Health Beliefs in the Latino Culture Essay

Vomiting, fever, crying, restlessness (Evil warmheartednessness), brought on by an admiring or covetous look from a someone with an evil eye. All churlren are susceptible. Prevented if the person with the strong eye touches the tike when admiring her/him also by wearing particular earrings, necklaces, or different jewelry. Treated with a barrida (Puerto Rican) or limpia (Mexican) which is a spiritualistic sweeping of the be with eggs, lemons, and bay leaves, accompanied by prayer. Barrida/limpia are believed to have treatment value.SustoAnorexia, insomnia, weakness, solicitude disease hallucinations, and various painful sensations, brought on by traumatic situations such as witnessing a death. Treatment may include a barrida (see mal de ojo), herb tea and prayer.Caide de molleraA condition thought to cause fallen, sunken prior fontanella, crying, failure to suckle, sunken eyes, vomiting. Popular home remedies include holding the child upside down over a pan of water, applyi ng a cataplasm to the depressed area of the head, and/or inserting a finger in the childs mouth and pushing up on the palate.EmpachoLack of appetite, plunk for ache, diarrhea, and vomiting caused by poorly digested food, or uncooked food gummy to the walls of the stomach and/or digestive tract. Treated by massaging the stomach alcohol addiction a purgative tea (estafiate) or by azarcon or greta, care for that has been implicated in some cases of lead poisoning.AtaqueSevere expression of shock, fretting or sadness, characterized by mutism, hyperventilation, bizarre behavior, hyperkinesis, violence, and uncommunicative behavior. A culturally separate and sometimes expected emotional response to shocking or upset(prenominal) news.BilisVomiting, diarrhea, headaches, dizziness, migraine headaches, nightmares, loss of appetite, and the inability to urinate brought on by ashen rage and revenge fantasies. Believed to stem from bile pouring into the bloodstream in response to strong emotion, resulting in an imbalance of yellow bile and the person boiling over.Bilongo (hex)Any unwellness may be caused by a bilongo or hex proper diagnosis and treatment requires consulting a Santero/Santera (priest or priestess).Hot and cold theory health is the product of balance of the iv body humorsblood and yellow bile being hot and stolidity and black bile being cold. Diseases are caused by humoral imbalance. Foods and medications volition cure disease by restoring the balance. Thus a hot illness is cured with cold medication and food cold illnesses are handle with hot. Those thatbelieve the common cold is caused by a cold write entering the body will not drink cold takings juices because it will add more coldness to the body. However, the provider can recommend more hot teas, broths, and soups for liquids. The family would accept this.Note. From Delivering Preventive Health Care to Hispanics A Manual for Providers (pp. 57-58, 66-68), byCOSSMHO, 1988 , Washington, DC The National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organization.Copyright 1988 by The National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organization. Reprinted withpermission.