Homoeopathic treatment of oesophageal candidiasis: a case report.

The most prevalent cause of infectious oesophagitis is oesophageal candidiasis. Of patients that have infectious oesophagitis, 88% are from candida albicans. Candida infections of the esophagus are considered opportunistic infections and are seen most commonly in immunosuppressed patients. A case is...

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Publicado en:Homoeopathic Heritage Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 36 - 42
Autores principales: Verma, Preeti, Ghosh, Palas, Srivastava, Birendra Prasad, Banerjee, Aniruddha
Formato: case study pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Aug2020
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          Verma, Preeti
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        affil: Postgraduate Trainee, Dept. of Case Taking and Repertory, National Institute of Homoeopathy, Govt. of India
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          Candidiasis Therapy
          Esophagitis Therapy
          Homeopathic Agents Administration and Dosage
          Female
          Middle Age
          Abdominal Pain
          Disease Remission
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: The most prevalent cause of infectious oesophagitis is oesophageal candidiasis. Of patients that have infectious oesophagitis, 88% are from candida albicans. Candida infections of the esophagus are considered opportunistic infections and are seen most commonly in immunosuppressed patients. A case is presented in this paper with radiological evidence of candida infection noted in the esophagus with positive Rapid Urease Test. Malignancy and HIV were excluded. The patient was treated with constitutional homoeopathic medicines -- Nux vomica 0/1, 16 doses up to Nux vomica 0/4 16 doses each. Follow-up imaging at 5 months showed complete resolution of the oesophageal candidiasis. This case report suggests homoeopathic treatment as a promising complementary or alternative therapy and emphasises the need of repertorisation in individualised homoeopathic prescription.
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