A CASE OF JAUNDICE
What
is jaundice?
Medically term jaundice refers to yellow pigmentation of the skin or
sclera by bilirubin. There are many different types of jaundice. Type of
jaundice caused by infected feaces and drinking water is the most common and in
called ‘ VIRAL HEPATITIS – TYPE A’.
What
are the symptoms of viral hepatitis?
Loss of appetite
Nausea – so intense is the dislike of food that even the site of food may produce nausea.
Vomiting
Weakness
High colored urine
Fever
Pain in abdomen
Yellowness of skin and sclera
(i.e. the white area of eyes.)
What
treatment does allopathic system of medicine offer?
They have no medicines to treat /
cure viral hepatitis. In allopathic system of medicine the disease is allowed to
run its natural course and the patient is advised to rest and take care of diet
and if required given symptomatic treatment.
Diet: A low fat diet is advised as otherwise it can cause diarrhoea.
Case of viral hepatitis
This is a case of a 13 years old boy brought to us on 12.1.1996 with high
fever (103.6°f). He was feeling extremely sick and was suffering from following
symptoms.
High fever with headache and body ache.
Nausea on eating or drinking… could not even drink water due to nausea.
Total loss of appetite.
Pain in right side of abdomen. (i.e. liver region)
Weakness. He does not feel like doing anything…just lying down
quietly.
On clinical examination of the child we suspected jaundice and to confirm
the diagnosis we advised his blood and urine tests.
BLOOD
TEST
Total Bilirubin : 2.22 (Normal 0.2 to 1.0 mg/dl)
Direct Bilirubin : 1.50 (Normal 0.1 to 0.6 mg/dl)
Indirect Bilirubin : 0.72 (Normal 0.1 to 0.4 mg/dl)
S.G.P.T. : 2450 (Normal 10 to 40 IU/L)
S.G.O.T. : 1750 (Normal 10 to 40 IU/L)
So his diagnosis of acute hepatitis (jaundice) was confirmed.
As
in any other case we went into thorough detail to understand the patient as a
whole in his mind and body and started his Homoeopathic treatment.
In 6 days i.e. by 18.1.1996 he felt much better.
No fever
Appetite improved.
Nausea and vomiting disappeared…he wanted to know---“when will I be able to eat ‘jalebi’ and ‘puri’?”… certainly an indication of speedy recovery!!
Energy level improved and he wanted to go down to play.
Sleeping well
We repeated his blood test after fortnight, which revealed
completely NORMAL liver function.
BLOOD TEST
Total Bilirubin : 0.8 mg/dl (Normal 0.2 to 1.0 mg/dl)
Prevention
Personal hygiene through washing of hands with soap and water after a
visit to toilet. Those coming in contact with patients must also wash
their hands.
Drinking water must be boiled for 20 minutes.