Dr rakesh gupta md(hom)mba(hcs)/dr namrata pandey dr surabhi chaturvedi/alice chettiar/hemangi mishra
CASE DETAILS:
72 year old male k/c/o gall stones & right ear glomus tympanicus tumor; got admitted at shree mumbadevi homeopathic hospital with sudden abdominal pain, worse jarring, better by warmth and lying on painful side, distension of abdomen, vomiting and obstipation (not passed stools and flatus since last 24 hours) on 30-7-15 at 5 am. H/o –eating chicken a day prior. P/h pancreatitis 6months ago. O/e- febrile, git- abdomen distended, dull note with shifting dullness, abdomen tenderness & guarding, abdominal girth-89.5 cm , bowel sounds absent.
Investigations (30-7-15) : - cbc - wbc – 19500, serum potassium -3.2meq/l, s.amylase-636, s.lipase-686, s.calcium-7.3mg/dl. Usg s/o pancreatitis with peri pancreatic fluid & bulky pancreas. Ascites, distended loops with sluggish bowel movements.
Diagnosis- acute relapsing pancreatitis with ascites with cholelithiasis with paralytic illeus leading to intestinal obstruction with hypocalcaemia with hypokalemia
Management : Maintain hydration/electrolyte correction; Gastric decompression: - ryles tube aspiration; Homoeopathic treatment bryonia 200 -> 1m
Treatment summary:- there was increase in abdominal girth from 89.5 cm 94 cm even after receiving antibiotic injections. patient was started on homeopathic medicine bryonia 200 every 2 hourly 1m initially diluted 2 hrly followed by whole dose 2 hrly.
After the start of homeopathic medicine abdominal pain, fever disappeared, stool and flatus was passed. Abdominal girth reduced from 94 cm 81 cm, pleural effusion also disappeared. Wbc was also normal.
on 3-8-15 s.lipase: 48 normal s.amylase – 73 normal
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