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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Asthama and its homeopathic treament
ASTHMA and its Homeopathic Treatment
Compiled by:Dr.Muhammad Asif Nayyer
Aliysha Health Care Centre
Gulshan-e-Iqbal-Karachi-Pakistan.
The word 'asthma' is derived from the Greek meaning ' panting' or 'labored breathing'. Asthma is a condition characterized by a paroxysmal wheezing dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing), mainly expiratory.
Asthma is very common respiratory complaint, so it is essential to know the symptoms. The treatments available, and the ways of preventing an attack. Asthma involves a severe narrowing of the bronchial tubes. These lead from the windpipe-called the trachea-into the lungs and the carry the oxygen we breathe in to all parts of the lungs and provide product a path for the carbon dioxide (a waste product of the body) to escape up the trachea when we breathe out. The narrowing of the bronchial tubes-or bronchi-results from the contraction of the muscle lining them and cause difficulty in breathing that is most marked when breathing out. For this reason, asthmatics tend to breathe in with short gasps and breathe out with a long breathe against the obstruction.
Causes of Asthma
According to the etiology, bronchial asthma is divided in the following groups:
1. Allergic (extrinsic/ atopic) - This type of asthma usually starts in childhood and is often preceded by eczema. But most of the young adults (35 yrs) developing asthma also fall in this category. Genetic factors also play a significant role in this. In this type of asthma the allergen leads to production of excessive (IgE) immunoglobulins.
2. Infective or Intrinsic - This is not hereditary or allergic, but may be caused by, or at least associated with upper respiratory tract or bronchial infection which is usually viral.
3. Psychological factors (like anxiety, emotional stress etc) are often considered to be the sole cause of some asthmatic attacks, but it is still not certain whether it can be the sole cause or is only a precipitating factor.
4. Occupational asthma - This can occur in certain industries in which there is exposure to metallic dusts (esp. platinum salts), biological detergents, toluene diisocyanate, polyurethane, flour and dust from grains etc.
Asthma - MECHANISM - WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?
What ever may be the cause, it ultimately leads to paroxysms of bronchial obstruction produced by widespread bronchial spasm accentuated by plugging of the bronchi with excessive mucus.
Asthma - SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
• Recurrent episode of paroxysmal dyspnoea (difficulty in breathing)
• The breathing is laboured, with a wheezing sound, mainly on expiration.
• Asthma attacks often occur in the early hours of morning (when there is no immediate precipitating cause). During the attack patients often prefers to sit then lie down.
Asthma - HOW DIAGNOSIS IS DONE?
Diagnosis can usually be made clinically by a competent doctor. Allergen sensitivity tests, X-ray, spirometry, sputum and blood tests etc may be of use in finding the cause and severity of the condition.
Asthma - WHAT TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM?
• Bronchitis
• Cardiac asthma
• Renal asthma
• Isolated attacks of non-paroxysmal dyspnoea.
Asthma - COMPLICATIONS
• Apart from chronicity, usually no complications.
• Pneumothorax, emphysema, or areas of consolidation or pulmonary collapse may occur in very advanced cases.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution etc.
General Approach - As far as I know homeopathy is the only system of medicine which tries to 'cure' this disease, instead of trying to provide symptomatic relief. While dealing with a case of asthma, a homeopath not only records the symptoms of the disease but also studies the medical history, family history, physical and psychological characteristics of a person. This helps to find the cause, the precipitating factors, and the hereditary tendency etc. Of special interest to a homeopath is the history of suppression of skin disease. Homeopaths believe that when there is a tendency or predisposition for a disease - it first manifests on the less vital organs, towards the periphery (like skin). If this manifestation is suppressed than the disease shifts inwards, towards the more vital organs (like lungs, heart, brain etc).
The fact that in children asthma is often preceded by eczema is observed by the allopath also. This fact is written in all their textbooks of medicine. They say that children often 'move-out' of eczema and 'move-into' asthma. But they are unable to make a correlation. Homeopaths believe that the suppression of eczema with topical preparations, does not cure the disease/sensitivity of the person, it merely drives it inwards.
Now after ascertaining the symptoms and the cause, the homeopath tries to find a medicine which matches the symptoms as well as the general characteristics of the person. The medicine so selected is administered to the patient.
It is often (not necessarily) observed by homeopaths that when a right medicine is given, the asthma disappears but the old eczema (if it was there originally) reappears for some time, before finally disappearing itself. This
Reappearance of old symptoms is seen as a reversal of disease process and is considered a very good prognostic sign by homeopaths.
Following homeopathic medicines have been found effective in many cases of Asthma:
MEDICINES -
There are lots of medicines in homeopathy for asthma and it is not possible to list them all here. Some of the common medicines are Arsenic-Alb, Ipecac, Lachesis, Pulsatilla, spongia, sulphur, Ignatia, Antim-tart, Hepar-sulph, Nat-sulph, and Tuberculinum etc. The selection of medicine varies from patient to patient.
Acalypha indica: Cough with bloody expectoration; sometimes violent dry cough precedes the expectoration.
Ailantheus glandulosa: Deep dry and hacking cough, with asthmatic expansion of lungs; cough with headache and congestion of face.
Aletris farinosa: Short, dry and tickling cough worse on waking and talking; discharge of urine during cough; cough suddenly relieved by menstruation.
Aralia racemosa: Cough associated with constriction of chest, worse lying down, after the first sleep, has to sit up and cough violently; asthma, with oppression as from a weight on stomach, worse night on lying down, better by raising a little tough mucus.
Asarium europaeum: Frequent cough followed by difficult breathing; cough caused by deep inspiration.
Blatta orientalis: Asthma associated with bronchitis, suitable for fatty people, cough associated with dyspnoea.
Blumea odorata: Barking like cough controls hoarseness due to cough.
Boerhavia diffusa: Indicated for dry cough as well as cough with whitish thick expectoration.
Ephedra vulgaris: Mother tincture is used to control asthmatic attack; in reduced doses it is also helpful in pulmonary heart disease.
Glycyrrhiza glabra: Used as expectorant; prevents recurrent respiratory infections.
Grindelia: Tenacious mucous difficult to detach.
Justicia adhatoda: Violent cough with tough expectoration and tightness of chest; great fear of suffocation; usually cough associated with vomiting.
Pothos foetidus: Asthma worse from any inhalation of dust. Rumex crispus: Cough usually with headache; worse eating, in the evening and on lying down
Asthma - Lifestyle & General Management
• Avoid the allergen you are sensitive to.
• Do regular light exercise like brisk walking or jogging. Heavy exercise can precipitate an attack of asthma, so always do mild exercise without putting too much strain on your body.
• Learn breathing exercises to improve your lung capacity. Of especial use is 'pranayam', a yoga exercise.
• Learn some stress relieving exercises, meditation, or yoga to minimize the psychological factors related to disease.
