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Doc NawazKhan Doc Rahiq pls help ::::::Cold,Sciatica,Hairfall.Doctor David pls Help

Pls find the details below:

It is important to describe all your problems in as much detail as you are able. One word answers and short sentences are not particularly helpful. Discuss each problem one at a time, providing (as a minimum level of detail) the following information.

1. What exactly happens?

Age : 60

The problem started around 33 years ago when my first child was born. Birth was during winters. I had to get up on night to feed her. The problem aggravated during the birth of my second child, again born in winters. With the passage of time the problem kept on increasing.
I remember before my delivery my father, sister and brother also used to get cold /allergy sometimes but I was not much affected.
The situation became so critical that 2-3 days in a week I was suffering with cold and a little fever also. After taking anti allergic, I used to sleep and after getting up I was again having cold and have to take anti allergic tablet.
Then I read in the news paper about “Hyderabad Fish Treatment”. I went to them and they gave me some medicine which was semisolid in form.

http://www.echarcha.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1797 . Pls check this link


This was a miraculous medicine .A very little amount of it could make me feel normal.
There was no sleeping effect .After taking this medicine, I fell alright.But suddenly I felt that I had become addicted to it. If I take this medicine every day , I am fine And the day I skip I was attacked by cold .Now if I do not take that medicine for more than 48 hours ,I get cold which becomes severe with fever .I start feeling cold and feverish with sneezing all the time. Nose turns red and I cannot do any work. Once I did not take the medicine for 4-5 days, the cold was so severe that I was feeling very uncomfortable while breathing. I took allopathic medicine to recover. If I stop this herbal medicine for trial basis for 2-3 days then I have to take almost 2-3 times this medicine to recover.
If I take this medicine on regular basis I am very fine.
I have enquired the doctor many times about the contents of the herbal medicine. He says I will inform you about the ingredients through letter but he never reverts.
I do not how should I get it tested whether it contains harmful medicines, steroids etc.
I want to leave this medicine but do not know how.

Along with this I have been suffering from Sugar from last 11 years. For this I am taking 1 tablet of Glyzid-M 80mg everyday.
Last year I suffered from Sciatica pain .I exercise daily so the problem is under control but not completely cured.
Hairfall: Hairfall: I have been using Mintop and revytress gel to prevent hair fall but in vein and has lost maximu hair.
Though I am overweight (height 5.0, weight 65 Kg), my hands and feet have become very week and small in size comparatively.I also feel stiffness in joints(finger joints).

Other wise I feel normal and active. My Hemoglobin is between 9-10

2. Describe all sensations and pains. Each pain or sensation should be described in such a way that allows us to imagine having the same pain.

Sciatica: sometimes there is a little pain in pelvic region which generally occurs when I get up in the morning, when I am tired and when I bend.
Sometimes there is a pain in the leg, in upper part on the exterior side of leg
Very few times the pain is in the whole leg, again on exterior side.

Hands: I feel less strength in my hand and feet.
Doctor suggested me to take calcium and I am taking 1 calcium tablet everyday.
I take I B complex capsule almost everyday.

3. What causes the problem to get worse after it has started occurring?

Cold: As far as cold is concerned, if I continue doing the work, walking, sitting it gets worse.
Sciatica: If I work, stand for more time or bend it aggravates the problem.
cold and sciatica: increase in winters.

hair fall: increases in hot and humid climate and rainy season.

4. What creates some relief for the problem?

Cold: If I lie down straight.

Sciatica: Massage and exercise helps .If this does not help than pain killer medicines

Hairfall: Nothing


5. What triggers the problem into occurring?

Cold: It starts suddenly; say I get up after sleep,
I am allergic to dust, condiments, smoke, cigarettes, foul smell, sudden change of temperature etc

Sciatica: When I exert, or I bend.
Hairfall: Do not know How it started or what lead to Hairfall but it is severe.


6. What time of the day or night does the problem occur?
Anytime. Nothing specific

7. When did the problem start? What was happening in your life at that time? Did some specific event or treatment take place just before the problem started?

Cold: The problem started around 33 years ago when my first child was born. Birth was during winters. I had to get up on night to feed her. The problem aggravated during the birth of my second child, again born in winters. With the passage of time the problem kept on increasing


Sciatica: The problem started in 2009 .It suddenly started .Nothing specific was happening in my life.
No specific event or treatment take place just before the problem started

Hairfall: I do not remember .I correlate it with Cold. The Hairfall problem increases with cold and humid climate

Move from one problem to the next, doing the same thing. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU GIVE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF YOUR HEALTH BY PROVIDING ALL PROBLEMS YOU HAVE, EVEN IF NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN ONE, AND EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER IT OF LESS IMPORTANCE. You should address each problem separately using the above 7 questions as a guide.

