|
PATIENTS with chronic,
intractable diseases tend to seek help from a wide range of
"Alternative and Complimentary Medicine" sources. But
perhaps among the more bizarre, is the treatment given by
the
Garra Rufa
fish to the suffers of various Skin Disorders, including
Eczema, Psoriasis and Dermatitis. The Garra Rufa fish
a member of
the
cyprinidae family.
They originate in
Hot Spring pools of the Tigress and Euphrates rivers, in the
East Anatolian
Kangal region of
Turkey and Iraqi and Iran.
WE at Skin Therapy Ireland,
through our contacts in Turkey have secured access to these Garra
Rufa fish and brought them to Ireland, and NOW the Garra
Rufa fish are available to the Irish suffers of chronic,
Skin disorders like
Eczema, Dermatitis and
Psoriasis.
In one East Anatolian spa these fish have “nibbled”
with success,
on the
skin of
psoriasis-sufferers for more than four hundred year
The treatment provided by
Skin Therapy Ireland and the Garra Rufa Fish is not proven
scientifically as a treatment for these Skin disorders,
however it does offer a long term, clear, visible
improvements to the symptoms of these disorders, for the
suffers and a return to a more "long term normalised skin
condition" is very achievable. In the meantime however,
there is, a) many statements from patients who have
undergone the treatment, and b) scientific and medical
investigation into these fish, like the investigations from,
the medical faculty of the Istanbul University, the Lancet
and scientific investigations by the magazine
Science.
We would like to make it clear
that the concept of being treated by the Garra Rufa fish has
existed for many years in Turkey. It is not a con, nor is
this just another "rip off scheme". We are not here to
undermine the pharmaceutical industry and denounce the
various forms of medication available on the market for the
different Skin Disorders. Nor are we here to criticise and
detract from the Medical community. We are simply making
sufferers of these skin disorders aware of this alternative
source of treatment, which can be supported with factual
proof of success. |