With this case, I want to demonstrate treatment of an acute during treatment for chronic disease. This child around 6 yrs of age was a k/c/o Gaucher’s disease. She frequently suffered from infections for which she had to be admitted and given intravenous antibiotics (she would not respond to oral ones). After each such episode, she took a couple of weeks to recover and regain her strength, only to be battered by the next one. She was under treatment of a senior homeopath who was out of the station and had entrusted me to look after her in his absence. During this period, the child developed an acute episode of severe tonsillitis with high-grade fever. Her parents called late at night (they were not willing to admit her); when I saw her, she had a 103F fever, red lips, thirstless. She was not able to swallow anything on account of the pain. An examination of the throat showed very red tonsils (though no focus of suppuration could be seen). Belladonna 200 was given and was asked to be repeated hourly with instructions to stop as soon as fever comes down. The parents were advised to admit the child if the fever does not come down or goes further up.
The morning brought good news. The child’s fever came down after just one dose and there was no need for repetition.
Explanation
During the acute episode, consideration was given only to the newly developed symptoms and not to the pre-existing ones. The case became a very straightforward one. Redness (sp. red lips), congestion, thirstlessness, and high fever. These are key indications of bell. The surprise was in the fact that no other dose was needed. This shows that a single dose of similimum can ride the tides (in this case it aborted acute episode). We can either achieve results in a zig-zag way or in the shortest possible way, the latter achieved only by similimum (similar medicine in suitable potency).
Aude Sapere
Shivangi Jain
BHMS, MD, PGDMLE, PGDHHM
drshivangijain79@gmail.com
https://drshivangihomoeopathy.com/
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