• Eat healthy, nourishing and well balanced diet.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
ARTHRITIS
ARTHRITIS
Many people are affected by some form of arthritis, which can range from temporary discomfort to a more serious disability, but medical help and physiotherapy can do much to relive the condition.
Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints and its causes are as varied and mysterious as the condition itself. It affect people of all ages and is a common complaint in temperate climates it an be mild or severe, affecting one joint or several; and the different types include rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, rigid spine disease (ankylosing spondylitis) and arthritis that has been brought on by an injury or other infection, Although its study is a well-established specialty, called rheumatology, medical research cannot yet tell us all the answers. The word "arthritis" literally means joint inflammation ("arthr-" means joint; "-its" means inflammation). It refers to more than 100 different diseases. These diseases usually affect the area in or around joints, such as muscles and tendons. Some of these diseases can also affect other parts of the body, including the skin and internal organs. Arthritis usually causes stiffness, pain and fatigue. The most common diseases among arthritis are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout and increasingly, fibromyalgia.
Many types of arthritis show signs of joint inflammation: swelling, stiffness, tenderness, redness or warmth. These joint symptoms may be accompanied by weight loss, fever or weakness.
When these symptoms last for more than two weeks, inflammatory arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis may be the cause. Joint inflammation may also be caused by infection, which can lead to septic arthritis. Degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) is the most common type of arthritis; joint inflammation is not a prominent feature of this condition.
RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS IN ADULTS
Although it is common, the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown. It is thought that it may be due to an “autoimmune” Phenomenon-that is, some event, perhaps a severe illness or a shock, triggering a chain of chemical reactions within the body, eventually producing chemicals which react against the lining tissue of the joints-the synovium. Inflammation and arthritis will follow. Rheumatoid arthritis usually affects adults between the ages of 20 and 55, and women are three times more liable to it than men. Inflammation of the knuckles of both hands is the usual symptom, and the joints of the toes are affected in a similar way. At the same time, the sufferer may lose weight, feel generally unwell and become unusually lethargic. The symptoms may be either acute, starting with a fever or rash, or happen gradually over several weak. The joints most often affected are the knees, hips, shoulders, wrists, elbows, ankles and the bones of the neck. The stiffness is usually at its worst in the morning, and in acute cases the sufferer may be confined to bed or have great difficulty moving.
In about one quarter of cases attacks will last about six months, but only happen every few years. Some cases are persistent, varying in severity, but tending to “burn out” after many years.
IN CHILDREN
Rheumatoid arthritis can occur in children a condition called still’s disease-but it is fortunately rare. Two main age groups are affected-between one and three and 10 and 15. The inflammation starts gradually, and in about one, commonly the knee. It can also affect the hands, wrists, feet and ankles.
This disease is slowly progressive, but burns itself out in late adolescence and how quickly treatment is begun. Therapy should be started as soon as possible to prevent permanent stiffening and joint deformity.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
Osteoarthritis occurs as part of the ageing process. It happens mainly to weight bearing joints; hips, knees and spine. In women the hands are also often affected, particularly the top joints of the fingers and the base of the thumb. This condition is caused by degeneration of the cartilage, a tough, elastic tissue which protects the surface of the joint, this is normally.
Glistening and smooth, but osteoarthritis causes it to roughen and the cartilage becomes “dry”. This change has two effects; it compresses the underlying bone surface that the cartilage should protect and inflames the synovium (the lining) lying over it, The first symptoms are pain and loss of use; stiffness and swelling follow, and the joint eventually changes shapes. There may be only one joint involved, such as the right hip in the right-handed person (because right-hand-deadness means that the right side of the body is more active and bears more weight than the left), or, in many cases, the knees, spine, shoulders, hands and neck are affected. This condition rarely happens unless the arthritis in a weight-bearing joint is severe. Unfortunately, any injury will cause the condition to flare up.
RIGID SPINE DISEASE
Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of arthritis which affects the pelvic joint and spine. This too, is thought to be an autoimmune illness. Like rheumatoid arthritis, but there is a definite tendency for it to run in families. It is more common in men, usually starting between the ages of 15 and 30. The inflammation causes calcium to be deposited in the ligaments (fibrous bands which connect joints). This results in stiffness which can lead to the spinal bones (the vertebrae) being fused together if the inflammation is not alleviated by both medical treatment and exercise hence its colloquial name “Poker back; often spreading to the whole spine and involving the hip joints, before gradually petering out.
OTHER CAUSES OF ARTHRITIS
An injury can also trigger arthritis-this is called “traumatic” arthritis. The injury can either by direct, for example from a blow to a joint, or indirect, as when you hurt your knee by falling heavily on it, traumatic arthritis usually happens to men, although on is completely immune.
The knee, ankle or wrists are the joints most commonly affected. A few hours after the injury, the joint becomes inflamed, painful and swellon. An x-ray is needed, in case a fracture has occurred.
DIAGNOSIS
If you suspect that you have some form of arthritis the worst thing you can do is to “just put up with it” Do not try to make the diagnosis yourself, but.
Go and see your homeopath doctor. A delay might mean the risk of permanent deformity, especially in the case of a child with still’s disease, a condition which needs treatment, care and early physiotherapy. Your doctor will ask for a history of your illness and give an examination and medicine treatment.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
Colchicum:
This is the great old school remedy for gout; every case gets it in some form; and, strange to say, in the homoeopathic school it is one of the first remedies thought of, but not every case of arthritic trouble receives Colchicum from the careful homoeopathic prescriber. The typical case calling for Colchicum is where the swelling is red or pale, with extreme tenderness to touch, a tendency to shift about from joint to joint, and pains which are worse on the slightest motion. If the general symptoms of great prostration of the muscular system and abdominal bloating be present Colchicum is the remedy. Gastric symptoms and cardiac complications also characterize. It is more indicated when the smaller joints, fingers, toes, wrists and ankles are affected; the pains are very violent, patient cannot bear to have the parts touched or to have anyone come near him. Arnica has this fear that the part my be hit by anyone passing; it has also arthritic pains in the foot, worse towards evening; and a red big toe joint which feels as though it has been sprained, so Arnica may be indicated well in gout. The Colchicum patient is apt to be exceedingly irritable and the gout is not apt to decrease this irritability. Unless Colchicum is given according to these indications it will do no permanent good. The habit of giving Colchicum to every case of gout in order to palliate the trouble may cause it to attack the heart or fly to other parts. Indeed in potency it is Homoeopathic to gout, with metastasis to the heart. Aconite is most useful in acute attacks of gout in the joints of the feet. It corresponds only to the onset and if continued for a day or two will cure many cases.