As well as this, please describe any traumatic incidents that have taken place in your life. Discuss anything that has had a lasting impact on you mentally, emotionally or physically.
N.A.

Discuss the way that you manage or deal with your problems, or any problems that occur in your life.
If the problem is big, I try to hide it from my kids and manage it myself.
I generally think about the problem, and how to handle it. Then I work accordingly.
While dealing with problems I have both fear and anxiety.


Discuss any patterns you have noticed in your behavior especially concerning your disease.
I think why this disease has happened to me, when I am particular. Along with this I try
To solve the problems using natural ways like acupressure, massage etc.



Discuss any part of your life where you feel stuck or unable to change and grow, especially where this occurred around the beginning of your disease, or as the disease evolved.

Cold: when I have severe cold I cant do anything. Same is with sciatica.
I really cant do anything w.r.t Hairfall and feel depressed and helpless.



Describe your childhood and the kind of environment you grew up in, with reference to your relationships with your family, your school experiences, and any serious childhood diseases.

If your earlier discussions have not mentioned these already, please describe:

1. The specific foods that you crave (not just like) or hate
After sugar I have started liking sweet things, though I did not liked them before.
Cravings for fried food in morning

Hate; Nothing

2. The specific drinks that you crave or hate
Nothing specific


3. What your sleep is like
When I am tensed, I do not get sleep till 3 a.m. During this time (when I am tensed ) this happens on alternate days.
I do not get dreams.
When I am not tensed , It’s a sound sleep

4. How the weather and the temperature affects you

I do not like extreme weather. Pleasant weather is enjoyable.

5. What kinds of things in the environment you are particularly sensitive to

I am allergic to dust, condiments,smoke, ciggerattes, foul smell, sudden chnge of temprature

6. What your general level of energy is like

Normal.

7. What your level of sexual energy or desire is like
Normal
8. Describe your menstrual cycle

I got my uterus removed. Other wise it was normal

9. Also give these details

a) Body type and build : overweight

slight heavy and disproportionate. More weight on arms, hips , stomach, thighs .
Hands and feet are skinny and have become small.

b) Skin colour and texture

Fair and smooth


c) Areas of the body tends to perspire on
Whole body but more on head


d) Odour of sweat: normal
body: normal
stool: normal
flatus: odourless
urine: normal

e) Colour of stool, urine, sweat : light brown( dark brown when intake has iron).
Urine:If I take B complex, dark yellow o/w its white
Sweat: white

10. Give any reactions to vaccines or medical drugs.N.A.
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  HoneyKhanna on 2011-07-18
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
This is your aunt I take it?
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Hello Doctor,
This is my aunt only.Everything mentioned here is tols by her .
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
Ok some points need to be clarified.

1. So there are head cold symptoms? And there is a feeling of being cold is that right? This goes along with the allergy symptoms?

2. When you stop the Ayurvedic medicine, are the cold/allergy symptoms worse than they were before starting it? By the way, as far as I can tell it is an actual fish that the remedy is made from, although the specific fish is a secret.

3. Please answer the defining questions about each of the following symptoms, one at a time (defining questions are What does it feel like?, When does it happen?, What makes it worse?, What makes it better?, When did it start?, What symptoms occur at the same time or just before or just after?):

Fever

Breathing problem

4. Also, please describe the discharge that comes from the nose, and if there are any other symptoms of a cold (coughing, sore throat, itching eyes, watering eyes, ear aches and so on). If there are, each one needs to be defined as above.

5. What is the exact feeling of the hands - what is 'less strength'?

6. What work do you do that aggravates the cold symptoms and the sciatica?

7. Which direction if you bend does the sciatica become worse?

8. What kind of sudden change of temperature aggravates? Cold to warm, warm to cold?

9. What position of laying down helps the cold symptoms? Lying on the back, the side, the stomach?

10. What kind of foul smell aggravates the allergies?

11. So do you feel that these cold symptoms started from getting cold? Was it windy cold like a draft? What kind of winter was it - cold wet, cold dry, cold wind, any other kind of cold?

12. How do you experience the cold? Apart from the head cold/allergy symptoms, what does it feel like when you get cold, when it is winter?

13. Talk more about Fear and Anxiety - what are these like, what causes them to happen, what makes you feel fear, what makes you feel anxiety? When you get fear, where do you feel it in the body, what does it feel like there? When you feel anxious what do you do?

14. Describe more about feeling depressed.

15. What is the feeling of 'being tensed'?

16. Why did you have your uterus removed?
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Doc,
I will revert soon with answers.
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
Hello Doctor David,
I have been able to get the answers and here they go:

1. So there are head cold symptoms? And there is a feeling of being cold is that right? This goes along with the allergy symptoms?


