psoriasis in child-Nuphar 2
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:02 pm
Case 2
C.F. 7 years old - female.
First visit in June 1998.
The patient's mother contacts me before the visit and tells me that her
daughter has problems of a relational nature; she doesn't speak at all
outside of her house. On the contrary, she has no problems with her parents.
She preferred to come and talk freely of these problems before letting her
daughter enter.
The mother's story:
'Since she was three I began to realise that if she was questioned, she
didn't answer either adults or children. When a baby visited she withdrew
into herself as long as he/she stayed there. I thought she would improve by
going to nursery school, but when she was three she didn't even want to go
there; she only clung to me. We managed it when she was four. During the
first year she only went a little because she always fell ill, and there she
didn't speak. She spoke a little at the end of the year. The following year:
nothing. She didn't speak the whole year. Perhaps the teachers weren't
capable, but she didn't fit in at all; she walked up and down the room and
didn't even approach the others. I took her to neurologists and
psychologists
and they advised me to help her get friendly with other children by letting
them play together in the presence of their parents. But it is not easy. She
improved a bit, little by little, and now she speaks with two children who
we
have seen many times. She hardly speaks in her class.
She has also begun reading. She didn't do it before, as she is shy and
insecure too, and she reads badly. It turned out that she didn't read at
all.
By socialising she has improved a little.
On the contrary, she speaks at home continuously. Outside, she passes as a
dumb person. When she plays with other children and is asked to run towards
a certain place, she doesn't even try to run; she gives up at the beginning.
I think it is due also to her character. Moreover, up to the age of four or
five she was always with her grandparents or with adults. Now, she wants to
see children; she has said that she wants a sister too. Previously, she
wanted a cat or a tortoise.
Shyness?
'I think so, seeing that if she is asked for, she doesn't answer. It is as
if she is afraid...'
Insecurity?
'I've let her have her way almost always, and I was told this could cause
insecurity. If someone reproaches her, she stops immediately. Not with me.
If I reproach her, she gets a little bit nervous, she answers me, she tells
me: "Shut up! Let me speak". She wants me to let her have her way. If she
gets something into her head, she insists and doesn't change her mind. I
have noticed that she grinds her teeth at night. I hear it because she still
sleeps with us.'
Why?
'She always woke up during the night and I discovered that with us she
managed to sleep, and so'
Is there anything else?
'She seems to have a strong character at home, but not outside, where she
seems to be afraid.'
Fears?
'She tells me that she doesn't want me to die or to get old, but this is a
fear that I have too. She often doesn't want to remain alone in her room or
she wants to be accompanied to the bathroom.'
How is her relationship with medical doctors?
'She goes there willingly.'
And what about her diet?
'She has appetite, but only for pasta and bread. She doesn't want meat,
fruit
or vegetables. Perhaps, it is due to her love for animals.'
Do you have any animals?
'We have a cat, fish and tortoises. The cat was mine. She asked for the
others. I have always loved animals too; it's a family thing. She worries
about animals when she sees meat and ham.'
And to animals in the street?
'She is very fond of cats. She wanted to feed them too; fortunately, we have
managed to distract her. Now, she would like to have a kitten or birds, but
I
have convinced her to get another fish. She also wants a sister, otherwise,
she says, she gets bored. I think she has thought about it going round with
the two children that are sisters to each other.'
(I let the child come in, and she enters with her father.)
I tell her that we were talking about animals, and I'd liked to know what
animals she has. Immediately she begins speaking willingly.
'I have a fish, a tortoise and another tortoise and a cat and a frog.
(I go on asking her about things about animals, and before answering she
always thinks about it a little bit.)
What about diseases caught in the past?
Her mother answers: 'Chicken pox. As for other diseases, she was given
vaccines.'
Would you like to have more animals?
The child answers: 'Yes, one more cat, and a dog. And canaries.'
Have you ever been to the zoo?
'Yes several times.' Her mother: 'She also says that she wants to become a
veterinarian.' Her father: 'Yes, when she pretends, she is a doctor for
animals. She visits them, takes care of them.' Her mother: 'Tell the doctor
how many teddies you have.' Child: 'I have many of them. The biggest is a
dog. White, pink and black.'
The smallest one?
'A cat.'
Which one do you prefer?
'A black and white cat.'
Do you sleep with them?
'Yes.'
With how many of them?
'I don't know.' Her mother: 'About ten, more or less, in her bed. Then there
are others on her cupboard. It's a sort of invasion. Also when she was a
baby, she always wanted games dealing with animals. She didn't speak yet,
but
she pointed out games with animals. She put the animals in line, like a zoo.
She played a little with "Barbie", but much more with animals.'
Do you dream about animals?
'Yes, I dream about the cat, the seal and the bear.'
What do they do?