Ledum:
Ledum is a useful remedy in gout as well as in many articular troubles. We have the symptoms that the ball of the great toe is swollen, sore and painful on stepping, drawing pains worse from warmth, pressure and from motion. It has also gouty nodosities in the joints, it differs from
Bryonia:
In having a scanty instead of a profuse effusion; it is, perhaps, better adapted to hot swelling of the hip joint than is Bryonia. All the pains of Ledum travel upwards. Ledum is also useful after abuse of Colchicum. It may be the first remedy to use when the patient comes from allopathic hands, having been dosed with large doses of Colchicum, which is a very asthenic remedy, producing great muscular weakness, as we have seen. Ledum, it must be remembered is a cold remedy, and attending all the symptoms is a general chilliness and lack of animal heat. Another drug having gouty nodosities in the joints is Guaiacum. This remedy has tearing pains in the extremities and contractions; of the muscles. It is also especially useful for gouty inflammation affecting the knee joint.
Ammonium phosphoricum:
This is a useful remedy in constitutional gout where there are nodosities in the joints. It is not so much a remedy for the acute symptoms, but for chronic cases where there are deposits of urate of soda concretions in the joints and the hands become twisted out of shape. Antimonium crudum has gouty nodes in the joints, but it is easily selected from its gastric symptoms. Urinary symptoms, strong urine, etc., would suggest Benzoic acid, and much red Lycopodium, both; of which may be found useful in gout. Staphisagria has a similar application to gout when it becomes systematized, as has also Ammonium phosphoricum. Rhododendron has enlargements of the joints not due to gouty deposits, worse during rest and on approach of a storm. Urtica urens. This remedy is said to cure more cases of gout than any other. Under its use pain and swelling subside and large quantities of sand are passed. Picric acid. Halbert mentions this remedy as useful in arthritis deformans, and thinks that treating the disease from the homoeopathic standpoint will yield best results.
Rhododendron chrysanthum: Rhododendron has enlargements of the joints not due to gouty deposits, worse during rest and on approach of a storm.
Urtica urens:
This remedy is said to cure more cases of gout than any other. Under its use pain and swelling subside and large quantities of sand are passed.
Picricum acidum: Halbert mentions this remedy as useful in arthritis deformans, and thinks that treating the disease from the homoeopathic standpoint will yield best results.
Twelve tissue homeopathic remedies for arthritis
Ferrum phosphoricum: At the commencement this remedy should be given in repeated doses when there are febrile symptoms present, and later on in the disease it may be given as an intercurrent. The joints are painful on moving; motion sets up and increases the pain. Tenalgia crepitans.
Kalium muriaticum:
In acute arthritis, for the swelling or when the tongue is coated white. It may be alternated with Ferrum phos. Movement aggravates the pains. It is useful especially after Ferrum phos. Natrium muriaticum chronic arthritis, joints crack (if tongue and other symptoms correspond, acts probably by increasing the eliminations of the urate of sodium). Synovitis, gout, sore hamstrings (verified).
Natrium muriaticum:
Acute gout (after Ferr. phos.) Chronic gout, profuse, sour-smelling sweat. Rheumatic arthritis, especially of finger joints. Urine dark red. Pains go suddenly to heart; sore hamstrings. It seems to have also a marked effect in hot painful swellings of the knee joint.
Magnesium phosphoricum: Useful as an intercurrent remedy for the pains (violent). The keynote is excruciating pains, spasmodic in character.
Kalium sulphuricum: In rheumatic arthritis where the pains shift from one joint to another, aggravated by heat. Shifting and wandering rheumatic pains in the joints. Fungoid arthritis. Tumor albus, white swelling.
Silicea terra: Suppuration of the joints.
Calcarea sulphurica: Suppurative process in the joints.
Natrium sulphuricum:
In acute cases (attacks) of gout. This remedy should be alternated with Ferrum phos. In chronic gout it alone suffices. Gout in the feet, acute and chronic. Rheumatic arthritis, especially in joints of fingers, pains suddenly go to heart, urine dark-red.
Calcarea phosphorica: Rheumatic gout worse at night and in bad weather. Hygroma patellae. Hydrops genu.
Calcarea fluorica:
Gouty enlargements of the finger-joints.
Rhus toxicodendron:
From the earliest homoeopathic times Rhus has been the great rheumatic remedy of the school, comparing only with Bryonia; and the difference between these remedies must be repeated once more.
Rhus:
Restlessness and desire to move about continually, on account of the relief it to the aches and pains.
Bryonia:
Disposition to keep perfectly still, since moving causes an aggravation of of all aches and yet sometimes pains force patient to move.
Rhus: Suitable especially to rheumatism affecting fibrous tissues, sheaths of muscles etc., Rheumatism from exposure to wet when overheated and Perspiring.
Bryonia: Suitable to rheumatism of the joints and of muscular tissues itself. This is not especially the case with Bryonia, though a Bryonia rheumatism From these causes.
All Rhus rheumatic symptoms are relieved by motion. They are worse from sitting and worse from rising from a sitting position, or on first commencing to move; continued motion, however, relieves. Warmth also relieves the
Rhus rheumatism: Damp weather and the approach of storms aggravate. Cold also aggravates. Rhododendron is similar, in that change of weather aggravates. The character of the Rhus pains is first a stiffness and soreness. There are also tearing pains, drawing, paralyzed sensations and even stitches. The sudden pain in the back known as "crick" is met well with Rhus. Rhus has an especial affinity for the deep muscles of the back. It is perhaps the most often indicated of any remedy in lumbago. It is also, it may be mentioned in passing, a remedy for the effects of overexertion such as sprains, wrenches, etc., being to fibrous tissues what Arnica is to the softer structures. The rheumatism keeling for Rhus may appear in any part; of the body; the lower extremities seem to have suffered most in the provers. The great keynotes of Rhus are the following: 1. Relief from continued motion; the lumbago, however, being sometimes worse from motion. 2. The stiffness and soreness. 3. The aggravation when first beginning to move.4. The aggravation from damp weather and cold. Cold air is not tolerated; it seems to make the skin painful. 5. The relief of all the symptoms by warmth. Rhus will not cure every case of rheumatism, but it will cure a good many.
Bryonia:
The rheumatism of Bryonia attacks the joints themselves, producing articular rheumatism, and it also inflames the muscle tissue, causing muscular rheumatism. The muscles are sores and swollen, and the joints are violently inflamed, red, swollen, shiny and very hot. The pains are sharp, stitching or cutting in character, and the great feature of the drug should always be present, namely the aggravation from the slightest motion. Touch and pressure also aggravate. There is but little tendency for the rheumatism of Bryonia to shift about like that of Pulsatilla or Kalmia. It is not liable to be mistaken for any other remedy. Ledum has some points of similarity. It would come in articular rheumatism, where there is a scanty effusion, while Bryonia tends to copious exudation. Bryonia seems to suit well the acid condition of the blood, which gives rise to rheumatism; it has a sour sweat; also, Kali carbonicum has stitching pains, but absence of fever.
