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This is the case of Ms. V.S (Patient
Ref. No. L-6512), a 25 years old female who had complaints
of urticaria since 6 months when she reported to the
clinic in January 2004. The urticaria predominantly
involved the face. She would get rashes over her face
after consuming food and it would last for half an hour or
so. The complaints would be worse at night and there would
be much itching and burning of the affected parts. She was
on conventional anti-histamines for the control of the
symptoms but the complaints would recur inspite of being
on these medicines.
Along with this she also had complaints of acne since a
year. She would get papular and pustular eruptions on the
face and these would be worse during change of weather and
while traveling. Lack of proper sleep and fried foods
would also worsen her complaints.
Knee pains had also been troubling her since 3-4 months
and she experienced difficulty in getting up from the
sitting position and while ascending stairs. She was
unable to squat due to these complaints.
Her appetite was average and she was fond of sweets and
spicy food. Her thirst was decreased and water intake was
much less than average. Her sweat was offensive and would
stain the garments. She was habitually constipated.
She had a job and it there was some stress on the job
front. She said that she had become irritable of late and
would easily get angry. She had a feeling of frustration
and sadness which she would not share with others.
She had suffered from jaundice and malaria in the past and
there was no history of any other major illness in the
past. Both her parents were diabetic and grandfather had
ischemic heart disease.
Based on this history she was started on homoeopathic
medicines and she improved very well with the treatment.
Her urticaria was status quo in the first two months of
treatment but then it improved significantly over the next
few weeks and at the end of four months from starting the
treatment she was completely off her antihistamines and
relatively rash-free inspite of stopping the
antihistamines. After another month her urticaria had
completely disappeared and she did not require any more
treatment for this. Her acne had also improved over all
these months though she kept getting occasional increase
in the acne for which she had to continue the treatment
for some more time. Overall she did much better with the
homoeopathic treatment and it also helped her to get rid
of her dependence on the anti-histaminic which would give
her only temporary, short-lasting relief.
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This is a case of a 28 yr old female who reported to the
clinic on November 26, 2004 with complaints of itching and
burning sensation esp. after scratching all over her body
since the past 1 ½ yr. This would be so severe at times
that she would experience some stinging or pricking type
of sensation all over her body.
These episodes used to last for as long as 15- 20 minutes.
Her complaints would be more at night and her urticaria
would be triggered if she used to take curd, bread or any
sour food stuffs. She would be much better by cold
applications and even cold bathing relieved most of her
complaints for a short while. To get some relief of her
complaints she was forced to take T.Cetrizine /T. Levocet
(antihistaminic) daily and she has been doing this since
the past 1 yr but still suffering with similar complaints
to no avail.
Associated with these complaints she had a very severe
hair fall since the past 6 months after a episode of
typhoid. She used to loose more than 500 strands a day and
she reported that about 50 % of her hair quantum had
reduced. She also complained of a terrible back pain since
the past 1yr and it was worse by prolonged sitting, by any
kind of exertion and she would be remarkably better by
lying down.
In addition to all these complaints she suffered with many
gastro-intestinal disturbances where in she had
eructations all through out the day. Occasionally she
complained of pain in the upper abdominal region esp. on
deep breathing. This pain would be worse in the morning
hours.
She was a good eater and had a remarkable craving for
sweets and ice-creams. She was a chilly patient and could
not tolerate cold in any form. Her menstrual cycles were
regular but she used to have thick white discharge which
was profuse in quantity esp. 1 day prior to menses and
would lessen as the cycles would commence. Her white
discharge would stain the clothes yellow and the stains
were indelible.
She would stay in a joint family with her husband and both
in-laws. She was working as a software consultant and even
her husband was working as a software engineer with a
renowned company. She was also planning for her family by
now, since she had been married for the past 3 years and
had no issues as yet.
During narrating about her personality she said that she
was very sensitive by nature. She was short tempered too
esp. when things would not go right and she would get
angry often when she had to face many financial problems
after marriage. To this she added that they were always
financially sound and she had no problems whatsoever until
her husband lost his job and they had nobody to rely on.
She used to feel trapped all the time due to these various
problems which were surrounding her and even her parents
were not informed about all this, so this made her all the
more helpless.
But she said that the things were quite ok currently and
these financial constraints were a major factor to even
postpone her pregnancy .But now as things were going fine
she decided that she could well plan her pregnancy without
facing any difficulties whatsoever. She wept a lot while
venting out all her emotions and feelings which had been
bothering her all this time. She stated that she gets
irritated very fast and even trivial things make her
terribly tensed.
Her past history was not very significant except for an
episode of typhoid which she suffered with 6 months back.
Even in the family history her father suffered with
various allergies, he was a known hypertensive and was
even suffered with ischemic heart disease.
On a thorough and detailed analysis of her case, taking
into account the mind-body equation, a constitutional
homeopathic medicine was selected and she was prescribed a
dose of Natrum Muriaticum in the 200th potency and based
on her symptomatology to cover her ailment of urticaria,
she was given Apis in the 200th potency to be taken for a
period of 3 weeks.
After completing these medicines for 3 weeks she reported
that her urticaria was the same and she had to take the
antihistaminic as she used to do previously. However her
hair fall was much better, even there was a remarkable
improvement in her back pain and the gastric disturbances
that she used to suffer with all this time. She was very
positive as all her other complaints were much better with
the medication so even her urticaria would be better in
the coming days. She was also very happy to report to us
that she had amenorrhea since the past 2 months and that
her urine pregnancy test was positive. Her joy knew no
bounds to tell us that she was pregnant after so long
after she got married and it was like a dream come true
for her.
She was continued on the similar line of medication and
she was asked to get back to us after a month from now.
Her follow up was due on the 1st of January 2005, and she
reported that with this previous batch of medication which
was given to her had worked wonders for her urticaria far
beyond her expectations. She said that she was over 95%
better. By now she had even tapered her dosage of
antihistaminic to alternate day.
Gradually she was instructed to taper the dosage in a
similar manner and eventually she discontinued it all
together. Her episodes had stopped occurring completely
which was reported by her on February 2, 2005 and she
could now hope to lead a normal life which is urticaria
free.
Remarks: This case tells a lot as to how thousands of
urticaria sufferers can be helped with Homoeopathy. While
reading this case summary you would have witnessed as to
how wonderfully this chronic and deep seated ailment can
be cured at its root level and the patient could be
beautifully brought out of the vicious cycle of
antihistaminics.
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