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Chronic Sinusitis & GI Disturbance
Male 55 years, thin-to-medium builtHISTORY
1. Sinusitis for the last 3 years.
2. Severe congestion in the sinuses causes inflammation & discomfort neck upwards.
3. Cannot tolerate loud sounds like car horns when sinuses inflamed.
4. Tightness around ears & burning in eyes when sinuses inflamed.
5. GI Disturbance - sometimes stools are constipated, other times loose.
6. Burping, gas, indigestion and bad taste in mouth.
7. Sinusitis becomes worse in cold & rainy weather.
8. Extremities cold in winters.
9. NO hypertension or diabetes.
PERSONALITY
1. Hypersensitive
2. Fearful
3. Negative thoughts
4. Does not like criticism
5. Suffered financial losses
6. Sleep is normal
7. Eats less and only very selective types (2-3)of vegetables
EARLIER MEDICATION
1. Took antibiotics for fungal infection of ear 3 years back.
2. Taking various homeopathic drugs from time to time on advice from different doctors.
3. Last known homeopathic medicine taken was Kali Bichromicum 200 morning & evening daily for 1 month with no relief - this course ended 3 weeks back.
Shall be grateful for valuable advice.
Regards
sanjeeevbatra on 2014-03-29
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1. Your age & sex
2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)
Weight
Height
Body type (Very thin, Thin, Medium, Chubby, Fat, Obese)
Any significant feature (e.g. sunken cheeks, stooped shoulders, thin chest etc.)
3. Your profession
4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, suicidal, dont want to work, always in a hurry etc.)
5. If money was not an issue and you had a month of vacation, what would you do
6. How is your relationship with your parents, spouse, siblings, children etc.
7. If not ok, whats wrong and how is it affecting you
8. Do you smoke/drink/drugs, if yes, details of why & since when
9. What is your main health problem & its symptoms
10. When did this main problem begin
11. What is the cause of this problem in your view
12. What non-medicinal actions make the main problem better (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
13. What makes it worse (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
14. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)
15. What other health problems do you have
16. List down all health problems and when did they start (approximate month & year)
17. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems better (explain each problem)
18. What makes these other health problems worse (explain each problem)
19. What animals or insects are you afraid of
20. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)
21. What occupies your mind mostly
22. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy
23. Do you want to stay alone or with people
24. How is your sleep, if not good, why
25. Do you have any recurring dreams
26. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affect & how
27. Do you normally feel hot or cold
28. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you love)
29. Is there any food that you hate and cant tolerate
30. What taste you crave & love (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)
31. Is there any taste which you hate and cant tolerate
32. Do you like warm or cold food
33. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, lead pencil, mud .)
34. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
35. Do you have excessively dry lips or mouth or both
36. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes, details
Is coating thick
Color of coating
Where exactly (back, middle, sides etc)
37. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour)
38. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc), send me a picture of the skin problem
39. Please email me a close up picture of your hand nails (without nail polish or any treatment done). Click my username for my email address.
40. Details about your sweat, answer all these points: where mostly, how much, smell, does it stain, if yes what color
41. Any problems with eyes/vision, if yes, since when
42. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, discharge color)
43. How is your stool, answer all these points: how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.
44. How is your urine, answer all these points: color, smell, any blood etc.
45. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)
46. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not
47. Do you masturbate, if yes, how frequently
48. Are you satisfied after that or want more
49. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching etc.)
50. Females menses details (reply to all these points)
Regularity (early, late, irregular, duration of cycle)
Flow (low, moderate, high)
Clots (none, some, a lot, huge clots, bright color, dark color)
Any discharge (color, consistency, smell)
51. What illnesses are running in your family
Mothers side
Fathers side
Siblings (brother/sister)
52. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)
53. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details
54. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological), if yes, give details (what, when, where, why, the list of medicines used)
55. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
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1. Your age & sex
Male 56 years
2. Describe your appearance i.e. weight, height, body type (thin, medium, chubby, fat etc)
Weight 59 kg
Height 57
Body type: Medium
Any significant feature (e.g. sunken cheeks, stooped shoulders, thin chest etc.) None
3. Your profession:
Hospital Administration
4. Describe your personality in at least 20 words (e.g. stubborn, lazy, suicidal, dont want to work, always in a hurry etc.)
