Menstrual Pain 02870 ...USA
A 49-year-old female had a very long history of painful cramps, chronic anaemia, fatigue, and irregular, heavy bleeding during her menstrual period since puberty at the age of 12. She was averse to taking any pain medication and only took painkillers when the pain became unbearable. In 2005, her CT scan and pelvic ultrasound showed she had uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts. Starting in February 2012, she was having severe and unbearable pain during her periods, usually on the second, third and fourth day of her period. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most severe pain, she described herself as experiencing pain at a level of 9 or 10 for bouts of about 5-6 hours every day, generally in the first 5 days of her period, during which time she could not move, sit up, stand or walk. She lay curled up or doubled up in a sofa or bed with excruciating pain. The pain would shoot down from her left pelvis to her left thigh or it might alternate to the right side on other occasions. As the pain could not be controlled by the over-the-counter pain medications, she took Motrin 800mg as advised by her OBGYN doctor, or Celebrex capsules 200mg. Her prime concern was the unbearable pain because she was practically disabled and bed-ridden during her periods. On November 22, 2012, she was given the following remedy:
#1. CC8.4 Ovaries & Uterus + CC8.7 Menses frequent + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic + CC17.3 Brain & Memory tonic…TDS and increase dose to every 10 minutes when experiencing painful menstrual cramps.
On February 6, 2013, CC12.1 Adult tonic, was added to the above remedy. Although there was some overall reduction in pain (by about 30%), she was still experiencing unbearable pain during the 5-6 hour bouts during her period.
On July 28, 2013, the remedy #1 given previously was discontinued and instead she was given:
#2. NM2 Blood + NM14 Cramps + NM55 Menses Pain + NM56 Menses Bleeding + BR16 Female …TDS and dose increased to every 10 minutes when experiencing painful menstrual cramps.
On her next menstrual cycle, on September 18, 2013, she experienced discomfort but not the severe pain she had experienced before. On her second and the third menstrual cycles after that, i.e., in October and November 2013, she experienced no pain. She commented that she was very thankful to be relieved of such excruciating pain.