Incredible Pain-Relief From Trigeminal Neuralgia And No Drug Dependency Found With Homeopathy
A 31-year-old female (PIN: 38838) visited the Life Force clinic for the treatment of her complaints of trigeminal neuralgia in 2019. She was suffering from a dull aching pain on the right side of her face. Her pain was severe, a shooting type of pain, and she was taking conventional treatment. Her complaints started in 2013. When she visited our clinic, her complaint of trigeminal neuralgia was progressing gradually. The severe spike of pain would last for 2-3 seconds and used to be followed by continued lingering mild pain for 4-5 sec. Initially, the frequency of the episode affected her with major spikes of pain 10 times a day or more.
The patient had taken RFTC and was in remission period for the last 1 year. Now, she was having severe shock-like pain. She was experiencing pain even on slight movements, laughing, speaking, brushing, washing her face, eating, and mouth movements. The patient had a painful right-side jaw, below the corner of the right lip, and the right-side chin that had major symptoms such as the inability to stretch the lips. Her daily routine was getting affected as she was unable to talk, eat, and brush. She was suffering from the pain in corner of her right lip, numbness in the right-side tongue, numbness near the right-side lip, and tenderness. The nature of the pain was electric-shock-like. The MRI scan reports were suggestive of right-sided trigeminal neuralgia.
Her complaints used to get aggravated during the exposure to the cold, draft of air, talking, brushing, and chewing on the right side.
Her case was taken in detail, and her mental and physical generals were noted.
Physical Generals:
Her diet was mixed, and she had no major cravings or aversion to any food. The patient’s water intake was 2-3 liters. Her motion was satisfactory, and she had no urinary symptoms. The patient was experiencing very minimal perspiration. She preferred a warm climate generally. She enjoyed a sound sleep with dreams that doesn’t affect her daily.
Psychological Make-Up:
Mentally, the patient was hurried and worried. She was quite concerned about her future. She was experiencing irritability and used to get angry easily. She would easily mingle with people and was an outgoing type of person. The patient was an optimistic and hardworking person. Her confidence level was good, but she was more worried about her present disease state.
Her general and systemic examination was done. Her blood pressure (120/80mmhg) and weight (55kgs) were checked and updated.
After analyzing the complete case and symptom totality in detail, Dr. Shah prescribed research-based homeopathic medicines to the patient.
Follow-Ups:
At the first follow-up in January 2019, no major changes occurred. The intensity and severity of her complaints were as it is, and she was dependent on allopathic medicines.
At the follow-up in March 2019, the patient was feeling slightly better with the complaints. Her relief from the pain was better by 20%, but its frequency was as it is. She was still dependent on allopathic medicines.
At her follow-up in May 2019, the patient’s frequency of trigeminal neuralgia attacks had reduced. Also, the intensity and severity of the attacks had reduced. The numbness, tenderness, and electric-shock-like pain had also decreased. She was still dependent on allopathic medicines.
In July 2019, the patient experienced a 30% relief in the symptoms. Her pain had turned moderate and bearable. She occasionally had severe episodes of trigeminal neuralgia. The frequency of her complaint reduced to 1-2 episodes a week. She started reducing the dosage of allopathic drugs.
In September 2019, the patient reported 50% relief in her complaints. Her complaint slightly increased in the first week and reduced later. No major episodes had occurred. She had experienced a slight stiffness in the right jawline at that time.
At the follow-up in November 2019, the patient was feeling 70% better. The patient had no major episodes of Trigeminal neuralgia. Also, she had reduced the dosage of allopathic drugs.
At the follow-up in February 2020, the patient was feeling overall better with 80%-90% relief in the symptoms. No major episodes had occurred. The patient had mild episodes lasting for 1-2 seconds, and she was not on any allopathic drugs.
At the follow-up in May 2020, the patient was feeling further better. No major episodes of trigeminal neuralgia bothered her in the last 3 months.
Conclusion:
This case highlights that homeopathy utilizes a minimal dose of medication to treat the disease effectively. This results in the betterment of the patient as a whole with no side effects. This case illustrates the efficacy of homeopathy in treating trigeminal neuralgia incredibly with no side effects.