Fever treatment

[Irene de Villiers]

On Feb 22, 2013, at 3:58 PM,Soroush writes (regarding the fever discussion)
To that end:

I work with animals - mostly with cats. Their diseases do not work the same way as ones that humans get in a lot of ways, and thus the context of examples I use often does matter. Homeopathy NEEDS to be idividualized in every case.

In cats there are only two of the several hundred illnesses I have had occasion to work with, which develop a (continued) fever over 104. (I do not count the odd spike of 104 in other situations, I am only concerned with consequences of death from continued high fever where the cat's body is not in control.) Those are Panleucopenia and Feline Infectious Peritonitis. In both cases, if the fever is ignored, the death rate is 100%. FIP fever tends to go up increasingly by the day as it is not a body function fever.
I have explained for FIP why that is, and how it is not straightforward, in that the virus of FIP is not the cause or trigger for fever. The fever is manufactured by virus takeover of body management, not by the body's defense to a virus as in most illnesses. (Luckily humans do not get FIP)
It's a minority of FIP cases where the body's normal fever mechanisms have been misdirected by its own damaged immune system. But they matter and the fever needs to be handled correctly.
In Panleucopenia, the correct simillimum is all that's needed to treat the illness including the fever. But it (the fever as part of the illness) does need treatment. SImillimum is enough because the body's normal mechanisms have not been removed, and the fever is generated in an attempt by the body to overcome the virus.

The real point of this discussion IMO should be that the WAY to handle the fever is different depending on the CAUSE.
It is appropriate to "treat" a (continued) fever over 104 in my opinion (as opposed to doing nothing and as opposed to suppressing it) - but which way to treat it, is individual according to cause. "Treating" means HEALING the situation - or helping the body to heal.

Homeopathy needs to be applied individually always.
The discussion has implied otherwise in my case and that's anathema to me. It's not "bickering" Soroush - it's a matter of the main principle of homeopathy - of individualization - being respected as being critically important and used by myself. As a lead tutor in my school of homeopathy - I cannot allow it to be suggested that I fail in this most basic homeopathy principle of all.
Individualization is for me, key to every aspect of every case of illness, whether treated or left alone.
I believe it should be so for every homeopath.

Namaste,
Irene

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
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[Sheri Nakken]

you have got to be kidding me? you want us to think you were talking about cats all along.
Oh man, Irene............you have gone round the bend
Sheri

At 04:52 PM 2/22/2013, you wrote:

[Irene de Villiers]

You know I'm a veterinary homeopath and my detailed example (19 Feb) does happen to start
"I see it in cats with FIP for example........"

Cats are where I have the most experience. Every case with any species teaches something. It does not hurt to pass it along. Anything learned is applicable to all species.
If you saw me there, I guess you must know:-)

Namaste,
..........Irene

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
(Veterinary Homeopath.)