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Humor i śmiech jako metody terapeutyczne
Affiliations- Katedra i Klinika Chorób Wewnętrznych, Reumatologii i Immunologii Klinicznej Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach, Ziołowa 45/47, 40-635 Katowice, Poland
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Humor i śmiech od dawna są uważane za czynniki sprzyjające zdrowiu. Dopiero jednak w drugiej połowie XX wieku rozpoczęto badania fizjologicznych skutków humoru i śmiechu oraz możliwości ich zastosowania w lecznictwie. Opisano wiele korzystnych efektów humoru i śmiechu, w tym rozszerzenie naczyń, zmiany tętna i ciśnienia tętniczego krwi, a także zmiany immunologiczne, takie jak zmniejszenie stężenia w surowicy interleukiny-6 u chorych na reumatoidalne zapalenie stawów. Są to jednak tylko krótkotrwałe skutki. Nie zmienia to faktu, że poprawa nastroju, tak zwany dobry humor i śmiech, są pożądane, jako działania pomocnicze w procesie leczenia wielu chorób.
Forum Reumatol. 2019, tom 5, nr 2: 74–80
Abstract
Humor i śmiech od dawna są uważane za czynniki sprzyjające zdrowiu. Dopiero jednak w drugiej połowie XX wieku rozpoczęto badania fizjologicznych skutków humoru i śmiechu oraz możliwości ich zastosowania w lecznictwie. Opisano wiele korzystnych efektów humoru i śmiechu, w tym rozszerzenie naczyń, zmiany tętna i ciśnienia tętniczego krwi, a także zmiany immunologiczne, takie jak zmniejszenie stężenia w surowicy interleukiny-6 u chorych na reumatoidalne zapalenie stawów. Są to jednak tylko krótkotrwałe skutki. Nie zmienia to faktu, że poprawa nastroju, tak zwany dobry humor i śmiech, są pożądane, jako działania pomocnicze w procesie leczenia wielu chorób.
Forum Reumatol. 2019, tom 5, nr 2: 74–80
Keywords
humor; śmiech; leczenie
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Humor i śmiech jako metody terapeutyczne
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Forum Reumatol 2019;5(2):74-80.
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humor
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Eugeniusz Józef Kucharz
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