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NCT Number: NCT04998929

A Common But Unknown Disease; Nave Sliding (NS)

The present study is a case series study, conducted to introduce a common disease of abdominal wall which has received less attention in scientific resources. The study population was all patients who following repeated hospital visits did not improve, and for their last try, they visited a traditional clinic, and were diagnosed with umbilical hernia.

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Key information

Conditions

Navel; Hernia Hernia Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Komar University

Sulaymaniyah, Iran, 6791683511, Iraq

About this study

Background: The present study is conducted to introduce a common disease of abdominal wall which has received less attention in scientific resources. In traditional medicine sources Some scholars believe that this condition occurs due to the movement of the abdominal muscle near the umbilicus or nave laterally movement of nave.

Design: A case series study Method: This study was a case series study. The study population was all patients who following repeated hospital visits did not improve, and for their last try, they visited a traditional clinic, and were diagnosed with umbilical hernia during a period of 5 months.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of nave sliding
  • Must be able to provide a complete health history information

Exclusion criteria

  • unwillingness to continue
  • any unexpected complication of traditional treatment

Treatment and study plan

complementary therapy

Other

traditional techniques of treatment including, (a)cupping therapy, (b)Backstroke for young people, (c)Sitting on all fours while the other person holds both knees firmly with the hands, the patient is asked to bend at the back so that the abdominal muscles are stretched, (d)taking a nerve that passes under the armpit with two index fingers and thumbs and applying intense pressure to the extent that the patient goes unconscious due to the severity of the pain, (e)Hanging the patient from the horizontal bar and stretching the abdominal muscles, (f)Tie an onion-sized object such as, a bag of wheat or salt, with a scarf on the navel for one hour, (g) taking the gum of mountain pistachio tree which is the same as turpentine and halve a walnut and fill it with raw turpentine and put it inside the navel for 72 hours, and then move it in the umbilical region by twisting hand movements, (h)cupping therapy.

Primary outcomes

  1. Demographic information questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 hour through study completion

    age, gender

  2. standard form of health history taking

    Time frame: 5 hour through study completion

    onset of the disease, cause, signs and symptoms, Hospital visits and all medical procedures, including lab test results, imaging, failed medical interventions that the patients have received once they suspected the problem with their health, and differential diagnosis.

  3. body mass index

    Time frame: once at admission time

    BMI in kg/m^2

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Komar University of Science and Technology

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Common But Unknown Disease; A Case Series Study

Acronym: NS

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Aug 10, 2021
Registry last updated
Aug 10, 2021

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