A CASE OF GOUT
PATIENT AGE : 54 YRS (M)
C/O PAIN IN KNEES, MORE IN LEFT KNEE, LEFT TOE AND LEFT ANKLE. SWELLING REDNESS OF ALL JOINTS, CAN’T WALK, ONLY LIMPING. PAIN AS IF STITCHING WITH NEEDLES, URIC ACID LEVES INCREASED..
AGGRAVATED BY WAKING UP, CAN’T GET UP FROM BED..
AGGRAVATION – BENDING FOOT..
SWELLING AMELIORATED BY ICY COLD APPLICATION..
H/O GOUT – 20 YRS BACK. IT IS ON AND OFF, SINCE THEN..
FAMILY H/O GOUT – BROTHER AND FATHER.
LIKES – COLD WEATHER BUT CAN’T TOLERATE..
PAINS INCREASED AFTER MOTHER’S DEATH..
PATIENT SAYS :
“ I COULD’T TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS IN THEIR OLD AGE, AS MY WIFE IS AGGRESSIVE”.. “USED TO HAVE LOT OF QUARRELS BETWEEN MY WIFE AND MY SIBILINGS”.. “ EVERY TIME WE GO THERE, THERE WILL BE A FIGHT AND WE COME BACK”..
“ BUT I CAN CONTROL MY EMOTIONS A LOT, I ABSORB EVERYTHING”. “ I WAS HAPPY AND CAREFREE TILL MY MARRIAGE. I DON’T LIKE FRICTION, I KEEP MYSELF AWAY FROM IT.. I DON’T REACT TO PROBLEMS, I LIKE TO BE PEACEFUL. MY MANAGER DIDN’T GIVE ME PROMOTION FOR NO. OF MANY YEARS..IT WAS LIKE PINCHING FOR ME..
THEY DIDN’T GIVE MY SHARE OF MY PRPERTY AFTER HER DEATH (MOTHER’S DEATH ??)
FATHER AND BROTHERS WERE ILL – TREATED US (THEM) NUMBER OF TIMES..
HE GAVE ALL THE PROPERTIES TO MY BROTHERS, THEY DIDN’T CARE MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND..
FEELINGS:
IS IT ALL FOR MONEY? THEY DON’T HAVE BLOOD RELATIONS ?
I DON’T WANT TO QUARREL WITH HIM.
I HELPED THEM A LOT – EVEN THOUGH I PROMISED MY WIFE THAT I WILL NOT SEND MONEY, I MANAGED SENDING THEM MONEY..
P: I AM INBETWEEN…..
Q: BETWEEN ?
P: CAN’T DO ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE EVERYTHING.
Q:FEELING ?
P: I FEEL LIKE I AM TIED, ASIF A CAT TIED AND KEPT AT THE CORNER AT/ IN THE HOUSE.IT WANTS TO RUN AWAY, AS I NEED TO RUN AWAY FROM ALL THE TROUBLES. BUT I CONTROL A LOT.
Q: WHY ?
P: OTHERWISE I WILL BOUNCE BACK AND THE SITUATION WILL BE OUT OF CONTROL.
Q: DREAMS?
P: I WENT TO MOTHER’S PLACE, MY BROTHER GAVE ME FEW PAPERS TO SIGN AND LOCKED THE DOORS.
Q: EXPERIENCE?
P: I WAS ARRESTED AND I WANT TO ESCAPE FROM THAT ROOM..
Q: HOBBIES ?
P: I AM A SPIRITUAL PERSON. I GO TO SATSANGS, BHAJANS.. I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN MY GROUP..
KINGDOM – PLANT
FAMILY – EUPHORBIACEAE
MIASM – CANCER
REMEDY – EUPHORBIUM
LEVEL OF EXP – EMOTIONAL
FOLLOW UP:
3/7/20 – EUPHORBIUM 200 1DOSE
10/8/20 – 60% BETTER. PAIN REDUCED. SWELLING AND REDNESS REDUCED. ABLE TO WALK.
SACLAC 200
21/9/20 – MUCH BETTER. GOING OUT FOR WALKING
SACLAC 200
10/11/20 – BETTER
SACLAC 200