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Cases of Vitiligo
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Case 1: |
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This is the case of Master. A. J (Patient Ref. No. S-5128), a 5 years old male child who was brought
to the clinic with complaints of vitiligo on the face since
about 4 months. The patch involved the right side of the
face close to the lips. The patient had been treated with
local steroids but this had worsened the patch, thus
involving larger area of the face later.
His appetite was average and he had intense craving for
salted foods, sour and spicy foods and eggs. He had aversion
to sweets, milk and chilled drinks. He used to have
constipation often wherein the stools would be hard and he
would have to strain much to pass the stools. He also had
complaints of bed-wetting since childhood.
He was the adopted child in the family which included the
parents and two sisters. He had been adopted since the
parents had no male child. He was a lean, thin child with
the habit of thumb-sucking. A very mischievous child by
nature; he was also very cheerful and affectionate. He had
fear of being in darkness.
The details of his family history were not available since
he was an adopted child.
Based on this history, he was prescribed homoeopathic
medicines for the vitiligo. He was put on a drug called
Phosphorus which was prescribed in the 200th
potency. Within 6 months of the treatment, there was
significant improvement in the spots and there was good
amount of repigmentation. His complaint of nocturnal
enuresis (bed-wetting) was completely cured within 6-7
months. His habit of thumb-sucking was also taken care of
within just 3 months of starting the treatment. Thus there
was overall improvement in all the systems after commencing
homoeopathic treatment. He had to continue the treatment for
some more time to achieve further repigmentation of the
affected region. |
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Case 2: |
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Mrs. A.V.T (Patient Ref. No. 3971), a 39 years old female patient reported to us with
complaints of Leucoderma since a month. She said that she
had started developing white spots at multiple places over
her body in the last one month. Her dermatologist had
diagnosed it as vitiligo. She had few scattered spots on her
face, knees, chest and back. She was so disturbed by these
spots that she felt she was having spots all over her body.
In fact she felt as if she was left all alone in the middle
of a desert and left to die without any kind of hope of
being cured, just left to get mercy and sympathy from
others. She had been through lot of stress in the last 3
years due to her parents' accident and brother's divorce.
There was a lot of anxiety in the family due to
circumstances that were not under their control.
She was also a known case of hypothyroidism and was under
regular treatment for the same. She had been gaining lot of
weight since the past few months and since exercise was not
helping her much, she had become all the more lazy and lost
her self-control and self-esteem.
She would occasionally get headache when she would be out in
the sun for long time but this was not a regular feature.
Her appetite had increased since the last few months and she
had been gaining lot of weight. She would eat a lot
especially when she would get bored or irritated. She was
fond of salty food although she would crave for sweets
occasionally. She had no problems related to her bowels
though she would have to go for stools almost after every
meal. Her menses would be scanty and irregular and she would
experience lot of bloating and dizziness before her menses.
Her sleep would be often disturbed due to frequent waking
for urination. She had also started getting nightmares about
looking ugly and this would cause much anxiety for her.
She was a housewife with two kids and she would be very busy
in her house-keeping work. She was very anxious and fearful
by nature. She would easily get depressed by things
happening around her. She used to be a very quiet person
previously but recently she had started moving out and
mixing with people. She would always be in a rush to
complete her daily affairs and yet she would find it
difficult to complete them. She lacked self-confidence and
would get very nervous even at small things like cooking up
for guests. She had become irritable since some time and
would scream at her kids when angry. But she would calm down
in some time and then try to patch up with the kids. She had
fear of darkness and of heights. She was very sad, depressed
and frustrated due to the vitiligo and it was the major
cause of stress in her life at that time and she felt as if
she was going crazy due to this stress.
There was no history of any major illness that she had
suffered from in the past. However, both her paternal uncles
had vitiligo.
She was prescribed the remedy Natrum Muriaticum based on the
above history and at the end of 4 months of treatment she
reported that her spots of vitiligo were diminishing in size
and were actually blending with her original skin color. She
reported that her dermatologist was also very much surprised
by her quick and positive response to the homoeopathic
treatment. She continued the treatment for some more time
till her spots completely vanished and thereafter
discontinued the treatment which was no longer required.
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. |
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