Diarrhoea,4 cases of diarrhoea by Bishnu Bhakta Kawan

In Nepal, like in European countries homeopathic doctors treat both children and grown-ups with diarrhoea and see good results with their treatments. In Nepal especially in summer, with heat and monsoon a lot of patients with diarrhoea visit our clinics, this also has to do with lack of proper sanitary and lack of good quality drinking water. Bishnu Bhakta Kawan presents 4 cases of diarrhoea well treated with homeopathy.

Acute Cases No. 1.

04. 06. 2005
Diarrhoea of 4 years old boy.

Child brings by mother with following features:
• Frequent loose motion, 8-12 times per day from last 3 weeks.
• Loose stool is green, offensive with to sour or pungent odour. Changes colour of diarrhoea sometimes green, sometimes yellow.
• The stool stained greenish colour in clothes when dry.
• Mostly child weeps during and after stool due to burning in anus.
• Child passes stool just standing from after stool, again sits for stool but very little amount of stool comes out. He also passes loose stool in clothes on standing and walking or playing in room or outside house.
• Sudden colicky pain in abdomen and follows loose stools.
• Loose stool or Diarrhoea happened after eating unripe mango 3 weeks ago.
The child is under Antidiarrhoearial drugs and Antibiotics. The medicines did not help.

Examination:
Child looks thin, sunken eyes, dry lips and irritable.
Some sweat drops in upper lip.
Child weeps during examining abdomen and auscultation.
Loose skin elasticity – 2nd degree diarrhoea.

Prescription:

Rheum 200 C gave one dose under tongue and one dose in water for home. Give one tea spoonful of water every 5-10 minutes.

Advice: Give plenty of water, Oral Dehydration Solution (ORS).
Stop medicines.


Follow up on 06. 06. 2005
No passing of stool standing after stool, but still loose motion 3-5 times per day. Stool odour sour not so much as before medicine. Complain sometimes sudden pain in abdomen.


Acute Case No. 2:

25.03.2008
Diarrhoea of Baby girl of 9 months old
05:45 pm

• Today from morning to till now, loose stool or motion and vomiting frequently more than 15 times, especially passes loose stool after breast feeding and drinking water or ORS solution. Sometimes loose stool comes out with sounds.
• Vomiting contains milk and milk curds and weak and exhausted after vomiting.
• Baby weeps and staining during passing loose stool.
• Baby becomes cold and sleepy, after passing loose stool and vomiting.
• Characteristics of Stool: Watery, green and white. The stool contains what baby eats or drinks, like milk and milk-curds.

On Observation and Examination:
• Child looks drowsiness or sleepy. Sometimes quiet and sometimes crying and straining body.
• Stool green with white milk curds like in the stool.

Prescription:

Aethusa cynapium 30 C, one dose under tongue and one dose in water for home. Give one tea spoonful of water frequently.

Advice: Give plenty of water, Oral Dehydration Solution (ORS).

Acute Case No. 3

14.12.2002
11 months old baby boy

Complaints:
• Frequent water loose stool since 3 days.
• Frequency: 8-12 times per day and 5-8 times at night.
• Stool: Green and offensive odour.
• Stool contains what he eats.
• Vomiting: 2-3 times.
• Thirst for cold water. Passes stool just after drinking water.
• Mild fever

The child was suffering from loose stool (Diarrhoea) from last 4-5 months. Allopathic medicines (Antibiotics and Metronidazole) help only for few days. Diarrhoea happens after stopping of allopathic medicines. Since 3 days, child was suffering more frequent diarrhoea and allopathic medicines did not help this time. So mother brings in homoeopathic clinic for help.

Observation and Examination:
• Child looks irritable and moaning and weeping
• Loss of skin elasticity
• Sunken eyes

Prescription:
Mercurius 30 C stat and in dilution dose. Give one tea spoonful every 3-5 minutes.

Advice: Give plenty of water, ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution), other liquid fluids and frequent breast feeding.

Reaction:
First one hour of remedy only once diarrhoea happened. Patient sent to home and repeat the medicine frequently.
Next day morning, Mother phoned that there is no loose stool.

Acute Case No. 4

05.06.1998
18 months old baby girl

Diarrhoea and vomiting from last 3 days
Stool: Watery, green colour, putrid and offensive odour. Stool contains mucus and gelatinous. Child does not notice the passing of watery stool (Painless diarrhoea) and large volume. Frequent loose stool, once stool in every 15-20 minutes.
Vomiting: Forcible and project far distance. Vomiting occurs just after drinking water.
Thirst: Great thirst for cold water. She refuses warm water and ORS. Child weeps if cold water is not given.
Weep and irritable chid
Weak and prostrated child
Half closed eyes
No urination

Observation:
• Sunken eyes
• Loss of skin elasticity- 2nd degree
• Half open eyes during sleep
• Semiconscious
• Fast and feeble pulse
• Pulse rate: 110 per minute

Prescription:
Podophyllum 30 C stat and in dilution
Give one tea spoonful very 4-5 minutes

Advice: Give plenty of liquids, ORS, and frequent breast feeding

Reaction (Observed in the clinic):
• After 15 minute of remedy, child starts to sit and play
• Desire cold water, if not given weeps child
• Passes little urine
• Diarrhoea only after 42 minutes of remedy but large quantity