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This is the case
of Mr. A.M (Patient Ref. No. 5933) a 29 years old male patient who reported to us with
complaints of genital Herpes since 1 yr. 9 months. He had
reddish pin-pointed eruptions on his private parts with
itching that was aggravated in the evening and night. He
felt better by hot water bathing. There was a history of
exposure to X-rays before the onset of the chief
complaint. He was on conventional medications for about 8
to 10 months with no relief. His HSV IgG and IgM levels
were 3.45 and 0.27(disease specific titres) respectively-
and out of these HSV IgG titre was quite high.
Along with this he also complained of chronic lower
backache and stiffness since the past 8 years that was
aggravated by rest and in winter and ameliorated by
movements or exercise.
His appetite was average and he was addicted to smoking
4-5 cigarettes a day with occasional alcohol. He was fond
of spicy food and had an aversion to non-vegetarian food.
He perspired profusely on his palms, face and chest. He
very frequently had peculiar dreams of losing his teeth
and sometimes of falling from bed.
He was a software programmer and was dissatisfied with his
job that was quite stressful. He felt unappreciated at
work. He was mild by nature but had great anxiety about
his health. Also, he had a great fear of being married for
which he was pressurized persistently by his parents due
to which he often suffered from disturbed sleep.
There was a family history of Psoriasis and he had
suffered from typhoid twice 4 years back.
Based on the entire history, a constitutional homoeopathic
remedy was selected for him. He was prescribed Silicea 200
repeatedly along with a dose of Thuja 200. He was asked to
stop all his previous traditional medications. He reported
to us after a month and there was a mild improvement in
his herpetic eruptions, the itching was much better than
before. There was no relapse or aggravation in his
condition inspite of stopping his previous conventional
medicines. His backache was slightly better with stiffness
persistent. In the second follow up, after another 1 month
his herpetic eruptions were 40% better with no more
itching. This time his backache and stiffness were about
50% better. All his complaints were about 90% better in the
third follow up. He also mentioned that along with this,
mentally he felt much more relaxed and less stressed than
ever before. He could cope up with the stress much more
easily and even started thinking positively in terms of
marriage which he could never think of before. Before the
fourth follow up he was asked to verify his HSV IgG, IgM
titres which reported to be 0.33 and 0.5 respectively
which was something that could not be achieved even after
a year of conventional treatment. |
