19 year engineering student girlC/o:-
- Very delicate fair complexioned skin, contract with clothes, hand or even wearing a bindi on forehead immediately causes fine crop of itchy eruptions.
- Also complains frequent infection in genital region with itching.
- Frequent attacks of burning in urethra after urination.
- Frequent urination if drinks water but poor thirst.
- Menses in 30 days.
- Likes milk, salty foods, cool water. coffee is liked but drinks only occasionally.
- Stays in PG accommodation. Uses fan in PG. covers body but except the face.
Does these details are enough to initiate treatment?
please, give your expert opinions through comment(s)...
- If NO, what should be further questions / investigations?
- If YES, what should be further management?
please, give your expert opinions through comment(s)...
It's dulcamara.
ReplyDeleteDulcamara, why?
DeleteIt seems like allergic condition.
ReplyDeletesulphur must be the first prescription.
Can we use sulphur for all allergic conditions?
DeleteSkin complains are there so we can prescribe sulphur but i think mentals are lacking so we should ask that for more precise prescription!
ReplyDeleteThere are some other complains too! Is it necessary to keep on searching for mentals all the time!?
DeleteMental is required..nd in skin complain mental is must be necessary...according to present symp. I suggested phospherus
ReplyDeleteI believe, mentals are really very important but though it is not worthy to keep on searching for it everytime!
DeleteThe response is encouraging. hence I want to tell what I feel about the prescriptions.
ReplyDeleteThe characteristic eruptions of dulcamara are tetters, not the fine crop complained here.
Sulphur should be prescribed very carefully because it may give the worst aggravation if unsuitable. covering the body is opposite to sulphur symptom. it is hence an eliminating symptom.
phosphorus and sulphur don't like milk. only cold milk is liked by phosphorus. late menses is not characteristic of phosphorus.
like this eliminating symptoms should be used very liberally. similimum is one we can't eliminate by the presence of an opposite symptom or modality.
Does that mean sulphur is not the similimum here?
DeleteIn my sense, burning pain, covering except face, likings of milk / coffee / cool water indicates arsenic and for arsenic it is being said that general symptoms often alone leads to its successful application but though I am having doubt because of kind of eruptions here being mentioned as well arsenic is thirsty but here we have poor thirst!
Deleteit's glad to note that arsenic alb is coming up as a contending remedy. but it is also true that the type of eruptions and their modality that aggravation from contact ( hence particulars) are less likely to be arsenic alb.
ReplyDeleteThe patient had lreant karate during highschool age, but somehow did not continue. these points do not have direct influence on the present complaint but some disappointment can't be ruled out.
besides her dad had casually remarked that she dislikes her name being talked about by ppl for something we do not know.
Cantharis 200 twice a day for 5 days. F/up 1 WK later
ReplyDeleteAmazing! It's cantharis!! I wonder why I couldn't get it!
ReplyDeleteWow...I don't know this about cantharis...
ReplyDeleteI feel causticum is the similimum. likes milk and doesn't cover the head are symptoms belonging to arsenic alb. desire for coffee is another strong general.
ReplyDeleteaggravation from contact is fairly peculiar