TREATMENT BASICS
Contraindications
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Despite magnet therapy’s generally recognized safety,
account must be taken of some possible actions which should be
considered in using this therapy.
While few of these are serious, they must be anticipated
and patients alerted to their potential.
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Absolute
contraindications
Pregnancy – while toxicity studies with
MRI show no significant concerns with workers, little research has been
done in this area and safety is not conclusively established.
Pacemakers, implanted pain
modulators, insulin delivery systems
or
defibrillators – have battery systems. While generally shielded now
, exposure directly over
devices may shut them off.
Myasthenia gravis – muscle weakness may be
aggravated
Conditions
with active bleeding
(especially
into the gut) – since platelet
aggregation
is reduced, bleeding may not clot readily.
Hyperthyroidism;
adrenal
gland, hypothalamic and
hypophyseal/pituitary dysfunctions which are clinically significant
enough to be endocrinologically or physiologically symptomatic,
may be over-stimulated and lead to glandular exhaustion.
Active tuberculosis, acute viral diseases
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macrophage responses may be dampened resulting in temporary flares.
Malignancies
(even
in remission) – because of the controversies with frequency
fields from power lines,
even though current evidence suggests no probable causal
relationship to health problems, caution should be
exercised; little work has been done
in this area.
Pychoses
– fields may produce unpredictable results, and in combination
with medications may cause significant reductions in blood
pressure.
Relative
contraindications
Neurological diseases with seizures
using
pulsed or sinusoidal EMF’s (with regard to applicator
localization) have a theoretical potential to initiate seizures
if waves or pulses are
timed to a seizure focus frequency. Problems appear to be rare but caution
should be exercised initially at least.
Severe systemic mycotic diseases
– inflammation may show temporary aggravation due to inflammatory
system effects
Severe organic atherosclerosis
-
blood pressure effects may be significant, with hypotension.
Excessive menstruation, if the pelvis is to be
treated – magnetic fields may increase flow further.
Special
attention
Patients
with
hypotension, or predisposition
to it, as well as patients with severe or
accelerated hypertension since sudden significant blood
pressure
decreases may occur, causing vertigo, fainting, et cetera. This reaction usually disappears within 30'
after the exposure and after 5 exposures adaptation begins.
