L7 | HEALTH

• HEALTH

  • State of physical, mental and social well-being
  • Better health = human happiness and well-being
  • Important to economic progress
• CULTURE-BOUND OR CULTURE-SPECIFIC SYNDROME

  • Also known as folk illness
  • Combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms only within a specific society or tribe.
  • Not known in other society
• 1. KURU
  2. PASMA
  3. SUMPA AND GABA
  4. NAMALIGNO
• KURU

  • Disease of the brain and nervous system found in South Fore
  • Fatal disease
  • Also called as "trembling sickness" and "laughing sickness"
• FORE

  • people who live in Okapa District of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea
• KURU

  • Symptoms: palsy, contracted face muscles, loss of motor control
  • Death occurs within 6 - 12 months of start of symptoms
  • Most victim: women in 20s and 30s
• PASMA

  • Belief that exposure to cold or hot water after being hot can cause folk illness
  • Symptoms: hand tremors, sweaty palms, numbness, and pain
• SUMPA ANG GABA

  • Sumpa - curse, inflicted by a human being
  • Gaba - curse, inflicted by a divine being
  • Belief in the power of both human and divine and their potential to cause misfortune
• NAMALIGNO

  • Person's illness is due to the intervention of supernatural or mystical beings
  • Influence how people seek treatment
• PHILIPPINE FOLK MEDICINE

  1. Albularyo
  2. Manghihilot
  3. Dagdagay
  4. Bentosa
  5. Medico
  6. Magtatawas
• ALBULARYO

  • General practitioner knowledgeable in most folkloric modalities and use of medicinal plant
  • Method: prayers, bulong, orasyon, pulse-taking, and herbal plants
• MANGHIHILOT

  • Treatments applicable to injuries, fractures, and musculoskeletal conditions
  • Therapeutic manipulation that has good effect on veins
  • Uses medicinal plants and herbs
• DAGDAGAY

  • Traditional foot massage originated from Mountain Province
  • Involves stroking the soles of the feet within bamboo sticks to attain good blood circulation
• BENTOSA

  • Cupping massage used to drain excess fluids
  • Stimulates peripheral nervous system
• MEDICO

  • Albularyo but adopts western way of healing
  • Traditional way of healing and gives prescriptions of medicines
  • Do not have formal education in medicine
• MAGTATAWAS

  • Detects illness through ritual called tawas
  • Popular diagnostic ritual performed by most alternative healers that provide clues to the nature and cause of illness.
• ALTERNATIVE MEDICATION

  1. Acupressure
  2. Acupuncture
  3. Aromatherapy
• HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIGHT | 4 ELEMENTS:

  1. Availability
  2. Accessibility
  3. Acceptability
  4. Quality