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This is a case of a 28 yr old female who reported to the
clinic on November 26, 2004 with complaints of itching and
burning sensation esp. after scratching all over her body
since the past 1 ½ yr. This would be so severe at times that
she would experience some stinging or pricking type of
sensation all over her body.
These episodes used to last for as long as 15- 20 minutes.
Her complaints would be more at night and her urticaria
would be triggered if she used to take curd, bread or any
sour food stuffs. She would be much better by cold
applications and even cold bathing relieved most of her
complaints for a short while. To get some relief of her
complaints she was forced to take T.Cetrizine /T. Levocet
(antihistaminic) daily and she has been doing this since the
past 1 yr but still suffering with similar complaints to no
avail.
Associated with these complaints she had a very severe hair
fall since the past 6 months after a episode of typhoid. She
used to loose more than 500 strands a day and she reported
that about 50 % of her hair quantum had reduced. She also
complained of a terrible back pain since the past 1yr and it
was worse by prolonged sitting, by any kind of exertion and
she would be remarkably better by lying down.
In addition to all these complaints she suffered with many
gastro-intestinal disturbances where in she had eructations
all through out the day. Occasionally she complained of pain
in the upper abdominal region esp. on deep breathing. This
pain would be worse in the morning hours.
She was a good eater and had a remarkable craving for sweets
and ice-creams. She was a chilly patient and could not
tolerate cold in any form. Her menstrual cycles were regular
but she used to have thick white discharge which was profuse
in quantity esp. 1 day prior to menses and would lessen as
the cycles would commence. Her white discharge would stain
the clothes yellow and the stains were indelible.
She would stay in a joint family with her husband and both
in-laws. She was working as a software consultant and even
her husband was working as a software engineer with a
renowned company. She was also planning for her family by
now, since she had been married for the past 3 years and had
no issues as yet.
During narrating about her personality she said that she was
very sensitive by nature. She was short tempered too esp.
when things would not go right and she would get angry often
when she had to face many financial problems after marriage.
To this she added that they were always financially sound
and she had no problems whatsoever until her husband lost
his job and they had nobody to rely on. She used to feel
trapped all the time due to these various problems which
were surrounding her and even her parents were not informed
about all this, so this made her all the more helpless.
But she said that the things were quite ok currently and
these financial constraints were a major factor to even
postpone her pregnancy .But now as things were going fine
she decided that she could well plan her pregnancy without
facing any difficulties whatsoever. She wept a lot while
venting out all her emotions and feelings which had been
bothering her all this time. She stated that she gets
irritated very fast and even trivial things make her
terribly tensed.
Her past history was not very significant except for an
episode of typhoid which she suffered with 6 months back.
Even in the family history her father suffered with various
allergies, he was a known hypertensive and was even suffered
with ischemic heart disease.
On a thorough and detailed analysis of her case, taking into
account the mind-body equation, a constitutional homeopathic
medicine was selected and she was prescribed a dose of
Natrum Muriaticum in the 200th potency and based on her
symptomatology to cover her ailment of urticaria, she was
given Apis in the 200th potency to be taken for a period of
3 weeks.
After completing these medicines for 3 weeks she reported
that her urticaria was the same and she had to take the
antihistaminic as she used to do previously. However her
hair fall was much better, even there was a remarkable
improvement in her back pain and the gastric disturbances
that she used to suffer with all this time. She was very
positive as all her other complaints were much better with
the medication so even her urticaria would be better in the
coming days. She was also very happy to report to us that
she had amenorrhea since the past 2 months and that her
urine pregnancy test was positive. Her joy knew no bounds to
tell us that she was pregnant after so long after she got
married and it was like a dream come true for her.
She was continued on the similar line of medication and she
was asked to get back to us after a month from now. Her
follow up was due on the 1st of January 2005, and she
reported that with this previous batch of medication which
was given to her had worked wonders for her urticaria far
beyond her expectations. She said that she was over 95%
better. By now she had even tapered her dosage of
antihistaminic to alternate day.
Gradually she was instructed to taper the dosage in a
similar manner and eventually she discontinued it all
together. Her episodes had stopped occurring completely
which was reported by her on February 2, 2005 and she could
now hope to lead a normal life which is urticaria free.
Remarks: This case tells
a lot as to how thousands of urticaria sufferers can be
helped with Homoeopathy. While reading this case summary you
would have witnessed as to how wonderfully this chronic and
deep seated ailment can be cured at its root level and the
patient could be beautifully brought out of the vicious
cycle of antihistaminics. |
