[Experience with non-drug correction of autonomic disorders in adolescents]

The efficiency of recovery of autonomic imbalance by auricular electric neurostimulation (AENS) was studied. Thirty-nine children aged 11 to 15 years who had been diagnosed as having vegetative dystonia were divided into 2 groups: Group 1 (n = 18) received therapy with AENS; Group 2 (a control group) (n = 21) had the standard drug therapy. The study has indicated that AENS is more effectively than the standard therapy. In Group 1, clinical symptoms began ameliorating more early than in Group 2. According to instrumental data, positive changes were recorded in all the children in Group 1 and only in 57.2% in Group 2. It is concluded that it is expedient to use AENS to correct autonomic imbalance.