Cured case for List

[andyh]

Here is a cured case which people can work on as desired, will post
answer in a few days.
Case:
11 yr old male, dark hair. Chief complaint: inability to speak due to
warts on larynx. Hoarseness started at 5 yrs old after a cold. (Father
also left the home at age 5). Warts came on a few years later, same
year was in a car accident, suffering subluxations in cervical spine..
Warts got progressively worse until 7 months before case-taking when he
began to have breathing problems, excessive mucus, enlarged tonsils. At
that point, the throat was operated on and warts were stripped off one
side of larynx, but they came back quickly, and all concerned wanted to
avoid more surgery.

The boy was a somewhat soft, flabby kid, nice person, did not seem
like he was any problem to his mother or others. His hoarseness was
painless, worse in AM, and generally prevented speech (pt mother was
relaying answers, and pt nodded and gave hoarse answers). He has
vertigo when at heights, after excitement, and after rising from chair.
Has pain in the heels with Rhus-t modalities. He bites his nails. His
legs feel weak on getting out of a car. He has a nasal catarrh with
white mucous.

He weeps sometimes; when spoken to, when remonstrated, and sometimes
without provocation. He has anger about the injustice in school
sports. He is untidy. He gets restless when it rains, because cannot
go outside. He gets sad , which is worse at night. He fears poverty
and spiders.

Sleep position mostly on R, tired in AM on waking; lethargic,
lackadaisical. Generally. < heat, appetite good, desires pizza, cold
milk, spicy, sweets; averse to onions, fat.
Best Regards,

Andy H.

[Joy Lucas]

Dear Andy, I like this exchange of cases, and I hope others do too.

Also thank you for all your well worked contributions to my cases. Sorry to
say my case wasn't Helonias, but you were getting close. I will post my own
work on this case soon.

Your case sounds Calcarea like. Would have appreciated a bit more on WHY he
fears poverty - perhaps to do with the loss of father presence (and I mean
emphasis on loss not on fathers being the family earners).

Look forward to more cases.

Best wishes, Joy

[andyh]

Joy Lucas wrote:
Dear Joy,
Calcarea carb.was given first, and did nothing, (eval. after a month). 2 other rems were tried, the second worked. You are correct, the info given is thin and lacking in shading. This case from 16 yrs ago, sorry can't give more info now.

Best to you,
Andy

[Dale Moss]

Thanks for the case, Andy.

My suggestion would be Argentum nitricum because of the boy's vertigo, chronic hoarseness, white mucus, and aggravation from heat. It's also strongly indicated for both polyps and condylomata of the larynx. But I don't see a lot of the Arg-n. anxieties, unless this kid was holding back because he didn't want to open the floodgates. Another possibility is Phosphorus, if you assume that the onset is linked to grief over the departure of his dad (yet another assumption).

Peace,
Cinnabar