Question

What is magnetism in medicine?

Answer 1

Magnet therapy, magnetic therapy, or magnotherapy is a pseudoscientificalternative medicine practice involving the use of static magnetic fields. Practitioners claim that subjecting certain parts of the body to magnetostatic fields produced by permanent magnets has beneficial health effects. These physical and biological claims are unproven and no effects on health or healing have been established.[1][2][3][4] Although hemoglobin, the blood protein that carries oxygen, is weakly diamagnetic (when oxygenated) or paramagnetic (when deoxygenated) the magnets used in magnetic therapy are many orders of magnitude too weak to have any measurable effect on blood flow.[5]

Answer 2

In the field of medical science magnet has many uses like in:

1. Pain Relief: Increased blood flow in magnetic field delivers more oxygen and natural painkillers called endorphins, which in turn relieves minor pain.

2. Anti-Inflammatory: In presence of magnetic field, the increased blood circulation can reduce inflammation. When inflammation decreases, the body can also heal more quickly.

3. Detoxification: Magnets can be used to divert the positive charges of various toxins created by the body's immune system when fighting infection to the liver for speedy detoxification and eventual elimination from the body through the kidneys.

4. Multiple Sclerosis: Pulsed electromagnetic fields are used to relieve pain and muscle spasms as well as improve fatigue, cognition, vision and bladder control.

5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: In this process a magnetic field scanner detects the positively charged ions of water throughout the human body. It is the preferred radiology technique for neurological and musculoskeletal imaging of human body.