Modern Homoeopathy

Newsletter October 2007

A Case Of Female Infertility having Uterine Fibromyoma Cured by Homoeopathy 

by

Dr. Shangaloo

Mrs. Uma Singh  Case no 282-30  

Ultrasound- dated- 30.09.2003 Uterine Fibromyoma.  
Uterus – Enlarged (98 x 48 mm) with large hypo-echoic area near the fundus of the uterus having mixed echogenicity and large defined margins.  
 
Present complaints- 
Married for past 3years no issue. 
No Pain during menses. 
Menses – delayed – 1-1½ months last one day – Excessive bleeding.  
Gastric complaint –Increased eructation. 
Intercourse much painful. 
Palpitation < after eating  
Bleeding Piles – First blood  
Leucorrhoea – thick, white, sticky; profuse.  
 
Generalities- 
Appetite – Decreased– little fills up abdomen.  
Thirst – Normal  
Stool – sometimes hand – first part knotted then soft  
Urine – Normal 
Sleep – Normal 
Temperament – Anger – suppressed, weeps easily. 
Chilly patient. 
 
Past Complaint- 
Malaria – 1-2 times  
 
Family History- 
Father – dead- No serious disease 
Mother –alive-No serious disease 
 
Analysis of the case – 
As we all know that fibroids are sycotic in nature & as there was no special menstrual symptoms to prescribe upon so we decided to start the case with indicated anti-sycotic medicine followed by medicine indicated by generalities, as there was no family history or past history of the patient to influence the prescription. 
 
 Symptoms for first prescription- 
1.Menses -delayed – 1- 1 ½ month – last one day – with excessive bleeding of fresh blood. 
2.Bleeding piles of fresh red blood (sycotic miasm) 
3.Palpitation worse eating after (Kent’s repertory- page- 875- Chest: Palpitation; eating after –thuja grade-3) 
4.Appetite – little fills up abdomen (Lycopodium) 
5.Stool first part hard knotted, difficult to pass (Lycopodium) 
6.Intercourse much painful (vagina very sensitive preventing sex- Thuja- Robin Murphy materia medica)  
 
First prescription- 
Thuja 200 was given on 22.10.2003 two doses at fifteen minutes interval followed by Lycopodium 200 the next week. 
 
First follow-up – 
Patient came on 7.11.2003 with improvement in appetite, stool and menstrual bleeding  (dark red blood followed by normal bleeding) so the same medicine was repeated as stated above. 
 
Second follow-up- 
Patient came on 6.2.2004 with pain in lower abdomen pain increases suddenly and decreases gradually; pain relieved by movement, cold application, movement and the patient was Thirst less. Pulsatilla 200 was given two doses at 15 minutes interval, which relieved the pain. 
 
Third follow up- 
Patient came on 14.2.2004 with 90% reduction in pain so Pulsatilla 200 was repeated again, two doses at 15minutes interval. 
 
Fourth follow up  - 
Patient came on 3.3.2004 with constipation first part hard, difficult & knotted, so Lycopodium 200 was given two doses at 15 minutes interval followed by Pulsatilla 200 the next week. 
 
Second Ultrasound –Dated-25.3.2004 Uterus is anteverted . No focal myometrial lesion is visualizes. Cavity appears normal in size- 7.3*3.8cm. 
Impression – Normal scan. 
 
 
Fifth follow up- 
Patient came on 31.3.2004 with normal ultrasound report as stated above. The treatment was continued till 16.7.2004 with Pulsatilla 1000 two doses at 15 minutes interval followed by Thuja 1000 the next week. 
 
(Note- It is advisable to give high potency of the indicated medicine or of the indicated anti miasmatic medicine before closing the treatment to prevent the reoccurrence of the disease)