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By Dr. Lollah G.K.Murthy
Three-year-old A was
brought to me with an unusual complaint. She was born slightly premature
but with what is called a ‘Vestibular Anus’. To explain simply, the
rectal canal was not formed properly and the child cannot excrete
naturally. This defect was surgically corrected when she was yet a tiny
tot of five months.
Everyone thought that the problem was solved, but it really began then.
The stool was always hard and she could not expel it. She was kept on Cremafin
regularly. Not much use. Very often after a
complete compaction of about a week an enema used to be given to relieve
temporarily. Even then, the child had to strain, almost getting red in
the face, resulting in severe exhaustion. This went on till the child
was 3 years old.
When she was brought to me, I noticed that the child
was not in any painful or disturbed
condition in spite of not having an evacuation for four or five
days. Also she was overactive and was constantly babbling loudly. I told
the mother not to resort to enemas often and to observe the symptoms.
She informed me that the child would keep on straining, passes very hard
stool and that also slips back sometimes. I gave Plumbum Met and later
Silica, based on the symptoms described. There was no cognizable change.
Then I knew that
there was some problem in observation of the symptoms. Many
a times people, due to unfamiliarity with the system of homeopathy. do
not describe the suffering properly, delaying the cure. As homoeopathic
prescription depends on the subjective suffering of the patient,
identification
and classification of symptoms is of great significance.
On further questioning, the
mother informed that the
child would go quite frequently to the toilet, but with negative
results. The child was feeling the pressure continuously. With this key symptom,
a few doses of Nux Vomica made a lot of difference for few days, but it
did not last. Then I chose Strychninum 30, baseed on the mental
conditions as well as the severe constipated bowel. That finally did
the trick. In just three days, the child started evacuating normally and
the perturbed parent is all praise for homoeopathy.
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