Oropharyngeal dysphagia 11613...India
A 57-year-old female was having difficulty in swallowing as every mouthful would cause her to feel a choking sensation. On 12 Mar 2019, after suffering for 10 days, she consulted a doctor who diagnosed her condition as oropharyngeal dysphagia and prescribed allopathic tablets. As she also had sores in her mouth, a diagnostic test on 5 April 2019 confirmed this as oral lichen planus, an auto-immune disorder; so she was also prescribed medicines for this condition. After 5 months, her mouth sores got cured and the medicines for the same were stopped on 25 September 2019. Since dysphagia continued, she underwent an endoscopy on 26 November 2019. This revealed a benign growth in the form of a thin membrane at the junction of respiratory passage and oesophagus. Surgery was recommended for the removal of this membrane. However, the patient opted for vibrionics and stopped taking all medicines. When she consulted the practitioner on 27 November 2019, she looked much worried about her health.
She was given:
CC4.10 Indigestion + CC12.4 Autoimmune diseases + CC15.1 Mental & Emotional tonic + CC18.4 Paralysis…6TD for one week followed by TDS
As the movement of food in oesophagus was slow, possibly due to weak muscles, CC18.4 Paralysis was included. After 2 weeks on 12 December, the patient reported that the choking sensation had completely disappeared. On 5 Jan 2020 dosage was reduced to OD for a month and tapered down gradually to zero on 5 March 2020. Also she was put on a cycle of CC12.2 Adult tonic and CC17.2 Cleansing, alternating monthly. As of Sept 2020 there has been no recurrence.