Sneha Tiwari

• VCP Cancer Research Foundation, Dehradun

Background: Pancreatitis, an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, is emerging as a significant health concern globally, with an increasing incidence in India. Historically, the disease was first identified in India in 1937, and since then, research efforts have expanded, focusing on regional patterns and causative factors. Methodology: This hospit...

Recurrent Acute/Chronic Pancreatitis (RA/CP) is a progressively debilitating disease with rising incidences in recent years. The limitations of conventional treatment, along with the psychological fear and financial burden associated with it, compel the patients to explore alternative options. In India, where traditional medicines are recognized as...

Background: Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of medicine, encapsulates comprehensive principles and formulations for disease prevention and treatment. A herbo-mineral Ayurvedic formulation, IMMBO, comprising Mandoor Bhasma and 18 herbs has shown promising results in treating allergic rhinitis in clinical studies. Objective: This discussed series...

Background: Hereditary pancreatitis (HP) is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory disorder caused by genetic abnormalities, often accompanied by severe symptoms and complications. Conventional treatments offer limited relief but fail to halt disease progression. An Ayurvedic Treatment Protocol has been reported to be effective in treating various ty...

Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of medicine, encapsulates comprehensive principles and formulations for disease prevention and treatment. A herbo-mineral Ayurvedic formulation, IMMBO, comprising Mandoor Bhasma and eighteen herbs has shown promising results in treating Allergic Rhinitis. The said efficacy was recently reinstated by a randomized c...

Background: Allergic rhinitis is largely treated by using antihistamines and nasal sprays, either alone or in combination. However, these measures ease out the symptoms but do not address causative factors, and have their share of side effects and limitations. An Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation, IMMBO, has been reported to be effective in treat...

The case report presented here highlights the use of an Ayurvedic treatment protocol (ATP) in managing hereditary pancreatitis (HP) in a 14-year-old boy. HP is a rare form of pancreatitis caused by specific gene mutations that are inherited within families. It is known to be aggressive and can lead to pancreatic cancer in later stages. The boy, in...

Pancreatitis is an inflammatory and irreversible disorder of Pancreas, though unpredictable in nature. It's broadly categorized in acute and chronic pancreatitis depending upon the diagnostic parameters. Both types of pancreatitis are managed by using tools of conventional treatment; however natural course of progression of the diseases process rem...

Migraine is ranked sixth among disability‑causing diseases in the world. Patients with chronic migraine suffer from headaches 15 days or more in a month. Refractory migraine patients fail to respond to conventional treatments even after avoiding all migraine triggers. These patients continue to suffer in the absence of any established cause and cur...

Background: Migraine is a disorder marked by recurrent episodes of headache. There is a subset of migraine patients who remain refractory to the conventional prophylactic and abortive therapies. This study aimed to assess the therapeutic role of an ayurvedic treatment protocol in patients who had chronic/ refractory migraine. Methods: This single-c...

Chronic pancreatitis is the long-standing inflammation of the pancreas, leading to irreversible damage of the gland. The disease is characterized by loss of exocrine and endocrine functions of pancreas owing to fibrosis and parenchymal damage. Clinical manifestations of the disease include abdominal pain, episodes of acute pancreatitis, nausea, vom...

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia. The condition is clinically marked by anemia, fatigue, weakness, frequent infections, and fever associated with easy bleeding and coagulopathy. The diagnosis is made through bone marrow aspiration exhibiting increased promyelocytes and test for PML-RARα fusion gene. There h...

Rasa Shastra is a branch of Ayurveda that deals with the therapeutics of metals and minerals. It emphasizes on the essentiality of balance of metals and minerals in body tissues for the regulation of body metabolism. The role of metal based Ayurvedic formulations has been explored in various disorders. Here, we discuss about an Ayurvedic Mineral Co...

ABSTRACT Background: Rasa Shastra is a specialized branch of Ayurveda which evolved from 1st to 5th century in India. The branch deals with therapeutics of substances of plant, animal and mineral origin, which are moderate to severely toxic in raw form. However, there are various methodologies to transform them into non-toxic therapeutic form. A co...

CA19-9 is a carbohydrate antigen used as a cancer marker in pancreatic cancer. CA19-9 levels are found to be elevated in patients of pancreatic cancer along with some other gastrointestinal carcinomas. Recent studies also indicate etiological role of this antigen in pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The marker is widely used as an indicator to as...

Background: Recurrent Acute/Chronic Pancreatitis (RA/CP) is a progressive disease that significantly affects the physical and psychological well-being of its patients. In recent years, there is an upsurge in the incidences of pancreatitis in India. The limitations of conventional treatment, along with the psychological fear and financial burden ass...

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APML) is a form of blood cancer. The general symptoms of the disease include anaemia, fatigue, weakness and fever marked by thrombocytopenia, leucopenia and in some cases pancytopenia. Easy bleeding and coagulopathy associated with APML make it fatal, if not readily managed. Although new contemporary treatment options...

Changing Demography of Pancreatitis Patients in India

Background: Recurrent Acute/Chronic Pancreatitis (RA/CP) is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. The disease is progressive in nature and may turn fatal in due course. The aetiology of this inflammatory condition majorly remains mysterious, especially in Indian context, where majority of the patients of RA/CP are non-alcoholics and non-tobacco...

Background: Recurrent Acute/Chronic Pancreatitis (RA/CP) is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. The disease is progressive in nature and may turn fatal in due course. The aetiology of this inflammatory condition majorly remains mysterious, especially in Indian context, where majority of the patients of RA/CP are non-alcoholics and non-tobacco...

Pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas, affecting its endocrine and exocrine function. It is mainly associated with abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, indigestion, steatorrhea, weight loss and diabetes. There are many variants of pancreatitis that have been broadly divided into acute and chronic pancreatitis. In both the conditions...

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis/ Chronic Pancreatitis (RAP/ CP) is generally marked by sudden onset of symptoms like severe abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss that needs emergency hospitalization. Owing to irreversible and progressive nature of the disease and limitations of conventional treatment, many patients look for an alternative solution....