 

  • Aganthu factors – infections
  • Excess vitiation of doshas and dhatus
  • Obstruction in the raktavaha srothas

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF FELON 

  • Skin redness and swelling

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF FELON 

Due to the causative factors, doshas become vitiated and further vitiates the rakta dhatu. This causes paka(inflammation) of tissues leads to dushtavrana .

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FELON 

  • Sopha - hinchazón
  • Twak vivarnatha – reddish skin discolourations
  • Jwara – fever
  • Srava – discharges
  • Vrana – ulcer

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF FELON 

  • Prognosis is krichra sadhya – curable in early stages with proper ayurvedic medications

 CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR FELON 

Ayurvedic local treatment for felon 

  • Lepa – dasanga lepa

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR FELON 

  • Kaisora guggulu
  • Sanjeevani vati
  • Nishakatakadi kashaya – patient with diabetes

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR FELON 

  • Virechana - purgación
  • Raktamokshana – leeching

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR FELON 

Administración interna

 HOME REMEDIES FOR FELON

  • Massage the surrounding area to enhance the blood circulation

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR FELON 

  • Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold, acrid, sour and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Intake of proper amounts of fluids
  • Towels are not shared with others

YOGA FOR FELON 

  • Nadi shuddi pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from irritations of felon 

 El paciente tiene que estar sentado en postura de meditación con la cabeza y la columna vertebral erguidas, con el cuerpo relajado. El paciente tiene que cerrar una fosa nasal (por ejemplo, la fosa nasal izquierda si utiliza la mano derecha y viceversa) con el pulgar y exhalar completamente por la otra fosa nasal. De nuevo, tendrá que inspirar profundamente por la otra fosa nasal mientras la fosa opuesta sigue cerrada con el pulgar.