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Case of Arthritis
This is the case of a 46 years old lady (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. |
