Case Histories
Vol 11 Issue 4
July/August 2020
Infertility 11975...India
On 17 May 2018, a 32-year-old female and her 35-year-old husband visited the practitioner in a distressed state as they could not have a child in the past 8 years of their marriage. At the age of 20, the wife started having irregular menstrual cycles, only once in 2-3 months which gradually decreased to once a year. Four years ago, they decided to...(continued)
Read Full CaseMouth Cancer 11975...India
A 40-year-old male diagnosed with mouth cancer (stage 3) in February 2013, underwent chemotherapy followed by surgery on 24 April 2013. As his cancer had advanced to its final stage, he was told he may not survive beyond 6 months. Not willing to yield to the disease, as he had three children to take care of with his meagre economic resources, he visited the...(continued)
Read Full CaseHIV 11975...India
A 55-year-old woman had been bed-ridden and her body weight had halved from her normal 80 kg to 40 kg in 4 months. On 25 November 2016, she was taken to the hospital by her brother as she had cough, high fever, and immobility due to extreme weakness. There she was diagnosed as HIV positive, her CD4 count* being a mere 77. She had contracted the disease from...(continued)
Read Full CaseBilateral calcified tendonitis, acne rosacea, facial burn 03508...France
A 47-year-old woman was suffering from intense pain in both her arms, radiating from her neck to her wrists; this was diagnosed as bilateral tendonitis in 2011. She was prescribed paracetamol and tramadol. In December 2014, she also developed pain in both her knees, this could be due to long hours of standing at work. By February 2015, her condition worsened,...(continued)
Read Full CaseKnee cartilage lesion, quadriceps injury 03508...France
In 2012, a 25-year-old male athlete developed mild pain in his left knee. Being a footballer, he had been using his knees heavily from the age of seven. An MRI scan showed a lesion in his cartilage. By November 2015, he was limping since the pain had aggravated. His physician prescribed paracetamol 1g TDS and tramadol 50 mg BD. These...(continued)
Read Full CaseCovid-19 00512...Slovenia
Due to shortage of nurses, this 45-year-old dental nurse was deputed to a retirement home to cater for general nursing duties. Within two days, there were six COVID-19 infected patients. On 14 April 2020, after doing 13 hour shifts for four continuous days followed by one day of rest, she was very tired and by the afternoon she had no...(continued)
Read Full CaseCovid-19 during pregnancy 03572...Gabon
When a 33-year-old, 4-months pregnant female came to the practitioner, she looked pale and completely exhausted. She exhibited symptoms for COVID-19 - shortness of breath and tiredness. She couldn’t walk 10 meters without losing her breath. On the previous day, her mother was tested positive and hospitalized. So she was worried as she lives with...(continued)
Read Full CaseCovid-19 02799...UK
Around 12 March 2020, a 50-year-old female started to have a very bad headache accompanied by aching watery eyes. Within the next 3 days, she developed further symptoms: body ache, slight fever, dry cough, loss of appetite, taste and smell, and had extreme fatigue. Being an asthmatic since childhood, she has been on bronchodilators because she picks up colds...(continued)
Read Full CaseCough – post Covid-19 11613...India
A 55-year-old female was suffering from the symptoms of cough, headache, fever and loss of taste since 29 April 2020. Within 3 days, with allopathic medicines, she was relieved of all her symptoms except loss of taste and general uneasiness. When her sick neighbour she had been attending to was tested positive for Covid-19, she herself underwent a test and...(continued)
Read Full CasePlantar fasciitis, Constipation 11613...India
A 44-year-old female was suffering from severe constipation since 2009. Allopathic medicine gave her temporary relief. For many years she took ayurvedic medicine (triphala) to ease her bowel movements but to no avail. Also, for the past 4 years, she was having pain under her heels especially in the morning. During the past 4 months the pain became so severe...(continued)
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