Homoeopathic Medicine For Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative colitis is a severe ulcerating inflammatory disease.
It is limited to the large intestine (colon and rectum)
It is characterized by recurrent attack of bloody diarrhea.
Aetiology
1.Autoimmune factor
Exact mechanism of u.c is not clear.
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
Presence of anticolon antibodies
2. Psychosomatic factor
Emotional stress, family stress, stress from divorce
3. Personality factor
More common in western women, white, worrying women's disease.
4.Dietry Factor
Diet which is rich in red meat commonly
Vegetarian diet protect the colon's mucosa
Allergy to milk protein responsible ulcerative colitis.
5.Defective mucin production
6. Appendictomy and smoking has been protected factor for development of ulcerative colitis.
Clinical features
More common in women
Female:male = 2:1
Age 3rd decade commonly
Disease is characterized by 15 -20 stool/day contain blood and mucous.
Watery diarrhea
Loose elasticity of rectum
Tenesmus
Relapse(recurrence) are common related to emotional disturbance
Severe dehydration
Malnutrition Anaemia
Hypoproteinanaemia
High grade fever
Nausea, vomiting
Weight loss
Bloody diarrhea
Distention of abdomen and tenderness
Profound weakness
Anaemia
Shock
Crampy abdominal pain
Rectal bleeding.
Complication
Toxic megacolon
Massive haemorrhage
Ca of colon
Perianal fistula
Protein malnutrition-cirrhosis
Skin ulceration
Treatment
Hospitalized
Bed rest
Blood transfusion
Correction of fluide and electrolyte imbalance
Salazopyrines 2mg/ day
Hydrocortisone 100mg
Surgery-
1.Total proctocolectomy
2. Restorative proctocolectomy
Drugs-
Antispasmodic and antidiarrhoeal drug
Homoeopathy medicine for ulcerative Colitis
- Nux vomica
- Merc Sol
- Argentum nitric
- Arsenic alb
The selection of homoeopathic remedies based on symptom similarities and doses according to the Susceptibility of patient.
Don't take homoeopathic medicine without any prescription / without any advise of physician.
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