Sentimental
Helpful
Short-tempered
Always in a hurry
Stubborn
Aggressive
Sudden outburst of emotion especially anger
God-fearing
Forgetful
Love sleeping in the afternoon
Disciplined
Like to adhere to time schedule
5. If money was not an issue and you had a month of vacation, what would you do
Spend time with friends, colleagues & family
6. How is your relationship with your parents, spouse, siblings, children etc.
Parents deceased
Relations with only brother strained
With wife and children relationship is normal
With children its a mix of being a disciplinarian and friend
7. If not ok, whats wrong and how is it affecting you
Bad relationship with brother affects negatively, feel bad about it
8. Do you smoke/drink/drugs, if yes, details of why & since when
Smoking given up 6 months back
No drinking / drugs
9. What is your main health problem & its symptoms
Sinusitis
Severe congestion in the sinuses causes inflammation & discomfort neck upwards.
Cannot tolerate loud sounds like car horns when sinuses inflamed.
Tightness around ears & burning in eyes when sinuses inflamed.
Sinusitis becomes worse in cold & rainy weather
During sneezing, nose always feels blocked
During cold, mucus drops in the back of the throat (does not come out through the nose)
10. When did this main problem begin
Off & on for the last 20 years but severe and continuous for the last 3 years
11. What is the cause of this problem in your view
Suffered heavy financial losses 14 years back
Perhaps Deflected Nasal Septum triggered sinusitis
12. What non-medicinal actions make the main problem better (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
Lying down
Night time
13. What makes it worse (e.g. massage, warmth, cold, lying down, sitting etc.)
Hot or cold temperature
Massage worsens tension
14. How do you feel mentally & emotionally during this problem (e.g. weepy, irritable, restless, sad, hopeless, fear of death etc.)
Negative
Thoughts of suicide
Irritable
Tense
Restless
Sad
15. What other health problems do you have
GI Disturbance - sometimes stools are constipated, other times loose.
Burping, gas, indigestion and bad taste in mouth.
Spondylitis C6/C7 intervertebral slip disc
Extremities cold in winters
NO hypertension or diabetes
16. List down all health problems and when did they start (approximate month & year)
Sinusitis off & on for the last 20 years but severe and continuous for the last 3 years
GI Disturbances last 8 to 10 years
Spondylitis 7 years ago
17. What non-medicinal actions make these other health problems better (explain each problem)
Sinusitis Lying down
GI Disturbances Control over food
Spondylitis Heat gives relief
18. What makes these other health problems worse (explain each problem)
Any wrong food - have been taking only daal and roti for the last 8 years (no vegetables, fruit or salad because of belief that these aggravate symptoms of sinusitis & GI)
Any Noise
19. What animals or insects are you afraid of
Lizard
20. What situations are you afraid of (e.g. heights, closed spaces, ocean, darkness etc)
Heights
Water
21. What occupies your mind mostly
Thoughts of the future
22. How do you respond to consolation & sympathy
Irritating as mostly it is false and superficial
23. Do you want to stay alone or with people
With people
24. How is your sleep, if not good, why
Normal (6-7 hours)
25. Do you have any recurring dreams
Yes about temples / gods
26. Is your complaint affected by weather, if so, which weather affect & how
Heat, rain & cold all aggravate the complaints
27. Do you normally feel hot or cold
Normal
28. What foods you crave & love (not what you eat due to health or other reasons, rather what you love)
Rice, curd & kadi (but not taken these for years because of belief that these aggravate symptoms of sinusitis & GI)
29. Is there any food that you hate and cant tolerate
Non-vegetarian food
30. What taste you crave & love (e.g. sweet, salty, sour, bitter)
Spicy
31. Is there any taste which you hate and cant tolerate
None
32. Do you like warm or cold food
Warm
33. Do you want to eat indigestible foods (chalk, lead pencil, mud .)
No
34. How is your thirst (less, moderate, excessive)
Normal
35. Do you have excessively dry lips or mouth or both
Yes both lips & mouth feel dry
36. Do you have any coating on tongue first thing in the morning, if yes, details
Is coating thick - Thick
Color of coating - Creamish
Where exactly (back, middle, sides etc) Center & Back
37. Any taste in your mouth first thing in the morning (e.g. bitter, sour)
Sour
38. How is your skin (dry, oily, rough, acne, pustules, boils, psoriasis etc), send me a picture of the skin problem
Oily
39. Please email me a close up picture of your hand nails (without nail polish or any treatment done). Click my username for my email address.
