Tag: DR. Aparna Pitre

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

One more clinical disorder which renders individual annoyed with intense pain, helpless ..its a facial pain ..excruciating , electric shock like , in paroxysms .. known as TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA or  FACIAL NEURALGIA

Trigeminal nerve which provides sensation to the face ,  also responsible for motor activities like chewing , biting , talking , smiling , laughing , gets affected in this disorder !

Again , why this happens!? Cause remains obscured ..

There are many theories, that the nerve irritation happens due to pressure of the adjacent vein or artery , defect in myelin sheath, trauma ..

None of these helping in the process of recovery ..

Trigeminal nerve has 3 branches .. one supplies to the eyes and above the eyes, the other one to the cheeks and upper jaw .. the lower branch to the lower jaw.

There are sudden attacks of  electric shock like pains which  involve one or more than one , the above mentioned areas .. when the person talks, eats, brushes the teeth, laughs …

The pain is so excruciating, that the person develops dread of that pain and  starts avoiding necessary activities like eating, brushing teeth etc ..

Keeps on taking oxytol , Tegretol, gabapentin like anticonvulsant medicine yet can not get free from fear of pain and attacks of pain ..

The whole scenario pushes him into despair … thinking that there is no  end to this suffering ..

HOMOEOPATHY again comes here to give this person a new life .. which is WITHOUT PAIN!

You will be surprised, but for such a painful complex disorder , which involves nerve irritation , HOMOEOPATHY proves to be THE  RESORT .

There are some homoeopathic remedies which have a specific action on the trigeminal nerve, mentioned in classical literature and prove to be effective in  homoeopathic practice also..

These medicines if taken regularly , reduce the sensitivity of the nerve .. the pain attacks become milder, infrequent ..and later on the pain actually disappears ..

Of course, this is a nerve disorder, so , there are some chances  that pain comes back .. yet it is milder. The homoeopathic  treatment neds to be taken for 8 to 12 months . yet you start experiencing improvement with in 1 to 2 months .

Its really amazing and fulfilling to see when patient who had come in despair due to pain, GIVES A PAINLESS SMILE when he visits the clinic!

CHRONIC COLD AND SINUSITIS

If recurrent acute colds or allergic colds, not treated properly, or supressed, settle as chronic colds.

We all use term.. sinusitis! what is it!? Sinuses are air filled spaces ..   above eyes, below the eyes (over the cheeks ), between the eyes and behind the eyes . These are internally lined up by a thin membrane called mucus membrane  which continues in the nasal passages also . As these sinuses are connected with the nasal passages, due to continuous collection of the  nasal mucus , this membrane gets swollen and inflamed .. this is sinusitis! This gives constant heaviness of the head , feverishness , blocked feeling in the ear ..due to eustatian tube blockage , greenish scabs and sticky discharge which one has to blow to take it out , constant post nasal drip ..

In all this scenario , now this individual starts feeling sick with heavy head , blocked nose .. can not concentrate on work .. cant perform at the work. keeps on doing antibiotic courses one after the other ..

HOMOEOPATHY has  a definite answer for this problem . kali bich , merc sol , hydrastis , kali iod , pulsatilla , silicea and so many others.

These medicines will help  in making the stagnated discharges flow , reduce the inflammation  of the mucus membranes , reducing the intensity and frequency of the sinusitis and cold attacks ..

It is the skill of the homoeopath to understand an individual and  design a suitable remedy for him which will heal him permanently !