'They are still.'
And you?
'I wasn't there.'
Did you see them?
'Yes.'
Did you ever become frightened?
'No.' Mother: 'She likes grasshoppers and locusts too. She wants her father
to pick them up.' Father: 'Yes, she also wants lizards, hornets and bees.'
Do you dream about tortoises? (I made this question because I was thinking
of a similar case.)
'Yes, I have dreamt that I woke up and there was a bathtub with many
tortoises, even big ones and fish. Then Dad took them and put them in
another
tub and one of them bit him and there were also fish. I put the tortoises in
the tub too, but the small ones.'
(It is to be noticed that she doesn't talk about her dreams in general,while
she talks about the one with tortoises in a completely different way; she is
much more involved.)
Analysis
In case two also we find the same relationships problem of case one, but in
a larger aspect.
I chose the following symptoms:
MIND; LOVE; animals, for; human being, with great difficulties for (2)
MIND; LOVE; animals, for (13 (and)
MIND; LOVE; animals, for; suffering (3) (as combination rubric: sensitive
to animals) (15)
TEETH; GRINDING; sleep, during (52)
MIND; ANSWER, answering, answers; aversion to (80) (and)
MIND; ANSWER, answering, answers; refuses to (34) (in combined rubric) (89)
MIND; TIMIDITY (156) (and)
MIND; EMBARRASSMENT (17) (in combined rubric) (160)
MIND; EMBARRASSMENT; strangers, in presence of (4)
The differential diagnosis between remedies was easy because I didn't
recognise any aspect of other remedies present in the repertorisation.
Sulphur is the only remedy with some aspects that seem similar, but there
aren't important symptoms of this remedy.
On the other hand I think that Nuphar could be very similar to Sulphur in
many symptoms. There was another reason to prescribe Nuphar.
I prescribed Nuphar Luteum 30 CH in drops, morning and evening, for at
least two weeks.
After a telephone consultation she continued to take the remedy for two
months.
Follow-up after four months
I saw her again two months after stopping the remedy, four months after the
first visit.
She comes in and waves to me cheerfully. She wears some pendants round her
neck - the kind one can find inside a common packet of crisps. Two of them
are of animals, one a pumpkin and one a skull. When I ask her which one she
prefers she tells me the ones representing animals.
Mother: 'She says she prefers the second standard in the primary school to
the first one. She has also learned to read, even if she is lazy. Anyway,
things are much better.'
In what?
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk
C.F. 7 years old - female.
First visit in June 1998.
The patient's mother contacts me before the visit and tells me that her
daughter has problems of a relational nature; she doesn't speak at all
outside of her house. On the contrary, she has no problems with her parents.
She preferred to come and talk freely of these problems before letting her
daughter enter.
The mother's story:
'Since she was three I began to realise that if she was questioned, she
didn't answer either adults or children. When a baby visited she withdrew
into herself as long as he/she stayed there. I thought she would improve by
going to nursery school, but when she was three she didn't even want to go
there; she only clung to me. We managed it when she was four. During the
first year she only went a little because she always fell ill, and there she
didn't speak. She spoke a little at the end of the year. The following year:
nothing. She didn't speak the whole year. Perhaps the teachers weren't
capable, but she didn't fit in at all; she walked up and down the room and
didn't even approach the others. I took her to neurologists and
psychologists
and they advised me to help her get friendly with other children by letting
them play together in the presence of their parents. But it is not easy. She
improved a bit, little by little, and now she speaks with two children who
we
have seen many times. She hardly speaks in her class.
She has also begun reading. She didn't do it before, as she is shy and
insecure too, and she reads badly. It turned out that she didn't read at
all.
By socialising she has improved a little.
On the contrary, she speaks at home continuously. Outside, she passes as a
dumb person. When she plays with other children and is asked to run towards
a certain place, she doesn't even try to run; she gives up at the beginning.
I think it is due also to her character. Moreover, up to the age of four or
five she was always with her grandparents or with adults. Now, she wants to
see children; she has said that she wants a sister too. Previously, she
wanted a cat or a tortoise.
Shyness?
'I think so, seeing that if she is asked for, she doesn't answer. It is as
if she is afraid...'
Insecurity?
'I've let her have her way almost always, and I was told this could cause
insecurity. If someone reproaches her, she stops immediately. Not with me.
If I reproach her, she gets a little bit nervous, she answers me, she tells
me: "Shut up! Let me speak". She wants me to let her have her way. If she
gets something into her head, she insists and doesn't change her mind. I
have noticed that she grinds her teeth at night. I hear it because she still
sleeps with us.'
Why?
'She always woke up during the night and I discovered that with us she
managed to sleep, and so'
Is there anything else?
'She seems to have a strong character at home, but not outside, where she
seems to be afraid.'