Yes.



2. When you stop the Ayurvedic medicine, are the cold/allergy symptoms worse than they were before starting it? By the way, as far as I can tell it is an actual fish that the remedy is made from, although the specific fish is a secret.


About fish therapy I read from somewhere that a particular fish of very small size is made to grow on some herbs. This live fish is made to swallow with water for the first time, after that the patient is given a semi solid, dark grey coloured medicine in small amount say a size of a white gram. This medicine is v effective for me atleast.But since I do not know about the ingredeints I now want to stop taking this medicine.

3. Please answer the defining questions about each of the following symptoms, one at a time (defining questions are What does it feel like?, When does it happen?, What makes it worse?, What makes it better?, When did it start?, What symptoms occur at the same time or just before or just after?):




Feverand Breathing problem: approx on the 2nd day of cold. I get about 100 C fever, then I feel cold and sleepy with heavy head.The problem increases if I sit or stand.It worsens if I wash my hands or do some work related to water.If I lie down or drink some milk with sugar or have some oily food the situtaion becomes better.
What happens second day, I cannot tell as I have to take this medicine or some allopathic medicine
When nose blocks, ther is a discharge problem, but this occurred when i did not knw about this hyderabadi medicine.
During that time on advice of doctor, I used otrivin nasal drops but now I do not delay in taking hydrabadi medicine ,as the condition becomes very serious with nose blockage and respiratory problem.

4. Also, please describe the discharge that comes from the nose, and if there are any other symptoms of a cold (coughing, sore throat, itching eyes, watering eyes, ear aches and so on). If there are, each one needs to be defined as above


Discharge: Discharge is a clear wtaery fluid. If the cold continues for 2-3 days inspite of taking medicine, then the fluid becomes yellowish, thick and stcky and also does not flow continously.

5. What is the exact feeling of the hands - what is 'less strength'?

Hands and feet have become bony and look smaller in size , weak in appearance compared to my body. This effect(losing fat) is visible on wrists also, more on left hand side.


6. What work do you do that aggravates the cold symptoms and the sciatica?

Regarding cold, its umpredictable, it can occur anytime . But it definitley occurs when I get up after sleeping may be during day or after night, extreme hot temprature, extreme cold temp, rains , spices , dust, when I lie down on the stomach etc.

As far as sciatica is concerned , when I get up in the morning , I feel comfortable with belt . other wise I feel some pain in the lower middle of lower back, above the hips. I also feel pain when i exert much.



7. Which direction if you bend does the sciatica become worse?
Sciatica is under control now with excercise but back ache occurs when I bend forward.

8. What kind of sudden change of temperature aggravates? Cold to warm, warm to cold?

Both , but more from warm to cold.

9. What position of laying down helps the cold symptoms? Lying on the back, the side, the stomach?

When I lie down on the stomach, nasal secretion starts flowing though I may be normal before lying down.
During cold If I sleep normal sideways secretion starts from that particular direction.If I sleep on back there is some releif but with this hyderabadi medicine , everythin is fine.

10. What kind of foul smell aggravates the allergies?

sewage, fermented waste, smoke of everyt type.


11. So do you feel that these cold symptoms started from getting cold? Was it windy cold like a draft? What kind of winter was it - cold wet, cold dry, cold wind, any other kind of cold?

my kids are jan and february born , so it was cold dry.I remember it used to be foggy in between as well

12. How do you experience the cold? Apart from the head cold/allergy symptoms, what does it feel like when you get cold, when it is winter?

I feel like lying down with some quilt or blanket. But since I am taking this medicine life is comfortable.


13. Talk more about Fear and Anxiety - what are these like, what causes them to happen, what makes you feel fear, what makes you feel anxiety? When you get fear, where do you feel it in the body, what does it feel like there? When you feel anxious what do you do?


Fears are normal: like If I am alone at home at night,I fear of thieves.When I get fear I feel some reaction or feeling in stomach or centre of head.

Anxiety: I feel when I am desiring something or liking something from the core of my heart.When U feel anxious or when something is going on in my mind be pleasernt , may be tension causing generallyI feel sleepless till late night,

I also have a knee joint pain on right leg,In routing I am fine , but if I have to climb stairs I put my left feet on first stair .If I climb stairs using both the legs for different stairs then I feel right knee joint cannot support the action in a normal way.I do not know if this is actually a factor or psychological factor.


14. Describe more about feeling depressed.

Many times I feel depressed/ sad for no reasons.If there is something negative, i feel the negative effect of that remains on me for a longer time.
I am suffering from hairfall as well and this adds to my depression at times.

15. What is the feeling of 'being tensed'?

If I feel that my work is not done properly or with in time limit , I feel tensed and feel sleepless.
If some thing happens to my near and dear ones.


