Abstract

Sixty-one year old female experienced difficulty breathing that became progressively worse following triple bypass open-heart surgery. She was readmitted to hospital and received oxygen therapy. X-rays indicated a large pleural effusion of the left lung that was increasing in size.

She then received two 20-minute treatments with pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy spaced one day apart. She noticed a significant improvement in breathing following the second treatment but not the first.

A follow-up X-ray indicated a “dramatic” reduction in the pleural effusion that the radiologist assumed was due to therapeutic thoracocentesis. No thoracocentesis was performed. This case study indicates that PEMF therapy can be used to reduce a large pleural effusion after just two non-invasive treatments leading to an immediate improvement in symptoms verified by X-rays.

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Read the full text of Case Study: Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy Relieves Pleural Effusion Following Open Heart Surgery. Originally published in the Journal of Complementary Medicine and Alternative Healthcare, Vol. 2, Issue 3, May 2017.