INDIVIDUALIZED HOMOEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT OF POST-STROKE COMPLICATION: AN EVIDENCE BASED CASE REPORT

Abstract

Background: Stroke is a clinically defined syndrome of acute, focal neurological deficit attributed to vascular injury (infarction, haemorrhage) of the central nervous system. Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In this case a 52-year-old male patient visited our out clinic with the complaints of left sided weakness of limbs, gradual loss of memory and diminished muscle power and involuntary urination.

Methods: After detailed case-taking and repertorization, the individualized homoeopathic medicine, Nitricum acidum 200C was given and after that, it was repeated with gradual ascending potency considering the reaction of the patient at each visit. After, about one and half years of homoeopathic treatment, the patient achieved a significant improvement in terms of recovering his lost muscle power and quality of life etc. The improvement has been showed through photographic images of the imaging radiology report taken before and after the treatment demonstrating a positive role of individualised homoeopathic treatment in a case of post-stroke complications along with headache.

Results: Modified Naranjo Criteria for Homoeopathy tool was used to assess the causal relationship between homoeopathic intervention and clinical outcome. The MONARCH score (+9) suggested that the clinical improvement was likely attributable to the homoeopathic treatment.

Conclusions: This individual case study shows the usefulness of individual homoeopathic treatment in case of post stroke complications. However, more studies and evidence-based clinical verification is required to establish the efficacy of homoeopathy in such cases.