1991 Volume 31 Issue 8 Pages 667-671
A 37-year old female was admitted to our hospital because of intractable asthma on November, 1985. She suffered from lasting familial stress. According to our clinical observation, her symptoms were exacerbated with psychological srees and subsided with relaxation. It was considered, from the standpoint of psychosomatics, that her disease was caoused mainly by the confliction with her cominant parents and partialy by the one with her drunken husband. Furthermore, her husband had suffered from Buerger's disease after he became an adopted son of her parents. His disease became worse gradually although he had all sorts of therapy including some operations. On the other hand, her mother had suffered from intractable gastric ulcer after cohabitation with her adopted son. She had two sons. The elder son was healthy, however the second son had convulsive tic and allergic rhinitis. Her husband always preached a sermon only to his elder son with the result that elder son had his revenge on the second son. A series of stress like this was considered to be relatid with the cause of psychosomatic disease of the second son. After psychosomatic therapy, her symptoms improved because she understood her own psychological stress, the mind-body relationships. Therefore she became able to assert herslf to her parents and her husband. She decided to live apart from her parents. She also understood her familial psychological stress as mentioned above. Then she asked her husband to be kind to the elder son, the elder son to be kind to the second son and she advised the second son to argue against the elder son. Thereafter, owing to these approaches, her family changed for the better and became healthier. In conclusion, profound psychosomatic therapy elevate the quality of life not only in the patient but also in her family.
