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developed acute asthma attacks as a reaction to increased nerve-sensory activity — for instance, stress. We could call this a predisposition or constitutional tendency for asthma. That means that a person could manifest a predilection for a specific disease, based on the innate, often inherited characteristics of the build and functional activity of their organism: people have a predisposition for illness based on their constitution. The description and characterization of a person’s constitution is one method that can be used to indicate the relative preponderance of certain functional areas in a human being. In our asthma patients we discovered a prevailing influence of consolidating nerve-sensory processes. The innate dominance of one specific functional activity creates a certain one-sidedness or imbalance within the organism. People are never completely harmonious and we all have our own predisposition for illness. Such an imbalance, however, has two consequences. Next to instigating a specific predisposition for illness, the person in question also possesses specific qualities as a result of the imbalance, such as the ability to pursue a set goal in the second patient. Imbalance has, therefore, both a positive and a negative side. The physician will usually be confronted first with the negative aspects of constitution in the form of the susceptibility for illness or actual disease. Using the concept of constitution, we may approach innate tendencies for illness preventively. If, nevertheless, a period of illness occurs, then a treatment strategy can be developed that is also based on the constitution of the patient. The patient’s constitution plays a leading role when the course of illness is chronic. Typologies in Medicine In the history of medicine, we find numerous attempts to describe and clarify constitutional imbalance as described here. Well-known historical examples are the typologies as were developed by Schiller (Formtrieb/ Spieltrieb/Stofftrieb), Kretschmer (leptosome/athletic/eurysome), Sheldon (ectomorphic/mesomorphic/endomorphic), Sigeaud (type cerebral/type respiratoir/type digestive), and Steiner (nerve-sensory type/rhythmic type/ metabolic-limbs type).
In one form or another, the various typologies — and their corresponding anatomical/functional dominances — relate to the three germinal layers from human embryology: the ectoderm, mesoderm, and entoderm. In current medical literature, we still find typologies in psychiatric diagnostics in the description of personality disorders, in diabetology, and in disorders of (fat) metabolism. Until recently a typology was used in cardiology that encompassed two types of personalities (A and B) with a corresponding predilection for hypertension or myocardial infarction. 4.8.2. What is the Role of the Acute Moment? Having a predominant constitution is, in itself, not a reason for illness. In the course of life, however, a number of exacerbations may develop when the illness is precipitated by an acute moment. Well-known examples are when hay fever flares up through pollen in the air and when constitutional eczema worsens due to stress or allergenic foods. The rise in blood pressure, the increase of stomach complaints, the provocation of an epileptic attack, or the worsening of headaches in stress situations are all examples of acute moments. In this sense, a cold, an acute sinusitis, or a bronchitis show where the ‘weak spot’ is, even if they occur only once in a lifetime. These acute moments may become a stress factor for the constitution of the person in question. What can be considered a stress factor for a person is dependent upon their personal characteristics, upon their constitution. The part of the constitution that is susceptible to stress factors, the ‘weak spot’, usually has a completely personal profile. Even in people with comparable constitutions, stress factors are individually determined. Patients are generally fully aware of their ‘weak spots’. 4.8.3. Acute Moment and Constitution During an episode of illness, constitution and acute provocation come together. In the asthma patients we have described, the exacerbations were provoked by the following Bolk’s Companions RespiRatoRy system DisoRDeRs anD theRapy - 61
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