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Mr. K. A. aged 18 years (Patient Identification No: L-6523), was a known case of
Bronchial Asthma and was suffering with it from the past 4 years. He reported to
our clinic on Jan 7, 2004 with complaints of cough, difficulty in breathing
accompanied with recurrent colds. He had this cold almost everyday and used to
be really bad at least once a month. He was very lean in structure right from
his childhood days. All his complaints would be worse in the period between the
month of November to December. The onset of winters and exposure to dust were
the main triggering factors for his asthmatic episodes. Also he suffered with
recurrent sinusitis and the attacks used to be 2- 3 times in a year.
His appetite was diminished and as a result he would not put on weight for years
together. He craved for spicy food, fish and used to love to eat chicken a lot.
As regards to his thermal modalities he couldn't tolerate extremes of heat or
cold in any form and would be more comfortable in winters except for his asthma.
He also had constipation right from his childhood days. Occasionally he had to
visit the toilet for 2-3 times in a day and he used to pass mucus with stools.
This boy used to stay in a joint family with his parents, grandmother and he had
a younger brother and a younger sister as well. His father also used to have
recurrent sinusitis and his mother was a known case of Hypothyroidism. His grand
mother also had similar complaints of bronchial asthma since her young age.
He had taken a lot of allopathic medicines in the past for his asthmatic
episodes. He had even taken steroids whenever his complaints were worse and he
had no choice other than taking these steroids which he knew would help him only
temporarily and his attacks would recur when its action gets exhausted . He had
even taken homoeopathic medicines for some time but it did offer him only with
little relief and hence he discontinued after a while.
On examination his weight was found to be 50 kgs. He had a very large polyp in
his right nostril. He had hypertrophied turbinates as well. When I conveyed of
this findings to him it reminded him of his complaints of nose block esp on the
right side and this added to his breathlessness. This however was a daily
occurrence and hence was almost neglected by him and he had learnt live with it.
A detailed study of his case revealed a very strong miasmatic background in his
case which predisposed him to present with all these complaints. A very deep
acting medicine named Thuja Occidentalis which covers this kind of sycotic
manifestations was administered in the 200th potency as an antimiasmatic. With
this Silica in the 200th potency and Kali Bichromicum in the 200th potency was
prescribed for a period of 6 weeks.
After taking the medicines as per the instructed dosage he found a remarkable
improvement in his condition. The recurrent cough which he used to suffer with
was much better; the breathlessness which used to bother him a lot was relieved
to a great extent. The frequency of occurrence of episodes of cold had gone down
to a considerable extent. The nose block was relieved and this eased him all the
more. His appetite has improved and his general health is good in spite of the
onset of winters during which he used to be really worse. There was no
requirement of steroids which he used to take during winters and this was
definitely a good sign of improvement in his case.
His complaints gradually improved and he reported to feel much better and better
every time when he came for his regular follow ups. It has been a year since he
is taking regular homoeopathic medication and now his asthma is completely
cured. He is absolutely asymptomatic at the moment with no complaints
whatsoever.
Remarks: I am sure after reading through this case history of Asthma , every
reader would witness and appreciate that these deep seated ailments which do not
respond to even the strongest doses of allopathic medicines can be cured
completely with the marvelous action of these equally deep acting homoeopathic
medicines.
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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