A CASE OF HYPOTHYROIDISM

A CASE OF HYPOTHYROIDISM

A 47-year-old male patient was brought to me by his wife in July 2017 for edematous swelling all over body. His wife was treated successfully by me for cholelithiasis, so she was well aware of homoeopathy and a strong believer of homoeopathy. She was aware of miraculous cures of incurable diseases (incurable for other schools of medicine) by me in my clinic.

The details of the case are as follows-

He was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism in Jan 2016, but he was not taking any hormonal supplement or any other medication. His chief complaint was swelling all over body, especially neck, legs and feet, which was on and off, not continuous type. His TSH was 10.33 in Jan 2016.

His other complaints were as follows-
1. Fullness and tightness of abdomen. Offensive flatulence. Noisy flatulence. Empty eructations. Sometimes, regurgitation of food after eating. His complaints aggravated after full meal and after spicy food.
2. His other complaint was lower back pain since 3 to 4 years. He had dull aching pain in back. His pain aggravated in morning, after rising from bed after sleep, after heavy work and at night. His pain was better after bending backward, lying on back, pressure, movement, when in work, and by hot fomentation.
3. He was suffering from joint pains, especially both elbows and shoulders, left more than right, since 6 to 7 years. There was dull aching type of pain. Once in 3 to 4 months, there was swelling of joints. Along with this, he also had tingling numbness in limbs. His pains were aggravated by rest, at night, in winter and rainy season. His pains were better when he was in work, in summer. His pains were better by rubbing, movement, and by hot fomentation.
4. He also had cramps in calf muscles alternating sides, sometimes right and then left, with same modalities as that of joint pain.
5. Since 20 years, he had cracks in soles and heels, which were painful and bleeding sometimes. His cracks increased in winter and rainy season and better in summer.

His general symptoms were as follows-
1. He had profuse perspiration on scalp +++, on forehead +++, on chest ++, on back ++ and in axillae ++.
2. His appetite was good. He had desire for spicy food +++, salt ++, sweet ++, chocolate and milk. He had aversion to meat (He is Jain by religion).
3. He was thirsty and used to drink water in large quantity. His tongue was centrally cracked and posteriorly coated, yellowish greenish.
4. Stool was satisfactory. No complaints about urine.
5. Sleep was not sound. He felt dull and not refreshed after sleep.
6. He is hot patient.
He is well built, short in size, fair in color.

He is a farmer and part-time school bus driver. He ignores his suffering. He is talkative and a hard-working person. He gives importance to his work first. He has strong belief in his religion.

On above totality, his homoeopathic constitutional medicine was prescribed.

On very first follow-up in Oct 2017, the patient was happy as his all general symptoms improved. His stool was more satisfactory than before. Sleep was more sound than before. He didn’t have swelling though some joint pain. I advised him to do thyroid profile and bring the report next visit.

In December 2017, his general symptoms were normal. No joint pain, no acidity, no lower back pain. I was surprised by seeing his thyroid profile report as although he did not have any complaints, his TSH level was still high. It was 11.60. The patient was feeling absolutely normal.
In February 2018, he did not complain of anything.

In April 2018, his general symptoms were better. No joint pain, no swelling, but at this time he was complaining of dry cough, which was aggravated at night, and he had some episodes of hyperacidity. Here, I prescribed one acute remedy and advised him to bring fresh report of thyroid profile next time.

In May 2018, he came with a smiling face in my clinic as he was happy because his thyroid profile report was absolutely normal. He did not have any complaints. His TSH was 1.77.

Here, in this case, no hormonal supplements like thyroxine or any other medications were used. The patient was treated successfully by his homoeopathic constitutional medicine only.

This glory goes to Dr Hahnemann and Homoeopathy.