An Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Patient Treated With Homeopathy: A Case Report

Belinda Gousta,Mohsen Saberi Isfeedvajani

doi:10.20286/hpr-010271

Abstract

Introduction: Homeopathy can be applied to treat various diseases and conditions such as cancer, allergy, mood disorders, headache and pain. This case showed that homeopathic medicine can be a treatment modality for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), an autoimmune-mediated hematologic disorder. Case Presentation: The patient was a 5.5–year-old child with ITP who referred to the homeopathic clinic with extensive petechiae and purpura on her body. Her platelet count was 15000/mcL and her anti-dsDNA and ANA were negative on her first visit. Her disease had first been diagnosed at the age of 2.5 years. She had undergone routine therapy for ITP; however, despite 15 months of corticosteroid therapy and IVIG injections, her platelet count was still low. After treatment with homeopathic remedies, her platelet count increased and signs of ITP disappeared. Conclusion: Homeopathic remedies can be considered as complementary and alternative medicines for ITP treatment protocols.

Highlights

Homeopathy can be applied to treat various diseases and conditions such as cancer, allergy, mood disorders, headache and pain
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), one of the most common causes of symptomatic thrombocytopenia in children, is an autoimmune-mediated hematologic disorder in which the destruction of platelets occurs resulting in isolated thrombocytopenia, generally defined as a platelet count of less than 100000/mcL, and normal results on a bone marrow examination [28,29,30]
ITP is usually a selflimiting, childhood bleeding disorder, and spontaneous recovery is reported in about 50% to 70% of patients [28, 30]; some cases do require treatment

Summary

Introduction

Is one of the most frequently used forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The patient’s parents tapered the prednisolone automatically after the first visit, and the hemato-oncologist stopped it on April 2014 because of clinical signs of improvement At her second visit on June 14, 2014, most of the petechiae and purpura had disappeared; the patient had no nose bleeding, the diaphoresis on her head and neck area was decreased, and her overnight thirst had disappeared. These results were obtained while she had received no chemical drugs and the prednisolone had been stopped 9 months earlier During this 11-month period while the patient had only homeopathic drugs, her platelet count increased from 15000/mcL to 140000/mcL and all clinical signs disappeared. During the final two telephone contacts with the patient’s parents in August and October 2015, they reported that the patient was completely healthy and had no dermal or mucosal signs

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