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Cases of
Vitiligo
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This is the case of Master. A. J (Patient Ref. No.
S-5128), a 5 years old male
child who was brought to the clinic with complaints of vitiligo on the face since about 4 months. The patch
involved the right side of the face close to the lips. The
patient had been treated with local steroids but this had
worsened the patch, thus involving larger area of the face
later.
His appetite was average and he had intense craving for
salted foods, sour and spicy foods and eggs. He had
aversion to sweets, milk and chilled drinks. He used to
have constipation often wherein the stools would be hard
and he would have to strain much to pass the stools. He
also had complaints of bed-wetting since childhood.
He was the adopted child in the family which included the
parents and two sisters. He had been adopted since the
parents had no male child. He was a lean, thin child with
the habit of thumb-sucking. A very mischievous child by
nature; he was also very cheerful and affectionate. He had
fear of being in darkness.
The details of his family history were not available since
he was an adopted child.
Based on this history, he was prescribed homoeopathic
medicines for the vitiligo. He was put on a drug called
Phosphorus which was prescribed in the 200th
potency. Within 6 months of the
treatment, there was significant improvement in the spots
and there was good amount of repigmentation. His complaint
of nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting) was completely cured
within 6-7 months. His habit of thumb-sucking was also
taken care of within just 3 months of starting the
treatment. Thus there was overall improvement in all the
systems after commencing homoeopathic treatment. He had to continue the treatment
for some more time to achieve further repigmentation of
the affected region.
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Mrs. A.V.T (Patient Ref. No. 3971), a 39 years old female patient reported to us
with complaints of Leucoderma since a month. She said that
she had started developing white spots at multiple places
over her body in the last one month. Her dermatologist had
diagnosed it as vitiligo. She had few scattered spots on
her face, knees, chest and back. She was so disturbed by
these spots that she felt she was having spots all over
her body. In fact she felt as if she was left all alone in
the middle of a desert and left to die without any kind of
hope of being cured, just left to get mercy and sympathy
from others. She had been through lot of stress in the
last 3 years due to her parents' accident and brother's
divorce. There was a lot of anxiety in the family due to
circumstances that were not under their control.
She was also a known case of hypothyroidism and was under
regular treatment for the same. She had been gaining lot
of weight since the past few months and since exercise was
not helping her much, she had become all the more lazy and
lost her self-control and self-esteem.
She would occasionally get headache when she would be out
in the sun for long time but this was not a regular
feature.
Her appetite had increased since the last few months and
she had been gaining lot of weight. She would eat a lot
especially when she would get bored or irritated. She was
fond of salty food although she would crave for sweets
occasionally. She had no problems related to her bowels
though she would have to go for stools almost after every
meal. Her menses would be scanty and irregular and she
would experience lot of bloating and dizziness before her
menses. Her sleep would be often disturbed due to frequent
waking for urination. She had also started getting
nightmares about looking ugly and this would cause much
anxiety for her.
She was a housewife with two kids and she would be very
busy in her house-keeping work. She was very anxious and
fearful by nature. She would easily get depressed by
things happening around her. She used to be a very quiet
person previously but recently she had started moving out
and mixing with people. She would always be in a rush to
complete her daily affairs and yet she would find it
difficult to complete them. She lacked self-confidence and
would get very nervous even at small things like cooking
up for guests. She had become irritable since some time
and would scream at her kids when angry. But she would
calm down in some time and then try to patch up with the
kids. She had fear of darkness and of heights. She was
very sad, depressed and frustrated due to the vitiligo and
it was the major cause of stress in her life at that time
and she felt as if she was going crazy due to this stress.
There was no history of any major illness that she had
suffered from in the past. However, both her paternal
uncles had vitiligo.
She was prescribed the remedy Natrum Muriaticum based on
the above history and at the end of 4 months of treatment
she reported that her spots of vitiligo were diminishing
in size and were actually blending with her original skin
color. She reported that her dermatologist was also very
much surprised by her quick and positive response to the
homoeopathic treatment. She continued the treatment for
some more time till her spots completely vanished and
thereafter discontinued the treatment which was no longer
required.
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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