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This is the case of a 46 years old lady Mrs. S.J.V.
(Patient reference no. L6956) who reported to us with complaints of pain in both
the knee joints. She was a known case of Rheumatoid Arthritis since the past 2
to 3 years. Her pains used to extend anteriorly to the ankle joints and were
aggravated by sitting down and bending her legs. Her pains occurred twice or
thrice a week and lasted for one to two days.
Along with this she also complained of excessive bloated
feeling in the abdomen almost daily since the last 3 to 4
years. She said that she felt very hungry at small
intervals and had to eat something very frequently and yet
had no satiety. Another thing that had started bothering
her since the past one year was her hot flushes. This was
due to her menopausal age that she would be so irritable
at times. She was a known case of cervical spondylosis
since the past 2 years along with uterine fibroids almost
since 6 years.
She had an excess appetite with strong craving for sweets,
milk and fruits. She perspired profusely especially on
the face and was thermally a hot patient. Her menstrual
cycles were irregular as she was reaching her menopause.
She complained of disturbed sleep and used to get up
frequently at night.
She was quite confident to talk with. She said that she had
no major tensions or stress in life. But it was only on
further enquiring it was found that she had a very
disturbed family life. She had separated from her husband
a few years after their marriage and had a teenaged son
who stayed away from her with his father in the
U.S.
Her son was reluctant to keep any contacts with her and
this was the most distressing part of her life. She was
totally disappointed with her life and therefore had
become very irritable and easily angered. She desired to
be alone and weeped while narrating her complaints.
Amongst her family, her father suffered from diabetes and
her mother too suffered from arthritis. She had stooped
all her previous allopathic medications for arthritis as
they were no longer helping her to control her pains.
Taking into consideration her entire complaints along with
her mental state, a constitutional homoeopathic remedy
Natrum Mur 200 was selected to be taken twice a day for 3
weeks. Next when she reported to us her knee joint pains
were better up to 50%. Her excess hunger had slightly
decreased but the abdominal bloating remained the same.
She was continued the same remedy and potency for another
four weeks. In the second follow up i.e. after another 4
weeks her knee joint pains were better up to 90% and her
hunger and bloating showed improvement up to 50%. The
frequency of her hot flushes had also reduced this time.
Also, she specially mentioned to us that mentally she was
feeling much relaxed than ever before for which she was
really thankful to us and obviously to homoeopathy. She
was asked to continue the medications for another few
months until complete recovery.
Remark: The
remedy prescribed in these cases is patient-specific i.e. it has been prescribed
based on the symptoms specific to the patient at that point of time. It is
advisable that the patient does not indulge in any self-medication. |
