Asthma Managed With Classical Homeopathy !!!
- Asthma is a chronic lung condition where the airways become inflamed and narrowed, causing symptoms like coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.
- These episodes, or asthma attacks, can be triggered by allergens, irritants, exercise, or infections, and while there is no cure, the condition can be managed with treatment, lifestyle adjustments, and avoiding triggers.
Case of 18 year old girl presented with Asthma.
- A girl aged 18 years presented to clinic with bronchial asthma from 4 years.
- Presenting complaints wheezing , shortness of breath especially one Exertion and change of weather.
- Associated complaints : Dryness of skin since childhood
- Past History : She had infantile Eczema and after 2years of birth she had Acute bronchitis for which first line of steroids were given for 2 years . She developed similar episode after 10years.
Homeopathy Approach and Prognosis :
- A detailed case history was taken which revealed that this girl had shortness of breath which increased in intensity leading to tremendous anxiety which increased from 2 years.
- She had tremendous anxiety of her health , anxiety as she had difficulty doing activities which her friends could do without any discomfort.
- All this made her extremely Fearful and Anxious which triggered her Asthmatic episodes.
- Follow up after 15 days on call : Her wheezing increased after 2 doses for initial one week leading to increased Anxiety episodes which started reducing after 10 days .
- Follow up after 1month : The Eczema reappeared but without any crust formation or itching. By the end of 1month her wheezing had reduced drastically .
- Follow up after 3 months : The girl could speak well without having shortness of breath which had been the situation during her case taking.
As she could feel the change in breathing patterns her level of anxiety reduced. As winters were approaching she had fear of having breathlessness episodes again. - Follow up after 6months : By this Follow up winters had set in , her father said she had one panic attack episode when there had been sudden change of weather . She did not experience any shortness of breath.
This case had been under treatment and monitoring for another 1 year for monitoring the patient for any recurrence.
She was well Managed without any steroids in the due course of Homeopathy treatment. As she was improving physically , mentally also she showed improvement in her Anxiety bouts and started becoming conscious and confident.
Highlights: This girl improved with Classical Homeopathy , without any corticosteroids , it improved her physically mentally and emotionally.