Will distinguish it from Bryonia. Bryonia, Ledum, Nux and Colchicum are the four chief remedies having aggravation from motion. General constitutional symptoms will most likely be present in cases calling for Bryonia. Excessive tenderness of the soles of the feet in rheumatism may suggest antimonium crudum.
Causticum: This remedy resembles Rhus quite closely in many respects. The following are some of the differences:
Causticum:
The restlessness of this remedy occurs only at night. Rheumatism caused by dry, cold frosty air. Pains impel constant motion, which does not relieve.
Rhus:
Restlessness all the time. Rheumatism from damp wet weather. Motion relieves the patient temporarily.
The symptoms calling for Causticum are a stiffness of the joints. The tendons seem shortened and the limbs are drawn out of shape. It is a sort; of rheumatoid arthritis. As with Rhus, there is relief from warmth. There are drawing muscular pains sand soreness of the parts of which the patient lies. It has been found useful in rheumatism about the articulations of the jaw. Rhus has a cracking of the lower jaw when chewing. Colocynth has stiffness about the joints and is also a useful remedy in articular rheumatism. Causticum, like Guaiacum and Ledum, has gouty concretions in the joints. There is much weakness and trembling with Causticum, as with all the preparations of potash, and it is; of little use in arthritic troubles if fever be present. Weakness of the ankle-joint, contracted tendons and a sprained feeling in the hip-joints are some of its important symptoms.
Ledum: Ledum is one of our best remedies for rheumatism ands gout, especially the latter. The great symptom which has always been regarded as the distinctive characteristic is the direction the pains take, namely, going from below upwards. Like Caulophyllum and some others, Ledum seems to haves a predilection for the smaller joints. Nodes form in them and the pains travel up the limbs. The pains are made worse from the warmth of the bed. The effusion into the joints is scanty and it soon hardens and forms the nodosities above mentioned. Ledum, like Colchicum, causes acute, tearing pains in the joints; weakness of the limbs and numbness and coldness of the
Surface. Kalmia also has pains which travel upwards, but the character of the pains will distinguish. It may also be mentioned that Ledum is an excellent remedy in erythema nodosum, which is of rheumatic origin. Ledum produces and cures in certain cases an obstinate swelling of the feet. Wine aggravates all the symptoms of this drug. The characteristics of
Ledum may be thus summed up: 1. upward extension of the pains 2. Tendency to the formation of nodes in the small joints. 3. Aggravation; by
The warmth; of the bed. 4. Aggravation by motion. It is useful, too, after the abuse of Colchicum in large doses.
Pulsatilla:
Pulsatilla is usually brought prominently to mind when there is a tendency for the rheumatism to shift about, wandering rheumatic pains being one of its red strings. But other remedies have this symptom also, prominent among them being Kalmia, Bryonia, Colchicum, Sulphur, Kali Bichromicum and that member of the tissue family most resembling Pulsatilla, namely, Kali sulphuricum. There is little trouble in distinguishing Pulsatilla from any or all of these remedies by its general symptoms. Kali sulphuricum, however, will give the most trouble, but it is not a well-proven remedy and need only be thought of to try when Pulsatilla seems the remedy yet fails. Other characteristics of the Pulsatilla rheumatism are the aggravation from warmth, aggravation in the evening, and the relief from cold. The knee, ankle and tarsal joints are the most usual seat of the trouble when Pulsatilla is indicated. There is, too restlessness with the remedy, the pains are so severe that the patient is compelled to moves, and slow, easy motion relieves, as also with Lycopodium and Ferrum. A prominent use for Pulsatilla is in gonorrhoeal rheumatism. The joints are swollen and the pains are sharp and stinging, with a feeling of subcutaneous ulceration. Kali Bichromicum is also a remedy for gonorrhoeal rheumatism, as well as for wandering rheumatic pains; it has relief in a warm room, which at once distinguishes it from Pulsatilla. Thuja is another remedy for gonorrhoeal rheumatism. Rheumatism dependent on disturbance of the liver or stomach is apt to find its
Many people are affected by some form of arthritis, which can range from temporary discomfort to a more serious disability, but medical help and physiotherapy can do much to relive the condition.
Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints and its causes are as varied and mysterious as the condition itself. It affect people of all ages and is a common complaint in temperate climates it an be mild or severe, affecting one joint or several; and the different types include rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, rigid spine disease (ankylosing spondylitis) and arthritis that has been brought on by an injury or other infection, Although its study is a well-established specialty, called rheumatology, medical research cannot yet tell us all the answers. The word "arthritis" literally means joint inflammation ("arthr-" means joint; "-its" means inflammation). It refers to more than 100 different diseases. These diseases usually affect the area in or around joints, such as muscles and tendons. Some of these diseases can also affect other parts of the body, including the skin and internal organs. Arthritis usually causes stiffness, pain and fatigue. The most common diseases among arthritis are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout and increasingly, fibromyalgia.
Many types of arthritis show signs of joint inflammation: swelling, stiffness, tenderness, redness or warmth. These joint symptoms may be accompanied by weight loss, fever or weakness.
When these symptoms last for more than two weeks, inflammatory arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis may be the cause. Joint inflammation may also be caused by infection, which can lead to septic arthritis. Degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) is the most common type of arthritis; joint inflammation is not a prominent feature of this condition.
RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS IN ADULTS
Although it is common, the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown. It is thought that it may be due to an “autoimmune” Phenomenon-that is, some event, perhaps a severe illness or a shock, triggering a chain of chemical reactions within the body, eventually producing chemicals which react against the lining tissue of the joints-the synovium. Inflammation and arthritis will follow. Rheumatoid arthritis usually affects adults between the ages of 20 and 55, and women are three times more liable to it than men. Inflammation of the knuckles of both hands is the usual symptom, and the joints of the toes are affected in a similar way. At the same time, the sufferer may lose weight, feel generally unwell and become unusually lethargic. The symptoms may be either acute, starting with a fever or rash, or happen gradually over several weak. The joints most often affected are the knees, hips, shoulders, wrists, elbows, ankles and the bones of the neck. The stiffness is usually at its worst in the morning, and in acute cases the sufferer may be confined to bed or have great difficulty moving.
In about one quarter of cases attacks will last about six months, but only happen every few years. Some cases are persistent, varying in severity, but tending to “burn out” after many years.
IN CHILDREN
Rheumatoid arthritis can occur in children a condition called still’s disease-but it is fortunately rare. Two main age groups are affected-between one and three and 10 and 15. The inflammation starts gradually, and in about one, commonly the knee. It can also affect the hands, wrists, feet and ankles.
This disease is slowly progressive, but burns itself out in late adolescence and how quickly treatment is begun. Therapy should be started as soon as possible to prevent permanent stiffening and joint deformity.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
Osteoarthritis occurs as part of the ageing process. It happens mainly to weight bearing joints; hips, knees and spine. In women the hands are also often affected, particularly the top joints of the fingers and the base of the thumb. This condition is caused by degeneration of the cartilage, a tough, elastic tissue which protects the surface of the joint, this is normally.
