An Overview of The Use of Apitherapy (Bee Products) in The Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Year 2025, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 33 - 42, 30.04.2025

Nermin Kılıç Barmanpek , Cihat Demirel , Zelal Kaya , Mesut Şahin

https://doi.org/10.71255/maunsbd.1573452

Abstract

This review article's objectives are to examine the application of bee products in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and to show how useful they are for raising the standard of healthcare, particularly for nursing care services. COPD, a widespread and chronic condition, is a significant public health issue. A promising approach for COPD patients has emerged in the form of the growing interest in traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine as well as the extensive application of these treatments in healthcare services in recent years. Apart from being used into pharmaceutical therapies, apitherapy products alleviate certain symptoms of COPD, such cough, thereby enhancing patients' understanding, drive, and proactive involvement in the illness progression. It may be advised that Traditional, Complementary, and Integrated Medicine practices and Apitherapy products be included in in-service and patient training materials, that they be applied by qualified and certified specialists, that they be used consciously and cautiously, and that more thorough research be done on these practices to increase the level of evidence in order to provide a professional, holistic, and optimal level of care in health, and especially in nursing care services.

Keywords

Apitherapy , bee products , nursing , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) , health care

Supporting Institution

This article received no financial support.

Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı Tedavisinde Apiterapi (Arı Ürünleri) Kullanımına Genel Bir Bakış

Abstract

Bu derleme makalesinin amacı, Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı (KOAH)’ nda arı ürünlerinin kullanımını araştırmak, bu kullanımların sağlık ve özellikle hemşirelik bakım hizmetlerinde bakımın kalitesinin artırılması açısından kullanılabilirliğini göstermektir. Yaygın ve kronik bir hastalık olan KOAH önemli bir halk sağlığı problemidir. Son yıllarda Geleneksel, Tamamlayıcı ve Bütünleşik Tıp ilgisinin artması ve sağlık bakım hizmetlerinde kullanımlarının yaygınlaştırılması KOAH hastaları için de umut verici bir yol olarak görülmeye başlanmıştır. Apiterapi ürünleri farmakolojik tedavilere eklenmesinin yanı sıra öksürük gibi bazı KOAH semptomlarını rahatlatarak hastaların hastalık sürecindeki algılarını, motivasyon düzeylerini ve sürece aktif katılımlarını iyileştirmektedir. Sağlık ve özellikle hemşirelik bakım hizmetlerinde profesyonel, bütüncül ve optimum düzeyde bir bakımın sağlanabilmesi için Geleneksel, Tamamlayıcı ve Bütünleşik Tıp uygulamalarının ve Apiterapi ürünlerinin hizmet içi ve hasta eğitim içeriklerine dahil edilmesi; eğitimli ve sertifikalı uzman kişilerce uygulanması gerektiğinin kavratılması ile bilinçli ve kontrollü kullanımların sağlanması ve bu uygulamalara yönelik daha kapsamlı araştırmaların yapılarak kanıt düzeylerinin artırılması önerilebilir.

Keywords

Apiterapi , arı ürünleri , hemşirelik , kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı (KOAH) , sağlık bakım hizmeti

Supporting Institution

Bu makalede herhangi bir finansal destek alınmamıştır.

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