Case of Hypervitaminosis

       
This is the case of a 2 1/2 years old male child whose mother reported to us with his complaints of pain in both the calf muscles since 2 years almost daily. He was a diagnosed case of hypervitaminosis (A& B). His pain used to aggravate at night and on touching. Due to this the child had crying episodes almost every night lasting for 3 to 4 hours. The calf pain occurred usually an hour after sleep between 12 to 5 a.m.

Along with this he had complaints of recurrent cold and cough since birth whose frequency was almost 8 to 10 times in a year and that was aggravated in the rainy season and by change of weather. He had vomiting of sticky white expectoration along with loose cough that was aggravated at night. Every time he had these attacks of cold and cough, his appetite used to reduce drastically. Sometimes he also complained of pain in the abdomen especially in the umbilical region once or twice a month which used to aggravate whenever he was constipated. The child had frequent itching in the anal region that used to be better after deworming.

The child had marked craving for salty things and chocolates. He used to perspire profusely especially on the scalp and back and was thermally a hot child. He did not have a sound sleep owing to the calf pains. Also his mother complained of him having a very low appetite.

He had marked fear of darkness and of being alone even for a short while. Along with this he also had a marked fear of crawling things and would hide behind his mother if would see anything creeping or crawling. He was a playful child but did not mix up readily with children of his age.

He had a past history of malaria and amongst his family his mother suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis and his younger brother from recurrent colds and cough.

Based on the above history a constitutional homoeopathic remedy Capsicum 200 to be taken thrice a day for two weeks was selected that would cover his entire complaints along with a single dose of Syphilinum 1M to be taken bed time. Two weeks later when he reported to us his calf pains remained the same. His crying episodes had slightly reduced and his anal itching was better upto 75%. His appetite remained the same and abdominal pain remained the same. Later when he reported to us after another 3 weeks his calf pains were better upto 50%. Anal itching was no longer present. The frequent abdominal pains showed significant improvement. He had an episode of cold and cough but with much reduced intensity than ever before. His crying episodes were better upto 75% due to which he started getting a sound sleep which thereby improved his overall wellbeing as well as appetite. In the next follow up his entire complaints were better upto 85%. This child responded very brilliantly to homoeopathy for his entire complaints in a very short period of time i.e. about 2 months. He was asked to continue the medications for a period of another few months.

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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