Glistening and smooth, but osteoarthritis causes it to roughen and the cartilage becomes “dry”. This change has two effects; it compresses the underlying bone surface that the cartilage should protect and inflames the synovium (the lining) lying over it, The first symptoms are pain and loss of use; stiffness and swelling follow, and the joint eventually changes shapes. There may be only one joint involved, such as the right hip in the right-handed person (because right-hand-deadness means that the right side of the body is more active and bears more weight than the left), or, in many cases, the knees, spine, shoulders, hands and neck are affected. This condition rarely happens unless the arthritis in a weight-bearing joint is severe. Unfortunately, any injury will cause the condition to flare up.
RIGID SPINE DISEASE
Ankylosing spondylitis is a form of arthritis which affects the pelvic joint and spine. This too, is thought to be an autoimmune illness. Like rheumatoid arthritis, but there is a definite tendency for it to run in families. It is more common in men, usually starting between the ages of 15 and 30. The inflammation causes calcium to be deposited in the ligaments (fibrous bands which connect joints). This results in stiffness which can lead to the spinal bones (the vertebrae) being fused together if the inflammation is not alleviated by both medical treatment and exercise hence its colloquial name “Poker back; often spreading to the whole spine and involving the hip joints, before gradually petering out.
OTHER CAUSES OF ARTHRITIS
An injury can also trigger arthritis-this is called “traumatic” arthritis. The injury can either by direct, for example from a blow to a joint, or indirect, as when you hurt your knee by falling heavily on it, traumatic arthritis usually happens to men, although on is completely immune.
The knee, ankle or wrists are the joints most commonly affected. A few hours after the injury, the joint becomes inflamed, painful and swellon. An x-ray is needed, in case a fracture has occurred.
DIAGNOSIS
If you suspect that you have some form of arthritis the worst thing you can do is to “just put up with it” Do not try to make the diagnosis yourself, but.
Go and see your homeopath doctor. A delay might mean the risk of permanent deformity, especially in the case of a child with still’s disease, a condition which needs treatment, care and early physiotherapy. Your doctor will ask for a history of your illness and give an examination and medicine treatment.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
Colchicum:
This is the great old school remedy for gout; every case gets it in some form; and, strange to say, in the homoeopathic school it is one of the first remedies thought of, but not every case of arthritic trouble receives Colchicum from the careful homoeopathic prescriber. The typical case calling for Colchicum is where the swelling is red or pale, with extreme tenderness to touch, a tendency to shift about from joint to joint, and pains which are worse on the slightest motion. If the general symptoms of great prostration of the muscular system and abdominal bloating be present Colchicum is the remedy. Gastric symptoms and cardiac complications also characterize. It is more indicated when the smaller joints, fingers, toes, wrists and ankles are affected; the pains are very violent, patient cannot bear to have the parts touched or to have anyone come near him. Arnica has this fear that the part my be hit by anyone passing; it has also arthritic pains in the foot, worse towards evening; and a red big toe joint which feels as though it has been sprained, so Arnica may be indicated well in gout. The Colchicum patient is apt to be exceedingly irritable and the gout is not apt to decrease this irritability. Unless Colchicum is given according to these indications it will do no permanent good. The habit of giving Colchicum to every case of gout in order to palliate the trouble may cause it to attack the heart or fly to other parts. Indeed in potency it is Homoeopathic to gout, with metastasis to the heart. Aconite is most useful in acute attacks of gout in the joints of the feet. It corresponds only to the onset and if continued for a day or two will cure many cases.
Ledum:
Ledum is a useful remedy in gout as well as in many articular troubles. We have the symptoms that the ball of the great toe is swollen, sore and painful on stepping, drawing pains worse from warmth, pressure and from motion. It has also gouty nodosities in the joints, it differs from
Bryonia:
In having a scanty instead of a profuse effusion; it is, perhaps, better adapted to hot swelling of the hip joint than is Bryonia. All the pains of Ledum travel upwards. Ledum is also useful after abuse of Colchicum. It may be the first remedy to use when the patient comes from allopathic hands, having been dosed with large doses of Colchicum, which is a very asthenic remedy, producing great muscular weakness, as we have seen. Ledum, it must be remembered is a cold remedy, and attending all the symptoms is a general chilliness and lack of animal heat. Another drug having gouty nodosities in the joints is Guaiacum. This remedy has tearing pains in the extremities and contractions; of the muscles. It is also especially useful for gouty inflammation affecting the knee joint.
Ammonium phosphoricum:
This is a useful remedy in constitutional gout where there are nodosities in the joints. It is not so much a remedy for the acute symptoms, but for chronic cases where there are deposits of urate of soda concretions in the joints and the hands become twisted out of shape. Antimonium crudum has gouty nodes in the joints, but it is easily selected from its gastric symptoms. Urinary symptoms, strong urine, etc., would suggest Benzoic acid, and much red Lycopodium, both; of which may be found useful in gout. Staphisagria has a similar application to gout when it becomes systematized, as has also Ammonium phosphoricum. Rhododendron has enlargements of the joints not due to gouty deposits, worse during rest and on approach of a storm. Urtica urens. This remedy is said to cure more cases of gout than any other. Under its use pain and swelling subside and large quantities of sand are passed. Picric acid. Halbert mentions this remedy as useful in arthritis deformans, and thinks that treating the disease from the homoeopathic standpoint will yield best results.
Rhododendron chrysanthum: Rhododendron has enlargements of the joints not due to gouty deposits, worse during rest and on approach of a storm.
Urtica urens:
This remedy is said to cure more cases of gout than any other. Under its use pain and swelling subside and large quantities of sand are passed.
Picricum acidum: Halbert mentions this remedy as useful in arthritis deformans, and thinks that treating the disease from the homoeopathic standpoint will yield best results.
Twelve tissue homeopathic remedies for arthritis
Ferrum phosphoricum: At the commencement this remedy should be given in repeated doses when there are febrile symptoms present, and later on in the disease it may be given as an intercurrent. The joints are painful on moving; motion sets up and increases the pain. Tenalgia crepitans.
Kalium muriaticum:
In acute arthritis, for the swelling or when the tongue is coated white. It may be alternated with Ferrum phos. Movement aggravates the pains. It is useful especially after Ferrum phos. Natrium muriaticum chronic arthritis, joints crack (if tongue and other symptoms correspond, acts probably by increasing the eliminations of the urate of sodium). Synovitis, gout, sore hamstrings (verified).
Natrium muriaticum:
Acute gout (after Ferr. phos.) Chronic gout, profuse, sour-smelling sweat. Rheumatic arthritis, especially of finger joints. Urine dark red. Pains go suddenly to heart; sore hamstrings. It seems to have also a marked effect in hot painful swellings of the knee joint.
