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Dr.A.B.C, 49 years old male, a nuclear scientist, reported
with chronic urticaria since four months. He would have
urticarial rash all over the body, every day, if he missed
the dose of antihistamine. The rash would affect his skin
and lips with intense itching, lasting for over an hour.
He had similar urticaria about six months back which was
then relieved by antihistamines. However, the recent episode
of urticaria was not settling with the same antihistamine
any more, which now helped only for a few hours, till its
effect lasted.
Other factors noted in the patient:
The patient had had some stressful situation in his life,
whereby he lost some of his close relatives with whom he was
emotionally attached. He experienced a sense of loss and
grief. He did not share his feelings and kept his sadness
alive for a long time. His past history included various
allergies and enteric fever.
His medical history in the family:
Father: Urticaria, Hypertension and asthma
Mother: Leukemia
Homoeopathic analysis:
This patient has inherited a tendency to allergy (urticaria)
from his father. Also his mother had cancerous pathology,
adding to the genetic susceptibility for a chronic disease
such as urticaria. The recent incidence of emotional stress
and trauma triggered in him the underlying tendency to
allergy, which re-surfaced. In the past he had urticaria
which responded to the symptomatic effect of antihistamine,
and it was then suppressed temporarily. The urticaria
re-surfaced when stress possibly lowered the immunity.
What needs to be treated?
He started taking antihistamine which would suppress the
effects of histamine release. The histamine release is the
end stage of the immunological process, governed by the
genetic tendency and stress. There is little sense in
treating just the end result, that it the histamine release.
What needs to be treated in such a patient is not the
histamine release but the very susceptibility which is the
eventual cause of urticaria. Any attempt to antidote the
effects of histamine with the anti-histamine medicines, will
obviously be superficial and suppressive and short lasting.
Homoeopathic treatment:
The homeopathic approach entails treating the soil, the
immunological platform, along with the genetically mediated
susceptibility to urticaria to heal chronic urticaria at the
root level.
The remedy:
A medicine called Natrum Muriaticum, a potentized sodium
chloride preparation which is indicated for the state of
allergic disposition triggered by silent grief due to loss
of loved ones, was selected. Additionally, another remedy
called Carcinosin was used, which is prepared from a micro
dose of the cancerous tissues, clinically useful in treating
genetic tendency to allergy, supposedly governed by the
history of malignancy in the immediate family.
The progress:
Natrum Muriaticum 200c and Carcinosin 200c were administered
to the patient. There was improvement in the eruption within
about three months. The dose of antihistamine to which the
patient was almost addicted, was reduced to once in five
days instead of once every day. He still had rashes but much
less severe and with one fifth of the antihistamine
medicines. The treatment was continued with Natrum
Muriaticum 201c and Carcinosin 201c. In two months time, he
could stop his antihistamine medicines. Occasional rashes of
urticaria would appear and settle without much difficulty.
The treatment was continued with 202c, and 203c doses for
total of five months. He was absolutely free from urticaria
after this. The treatment was terminated and reviewed every
four months. There was no reappearance of urticaria for two
years, till the time of this publication.
What is achieved?
The homoeopathic cure achieved is more than just the freedom
from urticaria. Since the urticaria is treated on the basis
of the genetic tendency and the constitutional type of the
patient, the cure is supposed to be at a deeper level, which
is expected to strengthen the immune system making the
patient stronger and healthier.
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Dr A.M.S., M.D, 44 year old eye surgeon from Egypt.
The patient had chronic urticaria which was of 5 years
duration. The urticaria had started after taking large doses
of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment
of acute disc prolapse.
The lesions were not responding to any forms of
anti-allergic drugs (antihistamines, mast cell stabilizers,
antiprostaglandins). Temporary relief was obtained only with
oral or injectable steroid.
The lesions were increased by eating fresh vegetables,
fruits, peanuts and its derivatives, changes in weather,
perfumes, flowers, shellfish, all anti-inflammatory drugs
and antibiotics.
The patient is an ophthalmic doctor, having mild
hypertension and past history of lumber disc operation.
There was no significant family history of diseases.
The personality of the patient was quiet tense due to stress
of work. Anger was generally expressed by silence. He would
not vent out his anger but would suppress it within him.
Based on the above history the patient was prescribed
homoeopathic medicines and within just 6 weeks he submitted
his feedback which was as follows:
"I would like to inform you about progress of my urticarial
lesion under homoeopathy treatment. Just after completing
one and half month of treatment, I can tell you that the
lesion and its recurrence have been reduced to about 50%.
The most important benefit is that I completely stopped the
use of systemic steroids, which is something great.
Fortunately, the lesions disappear spontaneously without
systemic steroids or antihistamines. I would like to thank
you for this early achievement." |
