Doctor, you must see me now!
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2000 May / Jun VOL II NO 3.
Dr C B Jain
Dr Bipin Jain
'Ars-alb / Kali-c
Mr. P S, 24 years, married 2 years. Dt 12/6/93
This patient was brought by our old patient, who requested I should see him without appointment, due to acute fever. When his turn came it was already 11pm.
I thought to take only acute totality and prescribe.
In March patient had Malaria-like fever for 3 weeks, which did not respond properly to treatment. Since then, fever off and on and gradually progressing.
| Resp tract March onwards |
Sternal discomfort cough too | Aggr Deep breathing | Weakness Bodyache Leg pain- Pulling headache+ Redness of eyes Weight loss, Prespiration? Chilly |
| 12/6/93 | O/E wt 51 kg. te,[ 102.8 FRt. Apex crepts Aur entry decrease Adv X-ray CNC ESR | Ars-alb 30 4 hrly |
| 15/6 | Not better=s temp 104.8F 11.30pm. app decrease 2 nausea watery loose stool 2-3/day (today) | |
| 17/6 | Pain in abdomen<Lying on back cough += S scanty watery expect. Dyspnoea, perspiration chilly> covers; sleep No cr/Av Financial problems> company, talking. Anxiety++ chest =s o/E T 104.6 F x-ray chest Rt. Sided pleural effusion Lt. cp angle and cardiac shadow N HB- 16.25, WBC -77400, N-68, L-32, ESR-84 |
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| 19/6 | Cough amel+ T101 F Patient appears better Generals> particulars>. Improvement seen on his face O/E TEMP. 101.4 F | Kali-carb 30-4 hrly |
| 22/6 | Temp-N and air entry improved. | Sac-lac |
| 30/6 | X-ray showed marked regression in pleural effusion. | Sac-lac |
| 28/9 | Last report. He was asymptomatic and had gained weight. | Sac-lac |
| 1995 | Brought wife for treatment. He himself was asymptomatic; had put on considerable weight. |
Diagnosis
This case presented in the active state of illness with very high fever for 3 months with weight loss, chest discomfort, high ESR and massive pleural effusion. This guided to the diagnosis of tubercular pleural effusion.
Indication For The Remedy:
The anxious patient, better by company, chilly under financial stress, with pleural reactive pathology (ie dropsy) pleural effusion (Rt) this totality pointed to Kali-c. Here the susceptibility moderate with reactive pathology sensitivity-moderate and reactivity high, the state was acute.