Pictures attached
40. Details about your sweat, answer all these points: where mostly, how much, smell, does it stain, if yes what color
Profuse sweating
Mild smell
Stains yellow
41. Any problems with eyes/vision, if yes, since when
Using specs
When sinus congested, blurring of vision happens
42. Any problems with ears, nose, throat (e.g. nose always blocked, runny, discharge color)
Roughness in throat - increases with talking for long
Blockage in ear - increases with talking for long
Nose always feels partly blocked
43. How is your stool, answer all these points: how often, consistency, any blood, any particular smell etc.
Stools once-a-day
Consistency mostly towards constipation or loose
No blood or mucus
No unusual smell
44. How is your urine, answer all these points: color, smell, any blood etc.
Urine slightly yellowish
No smell
No blood
45. How is your sex desire (e.g. no desire, low, moderate, high, very high)
Normal
46. Are you satisfied with your sex life, if no, why not
Yes
47. Do you masturbate, if yes, how frequently
No
48. Are you satisfied after that or want more
Not applicable
49. Males genitals (any problems with erection, any pain, any itching etc.)
Normal
50. Females menses details (reply to all these points)
Regularity (early, late, irregular, duration of cycle)
Flow (low, moderate, high)
Clots (none, some, a lot, huge clots, bright color, dark color)
Any discharge (color, consistency, smell)
Not applicable
51. What illnesses are running in your family
Mothers side : Mother had asthma
Fathers side: Died of heart attack
Siblings (brother/sister): None
52. Are you taking any medicines (allopathic, homeopathic, supplements, acupuncture etc.)
Diclofenac + Paracetamol: 2 tabs / week for pain & inflammation in the neck / head region
Antibiotics: Levofloxacin : once in 3-4 months for sinusitis
53. Have you had any surgeries or implants, if yes, give details
Not applicable
54. Have you had any long term treatment (physical or psychological), if yes, give details (what, when, where, why, the list of medicines used)
Not applicable
55. What homeopathic remedies have you taken in the past (potency, dosage, approx. time frame)
Kali Bichromicum 200 morning & evening daily for 1 month - this course ended 3 weeks back with no relief
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sanjeeevbatra last decade
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Q-11: How did the financial loss effect you emotionally
At that time Depressed, withdrawn, fear & worry about future, feeling of hopelessness, despair, pessimistic.
After so many years, life is still not on track financially, but the emotional feeling now is of negativity in general.
Explain where exactly do you feel sinus pain
What type of pain (dull, throbbing, shooting etc)
The entire head, front & back, feels tight and painful, especially in the sinus areas, around the ears and eyes and the forehead.
There is tinnitus in both ears, with a dull ache all the time. When the inflammation increases, the pain becomes throbbing.
Thanks for your time & attention.
Regards.
sanjeeevbatra last decade
HOW TO TAKE THE REMEDY:
Please take two doses 12 hrs apart. Just two doses. Not daily.
Report back in 7 days with changes observed.
TIME OF DOSE:
First dose: At night before sleeping.
Second dose: 12 hrs after the first dose.
Dont take any more dose or any other remedy unless I tell you.
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Low energy level: 50% better
Anxiety: 40% better
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Depression: Worse
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If someone is giving several remedies, without waiting to see the effect of one remedy, then it is totally against the core principles of homeopathy. Such an approach is unlikely to give permanent cure, rather it may distort actual symptoms making subsequent cure even more difficult.
