The Tormented Wife
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1997 Mar / Apr VOL VI NO 2.
Dr Varsha Shah
'Mag-m
Case 2: Unwanted Child
Baby P, aged 8 yrs. Birth weight 7 ½ lbs.
Chief Complaints
1. Breathing through mouth since age of 6 months
2. Recurrent URTI
Starts with irritation in nose, itching, sneezing, nose block, < by ice creams, < by chocolates, < change of climate, < swimming, < getting wet in the rain, < cloudy weather.
Followed by red inflammed tonsils with difficulty in swallowing. Lt side more swollen.
'High fever with difficulty in breathing starts at night, as soon as the child goes to sleep. < 11-12 midnight, with dry irritating cough.
On examination rhonchi++ which remains for 1-2 hours during the day but clears as soon as child moves around.
Family History
Mother aged 32 yrs a housewife is very strict and has an obsession for feeding the child forcibly. At times shouts and beats also. During questioning it was revealed that she conceived soon after 1 month of marriage, but both the parents did not want the child. The mother was ready for an abortion, but she was dissuaded by her sister who is also a Homoeopathic physician, that being a first pregnancy, MTP, was not advisable. Mother does not want a second child at all.
Past History : Severe suppurated tonsils 2-3 attacks.
Father: 37 years. MCom LLB Diabetes, since 6 yrs
Grandfather: Died at the age of 74 years of IHD was a patient of Cardiac Asthma.
Grandmother: Alive 68 yrs no major illness.
Fathers sister: 45 yrs Mitral stenosis and was operated for it.
Fathers brother: 1 brother 47 epilepsy
2nd brother: 43 normal
3rd brother: 41 normal
Hot
Appetite : Average
Desires : Jaggery and salt+ but cannot eat spicy food.
Aversion : Milk
Stool : Sever constipation ++ no urge, at times fissure in anus redness++
Thermal : Bath-tepid
Cover thin cover likes fan, but direct fan or draft aggravates the cough.
C2H3 sleeps with mouth open
Dreams : Frightening ++ of TV serials. Wakes up during sleep. Grinding teeth at night.
Dribbling of saliva at night.
Similimum
The dominant miasm is tubercular++. Based on the symptomatology the constitutional similimum is clear ie. Magnesium-mur.
Treatment : For the acute episodes the following remedies were also prescribed.
1. Tonsils Lt sided swelling ++ glands ++
Merc iod Rub 200 hourly
2. Lower resp tract: Antim-tart 200 and Mag- phos 30 was prescribed 2 hourly. Constitutional remedy and potency was raised to 1 M in frequent doses. Tub- bov 1 M was also prescribed as an intercurrent.
