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22 years young female presented with severe right chest pain, fever, cough, dyspnoea and loss of appetite for last 3 days. She was taking heavy antibiotics and anti-inflammatory analgesics without any relief. Then first x-ray on 12 Feb 1994 was taken as shown in Fig.1. She was suffering from hydro-pneumothorax with complete collapse of right lung. At the first moment, she was advised for ‘tube thoracostomy’ because, according to Harison’s Principles of Internal Medicine “When pneumothorax occupies >50% of the hemi thorax, tube thoracostomy is the treatment of choice.” And “Tube thoracostomy should be performed promptly in all cases, failure of complete lung re-expansion is common.” But she refused for any such procedure. Then she was kept on homeopathic treatment with very good results. |
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Three months ago this lady was suffering from fever, mild to moderate cough with blood streaked expectoration and loss of appetite for one month. She was thoroughly investigated and diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis. Patient was treated with rifampicin, isoniazid and ethambutol and few symptomatics. She took this treatment for 15 days only, in spite of feeling not quite well.After two months of this episode she noticed relapse of intermittent fever with chill, and this time it did not respond to previous treatment. Then after 15 days of this fever violent dry cough started,and this was followed by severe chest pain on right side.Quick repertorisation was done by using the symptoms: anxiety of her future, desire to go home, holding her painful chest on any type of motion, dry and irritating cough and causing severe pain in right chest, drinking large quantity of water with dryness of mouth, and Bryonia was found to be the most similar remedy of the case at that time.Bryonia 30c prescribed with very good effect in pain, just within half an hour she was looking quite satisfied with the result.But it was surprising that re-expansion had started without any invasive procedure. 2nd x-ray was taken nearly after one month of her illness. |
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Bryonia 30c prescribed
with very good effect in pain, just within half an hour she was looking
quite satisfied with the result. But it was surprising that re-expansion had started without any invasive procedure. 2nd x-ray was taken nearly after one month of her illness. “When the collapse has lasted for some time, there is a progressive pulmonary fibrosis which permanently prevents re-expansion of the lung.” But it was not soin this case, the lung is regularly expending even after 3 months of the collapse. |
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This last x-ray is showing
complete re-expansion of the collapsed lung without any Permanent
disability. |
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