Cranial Nerve?
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:39 am
Dear Ellen,
It looks like a case of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) to me. And that's rather
grim! Any way it is a progressive neuronal degeneration. And there you are
right, the correct approach is constitutional prescription.
Actually it is tri-phased plan of treatment.
1. Select the constitutional remedy/potency carefully and begin with at
least a 1M and wait for one month before doing anything again.
2. But you can give superficial/short acting/palliative remedies as and when
necessary for any urgent symptoms during this period like say an acute
attack of vertigo etc.
3. After the (constitutional) remedy acts or gives a jump start to the vital
force, look for a similimum considering the pathology also in the totality.
The metals, organic compounds like phosphorus, silicia, calcarea, natrum and
remedies like bell, nux, puls, stramonium etc. are the generally indicated
ones. Go for LM potency 0/3 or 0/6 acts better for me. Give one dose only
every 4-5 days. Decrease the frequency as the case progresses.
The prognosis depends on the stage/duration of condition, age of the patient
and enthusiasm/cooperation of the patient with the regime.
Active and continuous PT is of importance as well as life style
changes/adjustment.
Proper emotional support is also needed.
The only available conventional treatment I think is steroids that also
without 100% assurance.
Best Regards,
Dr. Abdul Gafar.
www.homeoweb.com/clinic/uae.htm
www.homedpa.com/chief.htm
Tel: +971 50 4699659 (mobile-UAE)
+91 944 7244662 (mobile-India)
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Definitely, science will catch up with Homoeopathy!
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:59:12 -0500
From: "Ellen Madono"
Subject: Re: Re: 5th Cranial.
Hi,
Thank you for your discussion. I am going to describe a case I have and ask
if it sounds like cranial nerve damage.
I have a patient who is losing her sense of smell and taste. She can smell
and taste strong cleaning agents, but not food or more delicate odors.
Hearing in the right ear is damaged for soft voices. She is wearing a bag
because of surgery for colon cancer two years ago. Her parent's are elderly
and deterioating. She was the youngest child, acqused of getting too much
attention from her mother. She has wandering rheumatic pains and numbness.
I gave her Puls, but she is so hesitant and wavering that she has not been
steady in using the remedy. I have been taught low potency and I really
want to her take when the amelioration wears off. She seems to lack the
focus necessary to monitor herself. If she does not do well with self
monitoring, I will probably give her a higher potency (1M). So far the only
imediate amelioration is the goiter on her right external neck has gone down
and her behavior suggests that she is more energetic and focused. I am
hoping for less extreme deferential giving in to a dictatorial husband, but
she is not a frank person and I would not expect clear reporting from her.
When the olfacatory loss began 3 years ago, she had a metalic taste in her
mouth. Four years ago, she also had bouts of Menier's disease (dizziness
only ameliorated by lying still) with nausea. Her sinuses hurt around the
eyes (her eye sight is getting worse too, she feels) and are ameliorated by
pressure and warmth. The Menier's sx are gone, but the deafness took their
place.
Does this sound like cranial nerve damage? Does she stand a chance of any
recovery? I am banking on the constitutional remedy improving the
situation, but maybe I will need a remedy that is more focused on the nerve
damage problem. The Menier's disease already did the damage to the hearing.
Should I use those symptoms, or use the symptoms of the current loss of
sense sensitivity? The sinus sensitivity is continuous so I know I can use
that.
Blessings,
Ellen
It looks like a case of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) to me. And that's rather
grim! Any way it is a progressive neuronal degeneration. And there you are
right, the correct approach is constitutional prescription.
Actually it is tri-phased plan of treatment.
1. Select the constitutional remedy/potency carefully and begin with at
least a 1M and wait for one month before doing anything again.
2. But you can give superficial/short acting/palliative remedies as and when
necessary for any urgent symptoms during this period like say an acute
attack of vertigo etc.
3. After the (constitutional) remedy acts or gives a jump start to the vital
force, look for a similimum considering the pathology also in the totality.
The metals, organic compounds like phosphorus, silicia, calcarea, natrum and
remedies like bell, nux, puls, stramonium etc. are the generally indicated
ones. Go for LM potency 0/3 or 0/6 acts better for me. Give one dose only
every 4-5 days. Decrease the frequency as the case progresses.
The prognosis depends on the stage/duration of condition, age of the patient
and enthusiasm/cooperation of the patient with the regime.
Active and continuous PT is of importance as well as life style
changes/adjustment.
Proper emotional support is also needed.
The only available conventional treatment I think is steroids that also
without 100% assurance.
Best Regards,
Dr. Abdul Gafar.
www.homeoweb.com/clinic/uae.htm
www.homedpa.com/chief.htm
Tel: +971 50 4699659 (mobile-UAE)
+91 944 7244662 (mobile-India)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Definitely, science will catch up with Homoeopathy!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:59:12 -0500
From: "Ellen Madono"
Subject: Re: Re: 5th Cranial.
Hi,
Thank you for your discussion. I am going to describe a case I have and ask
if it sounds like cranial nerve damage.
I have a patient who is losing her sense of smell and taste. She can smell
and taste strong cleaning agents, but not food or more delicate odors.
Hearing in the right ear is damaged for soft voices. She is wearing a bag
because of surgery for colon cancer two years ago. Her parent's are elderly
and deterioating. She was the youngest child, acqused of getting too much
attention from her mother. She has wandering rheumatic pains and numbness.
I gave her Puls, but she is so hesitant and wavering that she has not been
steady in using the remedy. I have been taught low potency and I really
want to her take when the amelioration wears off. She seems to lack the
focus necessary to monitor herself. If she does not do well with self
monitoring, I will probably give her a higher potency (1M). So far the only
imediate amelioration is the goiter on her right external neck has gone down
and her behavior suggests that she is more energetic and focused. I am
hoping for less extreme deferential giving in to a dictatorial husband, but
she is not a frank person and I would not expect clear reporting from her.
When the olfacatory loss began 3 years ago, she had a metalic taste in her
mouth. Four years ago, she also had bouts of Menier's disease (dizziness
only ameliorated by lying still) with nausea. Her sinuses hurt around the
eyes (her eye sight is getting worse too, she feels) and are ameliorated by
pressure and warmth. The Menier's sx are gone, but the deafness took their
place.
Does this sound like cranial nerve damage? Does she stand a chance of any
recovery? I am banking on the constitutional remedy improving the
situation, but maybe I will need a remedy that is more focused on the nerve
damage problem. The Menier's disease already did the damage to the hearing.
Should I use those symptoms, or use the symptoms of the current loss of
sense sensitivity? The sinus sensitivity is continuous so I know I can use
that.
Blessings,
Ellen
