Dr. Sameer, my daughter is itchy, please take this case _{Page 3 of 5}

Dear Dr. Sameer,

Thanks for the quick response.

Its hard to say as it had not been so easy for her last 2 weeks. She was sick last week for 4 days. She had fever and fast breathing, her feet were cold and greenish blue. Few times she complained about having pins and needles in her feet.
Today she has fever again upto 102. I have given her motrin whenever needed.
While going thru all this, and itchy all over her body that its so hard to sleep thru the night, it won't be so easy for anyone to have a happy and calm mindset.
I can say her mindset is better since she took calc in comparison with Lachesis 200c.

I hope and pray for her that she feels better soon. Its hard to see such a little girl going thru so much.

Let me know if you need more info.
Thanks.
Pooja

Forgot to mention a couple fo things...
She has also been complaining sometimes aboout her fingers hurting. Her toes are being very cold and greenish blue in color.
Her fever is over now. There is some watery discharge from her cheeks. Past week she has developed few(4-5) white pimples on her back. Today for the first time she is scaratching her eyes and forhead too, it seems likes itchy is spreading from her cheeks to eys & forhead too. Her skin keeps peeling off.

Thanks.
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

I am noticing some changes from last 2 days. Her skin peeling on face has reduced, and the cheeks color is much better from dark bluish red. No watery discharge from her cheeks too. Her toes are also better, and not as much greenish blue as before. Her back has more white pimples than before approx 10. A couple of white pimples on her knees too. Last 2 days I started using coconut oil on her skin, that could have made some difference too.
I got Calcarea Carb 200c today, but haven't given it yet. Do you think I should give it, or wait for few more days and watch this little positive response that I am seeing now?

Thanks.
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

Things are same again. Her skin is flaky, full of rashes, and she keeps itching until it bleeds.
I am sending you a picture of her on your gmail account.
I am sure there is a lot more to her and our family history that needs to be shared.
I remebered this week that my father used to be itchy on her upper back below and around shoulders. He used to do that mostly with comb, and would do it until it scars. My father's sister used to do be itchy almost all over, I remember she used to massage coconut oil all over her, but she souldn't scratch just massage.
I also had some stress during last month of pregnancy, and first few months after delivery because of relationship problems with my in-laws.
I have heard that these skin problems get treated by homepathy. I think I need to share more details about us for you to better handle this case.

Thanks.
Pooja

Hi Sameer,

I gave Calcarea Carb 200c to my daughter 3 days ago.
She is having swelling on her face when she wakes up in the morning, her cheeks are bluish red, her eyes look small because of swelling around them. It reduces slowly during the day but not completely. By the end of the day its almost half as much as in morning. But again swollen next morning.
I'll put more detailed update in 2 weeks, but this was something unusual than before, I thought i'll take your opinion on this.

Thanks
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

Update after 2 weeks...

She has been fine in moods mostly. But whenever I ask her

anything to do answer is always no. She wants everything to

do on her terms, i'll give you an example... She was upstairs

and itchy and was asking for cream. Dad went to put her cream

she said no i want mom. I was cooking, and dad brought her

downstairs, i washed my hands put her on the couch to put cream and she

started saying no i want it upstairs in bed. I took her

upstairs and told her to stand in bed not sit or it all rubs

away. But she was adamant that I want to sit not stand. She

didn't listen and started crying. It takes almost 20-30 mins

to always put cream over her and follow her changing demands

one after another. Whatever we say she changes it.
Always complains about cold toes. Mostly makes excuses to walk, but sometimes walks/runs around and likes to dance. After sitting on couch for half an hour, its hard for her to walk normally, she will complain about legs and knees hurting, and would like to be carried.
There has been no change in her itchy. Skin looks bad, legs still the same as i sent you in picture. Itches her face and neck very badly that it turns red with little wounds.
As I mentioned before that she has food allergies, I think some food intake is interfering with her cure. I just can't analyse which remedy is right for her or not.
There's some imrovement in her skin on hands and wrists.
Also about swimming, she has stopped doing it, just wouldn't go near the pool. She starts crying there loudly if we take her, and it gets an embarassing situtaion.
In school, she is slowly transitioning to next room, but cries and having tough time in getting settled.
She is very tiny than other kids her age, there has been not much growth. Her birth weight was normal, 7 pounds 9 ounce.
She doesn't want to eat normal food, prefers only crackers, cheezits, juice etc..

She has not been passing stools everyday anymore. She became very regular before Calc. I wouldn't say she is constipated but its not everyday, sometimes very tiny hard pieces, and sometimes a very big piece, and few times normal too.
Please ask questions if I missed to talk about anything.

Thanks
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

About swimming - may be she is afraid of water to some extent, but she still managed to have fun in there. She also has little scartches and wounds from itch, and first touch of water pinches her, and she cries. I used to sponge her every night before bed, she would sleep better and would itch lesser. But now she cries like anything and I can see that how the first touch of water bothers her so much. In the shower also she stands in the back in the beginning but slowly gets in. Once she gets wet completely she feels better. Morning when she wakes up her itch is so unconrollable then, and she goes straight to shower and cream, and feels relieved after that.
For last week she didn't have much watery discharge from her cheeks, but today I see it again, not sure its some food intake or Calc not acting anymore.
Contrary behavior... with parents its for sure everywhere whether in or out of the house. Its hard to say with others, because no-one else is expecting her to do the daily routines, and with teachers, I think they let her decide what she wants. I would say such situations occur at home with parents only.

I realized now how eczema is such a complicated condition.
Let me know if you have more questions.

Regards
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

Last 2 weeks I stopped giving milk to her. Overall her skin
has less cracks, with almost no watery discharge. Her cheeks are on & off, sometimes look better, and very soon she'll have a big break out on her cheeks, when she itches it starts to look powdery, flakes start to peel and fall, and would start bleeding. Overall the frequency of breaking out of cheeks have reduced a bit. Skin is still grainy, but less dry.
She used to change and put on her clothese herself, but doesn't want to do it anymore, like wouldn't put on her socks herself, she says I can't pull. Can't take off her shirt anymore, she doesn't put enough energy to do that and keeps screaming that I need help.
I read in other post about Vaccinations, I am not sure if her condition got worse because of that. I never knew that vaccinations could have these kind of side effects. But I have doubts that may be she got something from it. Because first 2 years her eczema used to be only behind the knees and on the arm folds.
Constipation is almost back, she doesn't go regulary, once in 3-4 days. She doesn't want to eat much, whenever its food in front of her she makes excuse that I want to go potty or I am itchy. She would sit for potty until we finish our dinner, and she wouldn't even pass anything other than just pee.
Complains a lot about cold toes.
Her mental state is still the same, her answer is no for almost everything. But other than that she is in fine moods.

Regards,
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

She is generally the happiest one out of all of us in the family :). She brings smile and laugh for us by her witty remarks.
She is not good with learning simple things, like it has been not so easy to teach her ABC's, numbers, shapes and colors. She likes to manipulate things in her own way. Like if I showed her this is letter 'A', she will not make any effort to remember that, instead she will make any funny remark on it, and just move on to do something else. There's no frustration on her face ever. She wants things to be done her way, not the way I tell her to do it. She does it pleasantly and makes sure that she is not making me upset. If I do get upset she wants me out of there and wants dad then. She still wouldn't do what I or dad will tell her to do. Like somdays in the morning she'll say that I don't want to go pee or brush teeth, and its almost impossible to change her mind. She is good at making excuses, and itch is her all time excuse because we have to give it first priority and put cream on her.
She doesn't like when I am listening to her older sister, and she will start talking in the middle with louder voice, if I tell her to wait, or if I ignore her then, she will cry like anything. She likes attention. She likes to keep shoes on inside the house. She likes to dress-up. Everyday it has to have a dress, no pants or pajamas. She likes tight leggings on her legs with dress. She says girls wear that, pajamas are for boys. She liked the kiddy rides during summer, but doesn't like going down the slide.
In food, she likes to eat chips, crackers, juices, lemonade, dahi, fries, not much fan of bread, and roti, paratha these days, earlier she used to eat those better.

Since I gave her Cal-c 200, she didn't fall sick. Before that she used to get sick atleast once a month with cold and wheezing. After calc 30 she got sick once but wheezing was very little. I can say that she has built some immunity with calc.

Her skin is better than before too, and I am planning to start milk for her during long weekend, and to see how her skin reacts to it.
But there has been no watery discharge from her cheeks lately. During the day her itch is reduced, and during night she still wakes up 3-4 times, but intenstity is reduced than before, and she will fall back to sleep sooner than before. I can say 20-30% improvement. Her pimples all over body were bigger in size after calc 200, she would always peel them off to leave a wound there.
She doesn't like to be alone anytime. She wants to sleep with me in the night.

That's all I can think of now. Please ask if I missed to talk about something. It could be that I haven't analysed somethings until it was asked by somebody. So please raise questions.

Thank you so much.
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

Sorry I am updating earlier than a week, and the reason is she is complaining about her legs hurting, sometimes she says... 'my knees are hurting, I can't bend, it hurts when I bend, my hip is hurting'. Once she starts playing around the house she starts to feel better. But when she gets up from sitting then it really bothers her, and she doesn't want to walk. She is not complaining about pins & needles in her feet any more, its the pain in knees mostly, and sometimes hips, I think its mostly the left leg more hurting, but I am not very sure.
I tried to give her milk, but she didn't drink more than an ounce. Her skin and itch has been intense specially when some one comes to our house or if we go to someone's house. If just at home its controllable.
She cries a lot when its time to wash hands or take shower, her wounds really hurt because of water. Her clothes and bedding keep getting some blod stains on it.
Her undershirts has some black sticky stuff, kind of looks like mold, that doesn't go away after washing, and we have to throw them away, those look so dirty to be used again.
She has not been eating much, very very little the whole day, and that's making her constipated again.
Would appreciate your words on her.

Thanks as always.
Pooja

correction - i meant blood stains up, not blod.
Also she has not been drinking much water and using bathroom only once or twice in 24 hours.

Sameer, what is your opinion on ARSENICUM ALBUM for her, or may be Arnica? Sulphur seems the best fir but I read that Sulphur should not be followed after CalC.
I have been reading about so many remedies for her today, this is how I am spending my vacation day :)
When she is irritated while doing itchy, she says nothing's working for me, my itchy is never going to go away.
Among drinks, lemonade is her favorite.
Also. lately she has developed dandruff in her hair, I need to shampoo her hair daily since then or I can see white flakes in her head.

Sorry for over-posting.
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

since yesterday, while walking she is not bending her left leg. I tried few different ways if she can do it or not. While changing clothes, she bent it very little but then didn't want't to straighten it again.
She is also a lot bothered by sounds around her, says 'I can't eat while you are talking', 'I can't put my hairband on when washer/dryer is running, its too loud', 'I can't do it(using glitter glue) when big sister is making any sound or talking around her.
Irritable only when itchy, or when doesn't want to do things we expect her to do. She is good at making excuses :) so I am not sure that the sounds I mentioned above are just excuses, or is it that hands doesn't have strength to do those things.

Thanks for your time.
Pooja

Dear Sameer,
I went thru some of the posts of Dr. Joe De Livera, and think I should give it a try for Arnica 6c the way he prescribes for eczema. I understand its against the principles of classical homeopathy, but I don't think I have anything to loose by giving it a try. If it doesn't work, I can follow the same what I am following now.
Your opinion about Arnica will be highly valuable.

Regards,
Pooja.

Dear Sameer,

I gave her 3 doses of Pulsatilla 30c 3 times today, and will report you in 5 days.
I am also going to order and keep Arnica 6c with me, and will give it a try if still needed after Pulsatilla 30c, but will definitely take your opinion before doing that, and will keep you posted about the progress.
As a mom, I believe I should try what it takes to make her feel better. If there are any risks involved I would appreciate your advice on it.

Thanks and Regards,
Pooja

Dear Sameer,

Updating 5 days after Pulsatilla 30C.
She is not complaining about knee, hip pains anymore.
Dandruff from scalp almost gone.
Her wounds all over her skin are almost healed, and she doesn't say no for bath, and water doesn't hurt her anymore.
She had actually lost weight while on CalC, and she wasn't eating much. Now her diet has improved a little bit, and hoping her weight to get back to normal. She is still very picky though.
Itchy is still very intense, but frequency is reduced on some days, other days its the same.
Her skin looks wrinkled at some places, mostly on wrists and neck.
Her mood has been fine too, happy and witty like before, and as always a no-no girl :). We need to be manuipulative with her to get the regular things done like washing hands after bathroom, brushing her teeth etc.
Her skin looks clear than before, but wrinkly at some places. Her face has no more watery discharge. After bath, and after scracthing her cheeks are warm and dark bluish red in color.

Thanks,
Pooja

Dear Sameer,
Dandruff has started to increase again.
New wounds are coming on skin. Overall there is improvemnt on her skin. There has been water discharge from her cheeks for couple of days, but a lot lesser than before.
Her mood has been fine. Itchy is still very intense but with reduced frequency on most of the days.

Do you think I can give her next potency of Pulsatilla.

Thanks
Pooja.