Bed rest, also called the rest cure, is a medical treatment in which a person lies in bed for most of the time in an attempt to cure an illness, as distinct from being confined to bed by a health impairment that physically prevents leaving it. The practice remains in use even though a 1999 systematic review found no benefit for any of the seventeen conditions it examined, and no proven benefit for any condition beyond what is imposed by the underlying symptoms themselves.
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Bed rest, also referred to as the rest-cure, is a medical treatment in which a person lies in bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness.
Treats: Rheumatic Fever, Article text, use for Rheumatic Fever
It is still used in cases of carditis secondary to rheumatic fever.
Treats: Hysteria, Article text, use for Hysteria
The rest cure, or bed rest cure, was a 19th-century treatment for many mental disorders, particularly hysteria.
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