Magnesium phosphoricum: Useful as an intercurrent remedy for the pains (violent). The keynote is excruciating pains, spasmodic in character.
Kalium sulphuricum: In rheumatic arthritis where the pains shift from one joint to another, aggravated by heat. Shifting and wandering rheumatic pains in the joints. Fungoid arthritis. Tumor albus, white swelling.
Silicea terra: Suppuration of the joints.
Calcarea sulphurica: Suppurative process in the joints.
Natrium sulphuricum:
In acute cases (attacks) of gout. This remedy should be alternated with Ferrum phos. In chronic gout it alone suffices. Gout in the feet, acute and chronic. Rheumatic arthritis, especially in joints of fingers, pains suddenly go to heart, urine dark-red.
Calcarea phosphorica: Rheumatic gout worse at night and in bad weather. Hygroma patellae. Hydrops genu.
Calcarea fluorica:
Gouty enlargements of the finger-joints.
Rhus toxicodendron:
From the earliest homoeopathic times Rhus has been the great rheumatic remedy of the school, comparing only with Bryonia; and the difference between these remedies must be repeated once more.
Rhus:
Restlessness and desire to move about continually, on account of the relief it to the aches and pains.
Bryonia:
Disposition to keep perfectly still, since moving causes an aggravation of of all aches and yet sometimes pains force patient to move.
Rhus: Suitable especially to rheumatism affecting fibrous tissues, sheaths of muscles etc., Rheumatism from exposure to wet when overheated and Perspiring.
Bryonia: Suitable to rheumatism of the joints and of muscular tissues itself. This is not especially the case with Bryonia, though a Bryonia rheumatism From these causes.
All Rhus rheumatic symptoms are relieved by motion. They are worse from sitting and worse from rising from a sitting position, or on first commencing to move; continued motion, however, relieves. Warmth also relieves the
Rhus rheumatism: Damp weather and the approach of storms aggravate. Cold also aggravates. Rhododendron is similar, in that change of weather aggravates. The character of the Rhus pains is first a stiffness and soreness. There are also tearing pains, drawing, paralyzed sensations and even stitches. The sudden pain in the back known as "crick" is met well with Rhus. Rhus has an especial affinity for the deep muscles of the back. It is perhaps the most often indicated of any remedy in lumbago. It is also, it may be mentioned in passing, a remedy for the effects of overexertion such as sprains, wrenches, etc., being to fibrous tissues what Arnica is to the softer structures. The rheumatism keeling for Rhus may appear in any part; of the body; the lower extremities seem to have suffered most in the provers. The great keynotes of Rhus are the following: 1. Relief from continued motion; the lumbago, however, being sometimes worse from motion. 2. The stiffness and soreness. 3. The aggravation when first beginning to move.4. The aggravation from damp weather and cold. Cold air is not tolerated; it seems to make the skin painful. 5. The relief of all the symptoms by warmth. Rhus will not cure every case of rheumatism, but it will cure a good many.
Bryonia:
The rheumatism of Bryonia attacks the joints themselves, producing articular rheumatism, and it also inflames the muscle tissue, causing muscular rheumatism. The muscles are sores and swollen, and the joints are violently inflamed, red, swollen, shiny and very hot. The pains are sharp, stitching or cutting in character, and the great feature of the drug should always be present, namely the aggravation from the slightest motion. Touch and pressure also aggravate. There is but little tendency for the rheumatism of Bryonia to shift about like that of Pulsatilla or Kalmia. It is not liable to be mistaken for any other remedy. Ledum has some points of similarity. It would come in articular rheumatism, where there is a scanty effusion, while Bryonia tends to copious exudation. Bryonia seems to suit well the acid condition of the blood, which gives rise to rheumatism; it has a sour sweat; also, Kali carbonicum has stitching pains, but absence of fever.
Will distinguish it from Bryonia. Bryonia, Ledum, Nux and Colchicum are the four chief remedies having aggravation from motion. General constitutional symptoms will most likely be present in cases calling for Bryonia. Excessive tenderness of the soles of the feet in rheumatism may suggest antimonium crudum.
Causticum: This remedy resembles Rhus quite closely in many respects. The following are some of the differences:
Causticum:
The restlessness of this remedy occurs only at night. Rheumatism caused by dry, cold frosty air. Pains impel constant motion, which does not relieve.
Rhus:
Restlessness all the time. Rheumatism from damp wet weather. Motion relieves the patient temporarily.
The symptoms calling for Causticum are a stiffness of the joints. The tendons seem shortened and the limbs are drawn out of shape. It is a sort; of rheumatoid arthritis. As with Rhus, there is relief from warmth. There are drawing muscular pains sand soreness of the parts of which the patient lies. It has been found useful in rheumatism about the articulations of the jaw. Rhus has a cracking of the lower jaw when chewing. Colocynth has stiffness about the joints and is also a useful remedy in articular rheumatism. Causticum, like Guaiacum and Ledum, has gouty concretions in the joints. There is much weakness and trembling with Causticum, as with all the preparations of potash, and it is; of little use in arthritic troubles if fever be present. Weakness of the ankle-joint, contracted tendons and a sprained feeling in the hip-joints are some of its important symptoms.
Ledum: Ledum is one of our best remedies for rheumatism ands gout, especially the latter. The great symptom which has always been regarded as the distinctive characteristic is the direction the pains take, namely, going from below upwards. Like Caulophyllum and some others, Ledum seems to haves a predilection for the smaller joints. Nodes form in them and the pains travel up the limbs. The pains are made worse from the warmth of the bed. The effusion into the joints is scanty and it soon hardens and forms the nodosities above mentioned. Ledum, like Colchicum, causes acute, tearing pains in the joints; weakness of the limbs and numbness and coldness of the
Surface. Kalmia also has pains which travel upwards, but the character of the pains will distinguish. It may also be mentioned that Ledum is an excellent remedy in erythema nodosum, which is of rheumatic origin. Ledum produces and cures in certain cases an obstinate swelling of the feet. Wine aggravates all the symptoms of this drug. The characteristics of
Ledum may be thus summed up: 1. upward extension of the pains 2. Tendency to the formation of nodes in the small joints. 3. Aggravation; by
The warmth; of the bed. 4. Aggravation by motion. It is useful, too, after the abuse of Colchicum in large doses.