DIETARY GUIDELINES:
Homeopathy is not magic and it can only work when all other supportive strategies are also used. To make sure you are cured as fast as possible and stay that way please change your lifestyle to include the following:
1. Start eating half cup of low fat, plain, non-flavored yogurt with live cultures daily in the morning or with lunch. If you have homemade yogurt thats the best.
2. Stop all processed foods e.g. white bread, white rice, white burgers etc.
3. Eat whole foods only i.e. whole grain bread, brown rice, brown burgers etc.
4. The bread should be high in bran content & the flour should be coarse ground.
5. Start eating a small bowl of salad at least once a day e.g. it should contain cucumber, carrots, salad leaves, tomato and any vegetable you like. Put a dressing of olive oil & raw apple cider vinegar and put some salt & black pepper to your liking.
6. Eat at least 1-2 fruits per day e.g. apple, orange etc.
7. Drink enough water so that your urine is clear. Yellow colored urine is a good indication that you are dehydrated.
8. Eat only when hungry and when eating, dont overstuff yourself.
9. Focus on food only when you eat i.e. dont divert your attention by watching tv etc.
10. Exercise:
Aerobic activity e.g. Start walking at least 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week with your spouse/friend and achieve your target heart rate.
Strength training e.g. Start weight training at least 20 minutes 3 days a week.
NOTE: Yogurt can cause increased mucus generation in some individuals, if you are like that, dont eat yogurt. Rather start eating roasted black chick peas (also known as Bengal Gram) daily.
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Many thanks for your valuable advice and guidance.
Will start from tonight and report back after 7 days, as advised.
Thanks a lot once again & God bless.
sanjeeevbatra last decade
As advised, took first dose of the prescribed medicine on Sunday night.
Observations:
1. Disturbed sleep on Sun-Mon night
2. Severe heaviness, congestion in entire head on Monday morning
3. Feeling of disorientation & irritation throughout Monday
Seeing the reaction, did not take the second dose.
Now, by Monday evening, congestion continues, although the intensity has reduced.
No other homoeopathic or allopathic medicine taken for the last week.
Please advise further course of action.
Regards.
sanjeeevbatra last decade
Status after 1 week
Aggravation after a single dose of Nat muraticim 200 has subsided by about 75%.
Symptoms now are:
1. Congestion around ears
2. Tinnitus
3. Dryness of mouth, lips & throat
4. Heaviness inthe forehead area
5. Sleep disturbed
Above symptoms are about 25% more than before the single dose was taken.
Shall be grateful for advice on further course of action.
Regards
sanjeeevbatra last decade
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You had advised a waiting period of 2 weeks after the single dose.
Net result is that the aggravation caused by the single dose is almost over, except for a little congestion in the temples, forehead and back of the head.
Overall, the situation remains the same as it was prior to the single dose of Nat muraticim 200.
Shall eagerly your advice on the further course of action.
Regards.
sanjeeevbatra last decade
No more doses, report back in 15 days.
Are you following ALL the guidelines given when I told you the remedy.
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sanjeeevbatra last decade
Status after 2 weeks:
The aggravation caused by the single dose is over, except for a little congestion in the temples, forehead and back of the head. Some acidity & bad taste in the mouth is there.
Overall, the situation remains the same as it was prior to the single dose of Nat muraticim 200.
Shall eagerly your advice on the further course of action.
Regards.
sanjeeevbatra last decade
Thanks for the concern. There was an increase of severity of the symptoms, hence the delay in reverting to you.
Regarding adherence to the general guidelines, i state as follows:
1. Daily morning walk of 30 minutes has been going on.
2. Regarding eating fruits, salads, yogurt - whenever there is an attempt to add any item from these categories, the very next day, there is distinct increase in congestion around back of head, forehead and temple area (even today morning diclofenac+paracetamol combination had to be taken, after cauliflower was consumed yesterday).
3. Water intake is adequate - around 10 glasses a day.
4. Urine is clear
5. As of now, the degree of congestion is just the same, as was prior to taking the single dose of Nat muriaticum 200.
There is an increased dryness of mouth and nasal passage.
Sir, any ray of hope?
Pl do use your experience & skills to guide.
Regards
sanjeeevbatra last decade
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