Fungal infection (Onychomycosis), chronic sinusitis, trigeminal neuralgia & post-Covid syndrome 11632...India
A 45-year-old woman had been suffering from fungal infection affecting the thumb and index finger of both hands since 2012. This condition was characterized by yellowing of nails, itching, and blood oozing from cracks on fingertips, especially while washing clothes. She managed with homoeopathic treatment for six years with partial relief. In Nov 2018, she developed respiratory allergy with sneezing, coughing, and itchy, reddish eyes, almost on a daily basis. Typically, one of her nostrils would become blocked with continuous nasal discharge from the other nostril along with breathing difficulty; her condition would worsen at night and in winter. The symptoms would trigger with taking fruits, sweets, or head bath. Additionally, she had throat constriction leading to difficulty in swallowing her own saliva, she would often press her throat to relieve the choking sensation. During sleep, her breathing would resemble the sound of a cat; this occurred about four times a week.
For respiratory allergy, she tried homoeo treatment for three months, also took prescribed antihistamine and inhalers for over three years with little relief, so stopped allopathy on 1 Mar 2022. Meanwhile the Covid pandemic struck, her skin condition worsened due to excessive household work. She took allopathic tablets and antimicrobial ointment provided some relief from itching.
After recovering from Covid in April 2021, she started to suffer from post-covid symptoms: fatigue, pain in her joints and in right jaw, inability to bend her right thumb, and a constant mild headache on the right side and every night for 2 to 3 hours, she would get excessive sweating on the right side of her face while resting her head on a pillow, along with leg cramps and numbness in her palms; this severely disrupted her sleep. No longer keen to take any other medication, she turned to vibrionics on referral from a relative; she first wanted to be treated for post-Covid effects.
She was given the following remedies on 5 Mar 2022:
For post-Covid fatigue:
#1. Covid Recuperation (see NL Vol 12 #4)...TDS
For other post-Covid symptoms:
#2. CC3.7 Circulation + CC10.1 Emergencies + CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC18.4 Paralysis + CC18.5 Neuralgia...TDS
For disturbed sleep:
#3. CC15.6 Sleep disorders…half an hour before going to sleep
She continued using the prescribed ointment on her fingers. By 15 May, there was 50% improvement in post-Covid symptoms and she was sleeping well, so #3 was stopped. She was then given:
For respiratory allergy:
#4. CC19.2 Respiratory allergies + CC19.3 Chest infections chronic + CC19.5 Sinusitis + CC19.6 Cough chronic ...TDS
Three days later on 18 May, she reported 20% relief in allergy symptoms, this progressed to 50% by 28 May. However, eating fruits or sweets continued to trigger an attack. On 30 May, she was given:
For skin infection:
#5. CC21.3 Skin allergies + CC21.5 Dry Sores + CC21.7 Fungus...BD orally and in water for external application…6TD
She was advised to soak her fingers in the water remedy for 5 minutes every two hours and also wear gloves while washing clothes.
On 1 July, #1 got exhausted but as she was no longer fatigued, she did not ask for a refill. By 10 Aug, there was 50% improvement in itching, yellowing of nails and oozing of blood from cracks. By 15 Sept, all post-covid and respiratory symptoms disappeared. On 26 Oct, she reported complete relief from skin-related symptoms and mentioned that she had stopped using the prescribed ointment.
On 15 Jan 2023, dosage of #2, #4 and #5 was reduced to OD. In Oct 2023, she developed mild allergy and skin-related symptoms; immediately she increased the dosage of all three remedies to BD and within three days, the symptoms vanished. Since then, she has been taking the remedies at BD, as per her comfort level. As of Dec 2024, there has been no recurrence of any of the symptoms.