Pulsatilla:
Pulsatilla is usually brought prominently to mind when there is a tendency for the rheumatism to shift about, wandering rheumatic pains being one of its red strings. But other remedies have this symptom also, prominent among them being Kalmia, Bryonia, Colchicum, Sulphur, Kali Bichromicum and that member of the tissue family most resembling Pulsatilla, namely, Kali sulphuricum. There is little trouble in distinguishing Pulsatilla from any or all of these remedies by its general symptoms. Kali sulphuricum, however, will give the most trouble, but it is not a well-proven remedy and need only be thought of to try when Pulsatilla seems the remedy yet fails. Other characteristics of the Pulsatilla rheumatism are the aggravation from warmth, aggravation in the evening, and the relief from cold. The knee, ankle and tarsal joints are the most usual seat of the trouble when Pulsatilla is indicated. There is, too restlessness with the remedy, the pains are so severe that the patient is compelled to moves, and slow, easy motion relieves, as also with Lycopodium and Ferrum. A prominent use for Pulsatilla is in gonorrhoeal rheumatism. The joints are swollen and the pains are sharp and stinging, with a feeling of subcutaneous ulceration. Kali Bichromicum is also a remedy for gonorrhoeal rheumatism, as well as for wandering rheumatic pains; it has relief in a warm room, which at once distinguishes it from Pulsatilla. Thuja is another remedy for gonorrhoeal rheumatism. Rheumatism dependent on disturbance of the liver or stomach is apt to find its
Dr Muhammad Asif Nayyar
Gulshan e Iqbal
Karachi
Email: nayyer.cargologik@gmail.com
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Karachi
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Adenoids
ADENOIDS
The adenoids have been called the “watch dogs of the throat”. Like the tonsils, they guard against respiratory infection in the young child, but like the tonsils they sometimes become infected and swollen themselves.
Adenoids are lymph glands situated at the back of the nose just where the air passages join those of the back of the mouth or pharynx. The lymph system is the body’s defense against infection and the lymph glands, such as the adenoids are full of so placed that any infection breathed in through the nose is filtered by them and hopefully killed sometimes, however, things can go wrong.
CAUSES
Adenoids are present from birth, but on the whole they disappear before puberty. They are most obvious from the age of one to four. This is because between these ages the child is continually deal is known about how the adenoids become infected, but any respiratory germ can affect them. Once they become damaged, chronic infection may set in. If the adenoids are recurrently inflamed, they tend to swell and this can give rise to ill effects.
SYMPTOMS
If the gland becomes swollen due to infection, they interfere with the flow of air through the nose so that the child has to breathe through the mouth, this may cause heavy snoring at night. The closed mouth also causes a nasal tone of speech. The child finds that his “m” comes out as “b” and “n” sounds like “d”. This is because when he closes his mouth to pronounce “m” and “n” through the nose, he cannot do so since his nose is blocked. Breathing through the mouth also makes very dry and the child may continually ask for something to drink. As the adenoids fight infection, white blood cells-both dead and alive-are released in the form of pus. This pus will be seen as a discharge from nose-quite different from the clear, watery discharge of a runny cold. The child sniffs to try to clear it but it then runs down the back of his throat and makes him cough. The cough is particularly obvious at night and is a typical sign of infected adenoids. In the morning, the swallowed pus may cause vomiting.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
HYDRASITIS: Hydrasitis is perfectly homeopathic to the totality of the symptoms produced by adenoids vegetations; it has the yellow mucus and general lymphoid hypertrophy. Dr. Lambrecht, of Antwerp uses a tampon of Hydrasitis and glycerin, one part of the tincture to six of glycerin, introduce deep into each nostril, having the child make inspiration leaving it there about fifteen minutes. He regards surgical intervention as merely palliative and medical treatment indispensable; Kali Bichromicum may also be indicated.
CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA: Highly recommended by copper, Clifton and many others as a most efficacious remedy in adenoid vegetations. It corresponds to the dyscrasia, which permits adenoid growths or tonsillar enlargement. Calcarea iodide may be used in cases which are febrile in nature.Baryta Carbonica is also a useful remedy, especially in children who have recurring attacks of acute tonsillitis.
CISTUS CANADENSIS: In scrofulous or arthritic individuals who have adenoid vegetations. There is extreme sensitiveness to cold air, this is characteristic. Sensation of heat and dryness in the throat so intense that the patient must drink to relieve. Cold air inhaled causes distress in the throat, the 6th potency seems to succeed the best. Cistus has a special affinity for the naso-pharynx.
TUBERCULINUM: Adenoids are greatly benefited and often times permanently cured by a weekly dose of Tuberculinum or preferably Bacillinum.
AGRAPHIS NUTANS: Obstruction of the nostrils from adenoids. Throat deafness. Clarke of London regarded this remedy as a leading one in cases of adenoids. It was first used by Copper in 1892. Deafness and deaf-mutism, breathes with mouth; open. It is essentially a catarrhal remedy and acts especially on the glands connected with the nasal cavity, and its use generally avoids adenoid surg.
The adenoids have been called the “watch dogs of the throat”. Like the tonsils, they guard against respiratory infection in the young child, but like the tonsils they sometimes become infected and swollen themselves.
Adenoids are lymph glands situated at the back of the nose just where the air passages join those of the back of the mouth or pharynx. The lymph system is the body’s defense against infection and the lymph glands, such as the adenoids are full of so placed that any infection breathed in through the nose is filtered by them and hopefully killed sometimes, however, things can go wrong.
CAUSES
Adenoids are present from birth, but on the whole they disappear before puberty. They are most obvious from the age of one to four. This is because between these ages the child is continually deal is known about how the adenoids become infected, but any respiratory germ can affect them. Once they become damaged, chronic infection may set in. If the adenoids are recurrently inflamed, they tend to swell and this can give rise to ill effects.
SYMPTOMS
If the gland becomes swollen due to infection, they interfere with the flow of air through the nose so that the child has to breathe through the mouth, this may cause heavy snoring at night. The closed mouth also causes a nasal tone of speech. The child finds that his “m” comes out as “b” and “n” sounds like “d”. This is because when he closes his mouth to pronounce “m” and “n” through the nose, he cannot do so since his nose is blocked. Breathing through the mouth also makes very dry and the child may continually ask for something to drink. As the adenoids fight infection, white blood cells-both dead and alive-are released in the form of pus. This pus will be seen as a discharge from nose-quite different from the clear, watery discharge of a runny cold. The child sniffs to try to clear it but it then runs down the back of his throat and makes him cough. The cough is particularly obvious at night and is a typical sign of infected adenoids. In the morning, the swallowed pus may cause vomiting.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
HYDRASITIS: Hydrasitis is perfectly homeopathic to the totality of the symptoms produced by adenoids vegetations; it has the yellow mucus and general lymphoid hypertrophy. Dr. Lambrecht, of Antwerp uses a tampon of Hydrasitis and glycerin, one part of the tincture to six of glycerin, introduce deep into each nostril, having the child make inspiration leaving it there about fifteen minutes. He regards surgical intervention as merely palliative and medical treatment indispensable; Kali Bichromicum may also be indicated.
CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA: Highly recommended by copper, Clifton and many others as a most efficacious remedy in adenoid vegetations. It corresponds to the dyscrasia, which permits adenoid growths or tonsillar enlargement. Calcarea iodide may be used in cases which are febrile in nature.Baryta Carbonica is also a useful remedy, especially in children who have recurring attacks of acute tonsillitis.
CISTUS CANADENSIS: In scrofulous or arthritic individuals who have adenoid vegetations. There is extreme sensitiveness to cold air, this is characteristic. Sensation of heat and dryness in the throat so intense that the patient must drink to relieve. Cold air inhaled causes distress in the throat, the 6th potency seems to succeed the best. Cistus has a special affinity for the naso-pharynx.
TUBERCULINUM: Adenoids are greatly benefited and often times permanently cured by a weekly dose of Tuberculinum or preferably Bacillinum.
AGRAPHIS NUTANS: Obstruction of the nostrils from adenoids. Throat deafness. Clarke of London regarded this remedy as a leading one in cases of adenoids. It was first used by Copper in 1892. Deafness and deaf-mutism, breathes with mouth; open. It is essentially a catarrhal remedy and acts especially on the glands connected with the nasal cavity, and its use generally avoids adenoid surg.
Article by: Dr Muhammad Asif Nayyar
Gulshan e Iqbal
Karachi
Email: nayyer.cargologik@gmail.com
Gulshan e Iqbal
Karachi
Email: nayyer.cargologik@gmail.com
Friday, October 16, 2009
Acne and its homeopathic treatment
ACNE and its Homeopathic Treatment
CAUSES.
SYMTOMS
How to Fight Your Acne.
Avoid:
• Greasy hair oils or cosmetics.
• Leaving makeup on overnight or leave it off completely.
• Applying creams to dirty skin so that bacteria are pushed into the pores.
• Eating any foods that seem to cause spots.
Try To:
• Wash affected areas several times a day with medicated soap and hot water.
• Wash hair often, wear it off the face and reasonably short.
• Keep combs, brushes and face flannels clean and grease free.
• Get as much sunshine as you possibly can.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM: Small red pimples on face, acne in drunkards with gastric derangements, thirst-coated tongue, Antimonium Tairtaricum obstinate cases, with tendency to postulation, are curable with this remedy. Berberis Aquifolium is useful where the skin rough and the acne persistent.
Natrum Muriaticum: Acts especially on the sebaceous glands and is a very helpful remedy in acne. In this affection attention must be directed especially to the patient’s type, temperament and tendencies and the general symptoms are for more important than the local ones.
The pimpled face of adolescence is so common that it could almost be thought of as normal, four out of five teenagers suffer from acne to some degree, but the majority grows out of, in the meantime, there are preventive measures and treatment which can ease the problem. The mixture of blackheads. Whiteheads and pink or reddish spots caused by Acne Vulgar is occurs mostly on the face, the back of the neck, found in the armpits and on the buttocks, too.
CAUSES.
Acne affects young people of both sexes but tends to be more common in boys. It starts in adolescence because this is when there is great increase in the production of hormones from the sex. Organs and from the adrenal glands. These hormones are chemical messengers. Carried by the blood and transform a child into a sexually mature adult. Under their influence, and posticullarly that of the androgeus, or “Masculimzing” hormones, the oil-releasing sebaceous glands in the skin, which normally produce just enough oil or sebum to keep the skin healthily suppley, become overactive. They release too much sebum, causing a condition called “seborrhea”. The female hormones particularly estrogen, have the reverse effect, which explains-at least in part-why girls are generally less prone to acne than boy’s.
SYMTOMS
Blackheads, accompanied the pink or reddish inflammation which they cause, are the hallmark of acne. It was once thought that the bacteria that naturally thrive on sebum, particularly two called staphylococcus albus and bacillus acnes, were the underlying cause of the acne, but they are now know to be the cause of the inflammation, not the ace itself. In response to the presence of bacteria, which multiply in the blackhead, the blood vessels expend to bring more infection-fighting cells to the site this is the inflammatory reaction. As a secondary effect of ace, the bacterial infection may lead to the development of pimples, which are spots filled with dead white cells and bacteria, or pus. This infection usually only becomes severs, involving the formation of larger boils or abscesses, if the deeper skin tissues become bruised and damaged as a
result of squeezing the blackheads to release the “Core” of sebum plugged usually clears up with in about a week, but if secondary infection sets in it may take a month or more.How to Fight Your Acne.
Avoid:
• Greasy hair oils or cosmetics.
• Leaving makeup on overnight or leave it off completely.
• Applying creams to dirty skin so that bacteria are pushed into the pores.
• Eating any foods that seem to cause spots.
Try To:
• Wash affected areas several times a day with medicated soap and hot water.
• Wash hair often, wear it off the face and reasonably short.
• Keep combs, brushes and face flannels clean and grease free.
• Get as much sunshine as you possibly can.
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT CURE & MEDICINE
SULPHUR: Is perhaps the remedy most often indicated in this affection, especially if chronic. The skin is rough and hard and the Acne is associated with comedones and constipation; great aggravation from water is the characteristic leading to sulphur in skin affections. The acne punctata is the variety corresponding most nearly to sulphur iodide.
SANGOINARIA: Is another useful remedy in Acne, especially in women with scanty menses and irregular circulation of blood. Other remedies for acne dependent on sexual disturbance of women are Calcarea Carbonica and Aurum Muriatium Natrum.
KALI BROMATUM: Produces acne on the face, neck and shoulders. We frequently find acne in epileptics who have been maltreated by bromides. The remedy is especially adapted to the acne simplex and the acne indurate, especially in hyperacsthetic hervous females, and the late Dr. Martin discharge loudly praised. Since Kali Bromatum has been found a useful remedy in sexual excesses it will be specially a remedy in acne due to that cause. Dr. J.H.Clark sys “I know of on remedy of such universal usefulness in cases of simple acne as Kali Bromatum 30 x And the late Dr.A.M.Cushing recommended Arsenicum Bromatum 4x as very efficacious Thuja is one of our best remedies for acne facial is. Calcarea Picrata is also a useful remedy for Acne; clinically it has been found one of the food remedies. Calcarea Sulphurica is indicated where the pimples suppurate.
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM: Small red pimples on face, acne in drunkards with gastric derangements, thirst-coated tongue, Antimonium Tairtaricum obstinate cases, with tendency to postulation, are curable with this remedy. Berberis Aquifolium is useful where the skin rough and the acne persistent.
Natrum Muriaticum: Acts especially on the sebaceous glands and is a very helpful remedy in acne. In this affection attention must be directed especially to the patient’s type, temperament and tendencies and the general symptoms are for more important than the local ones.
Article by: Dr Muhammad Asif Nayyar
Gulshan e Iqbal
Karachi
Email: nayyer.cargologik@gmail.com
Gulshan e Iqbal
Karachi
Email: nayyer.cargologik@gmail.com
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