Fears?
'She tells me that she doesn't want me to die or to get old, but this is a
fear that I have too. She often doesn't want to remain alone in her room or
she wants to be accompanied to the bathroom.'
How is her relationship with medical doctors?
'She goes there willingly.'
And what about her diet?
'She has appetite, but only for pasta and bread. She doesn't want meat,
fruit
or vegetables. Perhaps, it is due to her love for animals.'
Do you have any animals?
'We have a cat, fish and tortoises. The cat was mine. She asked for the
others. I have always loved animals too; it's a family thing. She worries
about animals when she sees meat and ham.'
And to animals in the street?
'She is very fond of cats. She wanted to feed them too; fortunately, we have
managed to distract her. Now, she would like to have a kitten or birds, but
I
have convinced her to get another fish. She also wants a sister, otherwise,
she says, she gets bored. I think she has thought about it going round with
the two children that are sisters to each other.'
(I let the child come in, and she enters with her father.)
I tell her that we were talking about animals, and I'd liked to know what
animals she has. Immediately she begins speaking willingly.
'I have a fish, a tortoise and another tortoise and a cat and a frog.
(I go on asking her about things about animals, and before answering she
always thinks about it a little bit.)
What about diseases caught in the past?
Her mother answers: 'Chicken pox. As for other diseases, she was given
vaccines.'
Would you like to have more animals?
The child answers: 'Yes, one more cat, and a dog. And canaries.'
Have you ever been to the zoo?
'Yes several times.' Her mother: 'She also says that she wants to become a
veterinarian.' Her father: 'Yes, when she pretends, she is a doctor for
animals. She visits them, takes care of them.' Her mother: 'Tell the doctor
how many teddies you have.' Child: 'I have many of them. The biggest is a
dog. White, pink and black.'
The smallest one?
'A cat.'
Which one do you prefer?
'A black and white cat.'
Do you sleep with them?
'Yes.'
With how many of them?
'I don't know.' Her mother: 'About ten, more or less, in her bed. Then there
are others on her cupboard. It's a sort of invasion. Also when she was a
baby, she always wanted games dealing with animals. She didn't speak yet,
but
she pointed out games with animals. She put the animals in line, like a zoo.
She played a little with "Barbie", but much more with animals.'
Do you dream about animals?
'Yes, I dream about the cat, the seal and the bear.'
What do they do?
'They are still.'
And you?
'I wasn't there.'
Did you see them?
'Yes.'
Did you ever become frightened?
'No.' Mother: 'She likes grasshoppers and locusts too. She wants her father
to pick them up.' Father: 'Yes, she also wants lizards, hornets and bees.'
Do you dream about tortoises? (I made this question because I was thinking
of a similar case.)
'Yes, I have dreamt that I woke up and there was a bathtub with many
tortoises, even big ones and fish. Then Dad took them and put them in
another
tub and one of them bit him and there were also fish. I put the tortoises in
the tub too, but the small ones.'
(It is to be noticed that she doesn't talk about her dreams in general,while
she talks about the one with tortoises in a completely different way; she is
much more involved.)
Analysis
In case two also we find the same relationships problem of case one, but in
a larger aspect.
I chose the following symptoms:
MIND; LOVE; animals, for; human being, with great difficulties for (2)
MIND; LOVE; animals, for (13 (and)
MIND; LOVE; animals, for; suffering (3) (as combination rubric: sensitive
to animals) (15)
TEETH; GRINDING; sleep, during (52)
MIND; ANSWER, answering, answers; aversion to (80) (and)
MIND; ANSWER, answering, answers; refuses to (34) (in combined rubric) (89)
MIND; TIMIDITY (156) (and)
MIND; EMBARRASSMENT (17) (in combined rubric) (160)
MIND; EMBARRASSMENT; strangers, in presence of (4)
The differential diagnosis between remedies was easy because I didn't
recognise any aspect of other remedies present in the repertorisation.
Sulphur is the only remedy with some aspects that seem similar, but there
aren't important symptoms of this remedy.
On the other hand I think that Nuphar could be very similar to Sulphur in
many symptoms. There was another reason to prescribe Nuphar.
I prescribed Nuphar Luteum 30 CH in drops, morning and evening, for at
least two weeks.
After a telephone consultation she continued to take the remedy for two
months.
Follow-up after four months
I saw her again two months after stopping the remedy, four months after the
first visit.
She comes in and waves to me cheerfully. She wears some pendants round her
neck - the kind one can find inside a common packet of crisps. Two of them
are of animals, one a pumpkin and one a skull. When I ask her which one she
prefers she tells me the ones representing animals.
Mother: 'She says she prefers the second standard in the primary school to
the first one. She has also learned to read, even if she is lazy. Anyway,
things are much better.'
In what?
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk