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Pilonidal cyst, please help it's not going away!

Hello,

I've been battling a pilonidal cyst for over a year now and have tried many different remedies, including antibiotics. The only thing I haven't tried yet is surgery, which I would very much like to avoid.

A couple months ago I found this website and tried the following remedy as posted on these forums:

One Dose Myristica 200 C

If it fails to burst open the abcess in five days...give another dose.

After that Silicea 6C ..three times a day ..for one week..or until the cyst drains out all the pus.

Later, Hepar Sulph. 200C and Silicea 200C ...one dose seperately on consective days in alteration.

Like Monday..Silicea
Tuesday ..Hepar Sulph
Wednesday ...Silicea

and so on...until the entire area drys up totally.

http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/86549/

It has been about three weeks since I started alternating the Silicea 200C and the Hepar Sulph, the cyst had dried up with the Silicea 30C, but now it has started draining again with the Silicea 200C and the Hepar Sulph and actually seems to be getting worse again, it is also somewhat painful.

Please help, is there another remedy I can try, or what should I do?

Many thanks,
Hannah
 
  hannahv on 2006-12-17
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Questionnaire for Taking the Case.

Please indicate a normal condition of health by writing ’N’.
1. A moderately experienced pain, by putting one plus (+); a severe one by two pluses (++), and a very severe one by three pluses (+++).
2. Where two opposite conditions are given together (e.g. tall/short), strike off the one which is not applicable.
3. Put a cross(x) against questions not applicable to the patient.
Date.

Sex; M/F. --------------------------------------------------------------------
Occupation. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Married/Unmarried. -------------------------------------------------------
Height: Tall/Medium/Short.
Build: Thin/Normal/Obese.-----------------------------------------------
Age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------


A. (A) Please state briefly the serious complaints the patient has suffered from since childhood.
B. Nature of complaint. Year of occurrence. How long did it lost. Any recurrence thereafter.
C. Any history of Asthma, T.B, Cancer, Psoriasis, Insanity or any other disease.

2. Present (Chief) Complaint. Please state all the disorders patient has latterly suffered from---even if he considers any of them unimportant, or not related to his main complaint.

Part of the body affected.

Sensations and complaints.

Modalities. Aggravation/Amelioration.

Probable cause.

3. Any disorder of senses of Taste/Smell/Hearing/Vision/Touch.-----------------

( Appetite/Hunger; is it normal? ---Excessive? ----Deficient------, Capricious (At unusual time)? ----- (Waiting).

Does he feel filled up after a few morsels of food---------------Abdomen bloated---------Flatulence (Gas)/------Heartburn/-------Eructation.----------

©.Food items for which patient has a craving of aversions and which disagree with him.

Food Items. Cravings. Aversion. Disagree.
Sweets.
Salty things.
Sour things.
Milk.
Eggs.
Meat/Fish.
Butter.
Spices(Condiments)
Potatoes/Starchy food.

Fried things.
Drinks, Warm/Cold.
Drinks, ice cold.
Onion/Garlic.
Raw vegetables.
Juicy, refreshing things.
Alcoholic Liquors.
Any other.

Thirst. Please indicate the intensity of his thirst with suitable ticks.
Thirsty (Drinks a lot in a day).
Thirst less (Drinks comparatively little in a day):
Quantity and frequency: Thirst for large/small quantity and at long/shorts intervals.
Stools. Please indicate severity with plus marks:

Nature of stools. Soft, Hard, Bloody, Slimy, with urging, Must strain, No of stools.

Normal,
Constipated.
Loose.
Dysenteric.

Piles.

Bleeding; ----Blind; ----Protruding; -----itching----Burning, -----Fissures, ----Painful, ----Fistula.

Aggravated by; -----------Ameliorated.

Urine.

Profuse/scanty; ----Frequent, -----Dribbling, -----Burning, -----Involuntary—Day/Night,
Colour, odour, painful, deposits, sugar, stones (Kidney/Bladder).
Position in which urine passes easily.

Breathing.
Any complaints: ------
Bronchitis; Asthma, Rapid, Oppressed, Rattling, Wheezing,
Difficult Expiration/inspiration.

Cough.
Hollow/Harassing/Tickling/Spasmodic.

Expectoration.
Taste, Odour, copious/little., watery, Tenacious.

Sexual. Male.

Desire: strong/weak.
Erection.Strong/weak
Emission. In sleep, during stool/too early.
Coition, any complaint during, or after.
History of venereal diseases.

Female.
Age at first menstruation. ------.
Menses.
Profuse/scanty: Too early/Too late.
Flow.
Red/Dark/Pitch like/Smell Fetid.
Nature of the complaint in relation to menses.
Before menses/During Menses/After Menses.

Leucorrhoea.
Watery/Thick/Tenacious/Fetid smell/Acrid? Excoriating/Any other.
Causes Itching.
Abortion if any.
During which month of pregnancy.
Coition: Aversion to.Desire, Strong/Weak.
Number of children: ----Sterility.

Side of the body Affected.
(Please name the anatomical region, also stating right or left side of the body)
Complaints first appeared in ------Right/Left.
Complaints then extended to-------Right/Left from.
Complaints shift from place to another.

Cold or Hot (Burning) Sensation.
Cold/Hot (Burning in:Vertex/Eyes/ears/Face/Stomach/Abdomen/Back/Palm/Soles.Any other.

Sweat. If excessive.
Where/When/Odor of sweat/Does it stain clothes/Color of the stain.
Very little sweat (Dry skin)
Partial Sweat on; Head/Face/Soles or others.

Skin, Glands/Bones.
Nature of disease.Where/Dry/Oozing/Itching/Moist/Watery/Viscid/Bloody/Pus/Burning.

Sleep.
Normal/Sound/Disturbed/Difficult/Too sleepy/Sleeplessness/Unreflecting.

Position in sleep.
Lies on back/on right/left./lies on abdomen/Head rose.
Dreams.Pleasent/Unpleasent/Nightmare/Snoring.
Modalities.
At which time the complaint is aggravated/Ameliorated.
Under what circumstances the complaint is aggravated/Ameliorated.
In what season the complaint the complaint is aggravated/amelioration.

Mental attitude.
Sensations.
Ball or plug/burning/heat/benumbing/bruished/bursting/splitting/chilly/cramps/constricting/contracting/dizziness/vertigo/emptiness/fullness/itching internally/tingling/lethargy/itching/scratching/hammering/neuralgic/hammering/numbness/restlessness/scraping/sinking feeling/jerking/twitching/stiffness/rigidity/stinging/sprained/dislocated/throbbing/pulsating/trembling/quivering/tightness/tension./any other.

Any other complaint anywhere in the body.

Remember personal symptoms like desire and aversion regarding food and drinks,sleep,dreams,thirst,appetite,sex and mental behaviour and all other symptoms that have no direct concern with the disease are very important.

sajjad.
 
sajjadakram635 last decade
Hello Sajjad,

I'm having trouble posting the response to the survey, any suggestions, anywhere I can email it to?

Thank you,
Hannah
 
hannahv last decade
Please see my answers attached (couldn't give them otherwise, sorry!)

-Hannah

(part 1)

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hannahv last decade
Questionnaire for Taking the Case.


Sex F
Occupation, Student
Address, New England
Unmarried
Height, Short.
Build, Thin
Age, 25


Please state briefly the serious complaints the patient has suffered from since childhood.
Only serious complaint was a high frequency of ear infections as a child. Antibiotics were always taken, which led to “Candida” which was cured with a anti candida diet.

Nature of complaint. Year of occurrence. How long did it lost. Any recurrence thereafter.
Ear infections started at age of 3, were worst then, and then recurred every now and then until roughly age of 16.

Any history of Asthma, T.B, Cancer, Psoriasis, Insanity or any other disease.
No.

Present (Chief) Complaint. Please state all the disorders patient has latterly suffered from even if he considers any of them unimportant, or not related to his main complaint.
Present complaint is pilonidal cyst. Occurred about a year and a half ago at which point antibiotics were prescribed, which seemed to take care of the problem temporarily, surgery was not recommended. A month or so later the cyst burst and drained, since then it has continued to burst and drain periodically, never going away completely. I have tried various remedied, including castor oil applications, and other ointments, which help temporarily but cyst never goes away completely.

Part of the body affected.
Base of spine.

Sensations and complaints.
Painful when about to burst, otherwise not much pain but constant drainage.

Modalities. Aggravation Amelioration.

Probable cause.
Unsure

Any disorder of senses of Taste Smell Hearing Vision Touch. No

Appetite Hunger; is it normal? Normal.

Does he feel filled up after a few morsels of food: No.

Food items for which patient has a craving of aversions and which disagree with him.

Food Items. Cravings. Aversion. Disagree.
Sweets Cravings
Salty things Cravings
Sour things nothing
Milk nothing
Eggs normal
Meat Fish normal
Butter normal
Spices Condiments normal
Potatoes Starchy food normal

Fried things aversion
Drinks, Warm
Drinks, ice cold aversion
Onion Garlic normal
Raw vegetables normal
Juicy, refreshing things cravings
Alcoholic Liquors normal
Any other

Thirst. Please indicate the intensity of his thirst with suitable ticks.
Thirsty Drinks a lot in a day. yes
Thirst less Drinks comparatively little in a day, yes
Quantity and frequency Thirst for large quantity and at short intervals.
Stools. Please indicate severity with plus marks:

Nature of stools. Soft.
No of stools. 1 or 2 per day

Normal,

Piles NA

Urine.

Profuse Frequent Both Day and Night,
Colour yellow and clear, odour, none

Position in which urine passes easily: normal position, seated.

Breathing.
Any complaints none
Bronchitis Asthma, Rapid, Oppressed, Rattling, Wheezing,
NA

Cough NA

Expectoration NA

Sexual

Female
Age at first menstruation. 12.
Menses.
Profuse Regular.
Flow Red
Smell normal
Nature of the complaint in relation to menses NA
Before menses During Menses After Menses always

Leucorrhoea.
Thick
Smell Normal
Coition normal Desire Weak.
Number of children None

Side of the body Affected.
Complaints first appeared in slightly to the Right, but very close to middle, at base of spine.
Complaints then stayed on right.

Cold Hot Burning NA

Sweat. If excessive NA

Skin, Glands Bones.
Nature of disease. Where all Oozing Itching Moist Watery Bloody Pus.

Sleep.
Normal too sleepy sleeplessness because of stress of occupation.

Position in sleep.
Lies on (ALL) back on right left.
Dreams Unpleasant.
Modalities.
At which time the complaint is aggravated Ameliorated No known correlation.
Under what circumstances the complaint is aggravated Ameliorated no known correlation.
In what season the complaint the complaint is aggravated, amelioration no known correlation

Mental attitude not sure, normal, NA

Any other complaint anywhere in the body slight difficulty with aversion to sex common headaches and lethargy.
 
hannahv last decade
Same type of case is posted by
kap25.Please make sure that he is some one else.
If you are a female then the remedy for you is Calcarea Carb 30c,5 drops in a little water twice daily for 5 days a week.No medicine for two days.Repeat for another two weeks and then inform.

sajjad.
 
sajjadakram635 last decade
Thank you Sajjad.

I am certainly not kap25, rest assured, this is the first time I have posted on this forum.

Should I stop all other medications (the silicea and the hepar sulph) while taking the calcarea carb? And should the Calcarea Carb be taken away from food or with it?

Many thanks for all of your help and patience!

-Hannah
 
hannahv last decade
yes,stop all other medicines while taking cal-carb and avoid spicy food.

sajjad.
 
sajjadakram635 last decade
Hi Saddaj,

One more quick question: I found Calcarea Carb 30c in pellet form but not in liquid form. Can you tell me how many pellets I should take per dose? The packaging says '5 pellets 3 times per day'.

Many thanks,
Hannah
 
hannahv last decade
Sajjad,

Terribly sorry, I misspelled your name in the previous post.

My apologies!

Thanks again,
Hannah
 
hannahv last decade

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