16. Why did you have your uterus removed?
Fibroids was the only reason.


Pls suggest
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HoneyKhanna last decade
Please ensure that you answer my questions when I ask them.

When you stop the Ayurvedic medicine, are the cold/allergy symptoms worse than they were before starting it?

This is actually a very important question.

Also, since start this medicine, have you developed any new symptoms?

Please think very carefully.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Hello doctor,
Request you to check your inbox for answers.
Thanks
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
According to those answers, it is very clear that the Ayurvedic medicine is suppressing your cold symptoms and causing worse symptoms to appear, on top of making the those original symptoms worse.

This is a very serious situation. While you continue to suppress them this way I do not think you will be cured.

The indicated remedy appears to be Arsenicum. Because of the suppression being done every day, I would prefer that you get Arsenicum 0/1 (LM potency) and take daily doses.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Doctor,Pls confirm the process of taking remedy, doses and timings.
Thank you
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HoneyKhanna last decade
Buy the pillules of Arsenicum 0/1. Make up a dosing bottle as normal.

Hit the bottle twice, place 1 drop into 1/2 cup of water, stir and take 1 teaspoon. Throw the rest of the water out.

Do this once each day, stopping the moment that symptoms worsen.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Doctor,
Say in night if she gets cold and is in a bad condition , can ayurvedic medicine be taken or otherwise what can be done.
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
It is making her sicker. It is probably ruining her health. We will need to withdraw her from that medicine as she is now addicted to it. But this should not be done until we are sure she is on the correct homoeopathic medicine. It is important that she does not stop anything, but she also must not increase her dosage of the ayurvedic medicine. When I am sure Arsenicum is correct, we will start reducing her dosage of the ayurvedic one.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Ok doctor.
So let me sum up what I need to convey her.
She needs to take Arsenicum LM .Along with this she can also take ayurvedic medicine on daily basis but dosage should not be increased.
And going further once sure Arsenicum is her remedy , ayurvedic medicine dosage can be reduced.
Pls confirm
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
Yes that is correct.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
ok.Thank you :-)
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
one more concern doctor. Since she says , she is totally fine with ayurvedic medicine and taking this on regular basis does not have her cold symptoms.Then how will we make out that arsenicum is working?
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
She has other symptoms, we will know. I prescribed on the sensitivity to cold, the anxiety, the fear of thieves at night, the depression. So these things will show improvement. When it is clear the remedy is having a positive effect, we will start reducing the ayurvedic medicine and as the cold symptoms come back up we will need to increase the potency of the remedy that is working, or represcribe a new one based on what is happening then.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
ok doctor.
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
Doctor,
Today she was able to get the remedy and has started taking it.
Request you to suggest for how many days she needs to take it on daily basis...3 or 4 or 5 or some other number?
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
She continues taking it until her symptoms aggravate. There is no predicting when this will be or how many doses this will take, but she needs to report the moment it happens.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
ok doctor.I have also come to knw from her about few more symptoms:
Habbit of repeating words, if she faces something good or bad.
Her Cholestrol was diagnosed and came to be 250.
She weeps easily.
I could see she is obese.
Suffers from Sugar.
Food Cravings to sweet and butter rich food
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
I would also like to share that the patient is taking some other allopathic medicines as well:
Medicine for sugar.
B complex capsules
Calcium
lipicure for 60 days in a year to keep colestrol under control.
Pls let me know if it is fine or we need to ask her to do some changes.
 
HoneyKhanna last decade
Hello Doctor,
A concern.My aunt has started taking the remedy on daily basis.Along with this she is also taking ayurvedic medicine the way she used to take it before.Since she is taking the ayurvedic medicine as before, there is no cold so how will we be able to make out that arsenicum is working ?
Do you want her to make any changes in the way she is taking other medecine ?
I have also observed few more symptoms :
I see that she is more on aggressive side.
Little careless while walking on road.Prefers to walk seeing down on road instead of seeing front.She fears , she will fall down.

pls suggest
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HoneyKhanna last decade
After a week, she should begin to reduce the ayurvedic medicine - say to about half of what she normally has. We can see what happens then.
 
brisbanehomoeopath last decade
Hello Doc.
I took the remedy for 2 weeks with same amount of ayurvedic medicine ,which I was taking before.
It was during this week I have reduced 1/4the amount of ayurvedic medicine .Still I see that I get cold .SOme occassion when I was caught by cold were:
If I get up before my scheduled timing in the morning.Say I am habitual of getting up at 6 o clock and have to get up before that.

If there is temprature variation.The temprature is cold ,I get cold.

The condition becomes better once I take ayurvedic medicine and have food.

Suggest how should I proceed.
 
HoneyKhanna last decade

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