Recurrent typhoid 03572...Gabon
A 56-year-old woman diagnosed with typhoid in July 2018 took the prescribed course of allopathic treatment twice within a span of 2 months for recurrent fever. Toward the end of September 2018, her fever occurred for the third time with nagging pain in her abdomen, back, and legs including the knees and feet. This time she did not opt for allopathic treatment. Instead, on 7 October 2018, she visited the practitioner who gave her:
For recurrent typhoid:
#1. CC3.7 Circulation + CC4.8 Gastroenteritis + CC4.11 Liver & Spleen + CC9.3 Tropical diseases…TDS
For pain:
#2. CC4.6 Diarrhoea + CC4.10 Indigestion + CC10.1 Emergencies + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic + CC18.5 Neuralgia + CC20.3 Arthritis + CC20.4 Muscles & Supportive tissue + CC20.5 Spine + CC20.7 Fractures… every 10 minutes for 2 hours followed by 6TD for 5 days, then TDS
After nearly 8 weeks, on 29 November, the patient reported that her pains had reduced only by 50%, though the fever had subsided within 2 days of starting the remedy and had not recurred.
The practitioner stopped both #1 & #2 and gave the following with advice to give weekly feedback:
#3. CC9.1 Recuperation…TDS
On 29 January 2019, the patient reported 100% relief from all pains. The dosage of #3 was reduced to OD with advice to report after a week. But, the patient stopped the remedy after a week as she did not feel the need to continue. She reported after 3 months that none of her symptoms had recurred. As of August 2019 she is keeping fit with no recurrence.
Practitioner's comment: Most of the time, patients do not care to give timely feedback and take it easy when they start feeling better, even though they are made aware of the importance to report back and not stop abruptly, to avoid recurrence. In such cases proper tapering of the remedy becomes impossible.
Editor’s note: Pains felt by the patient were all symptoms of typhoid. So, there was no need for #2; CC9.3 Tropical diseases as #1 should have sufficed till all the symptoms disappeared, followed by CC9.1 Recuperation.