Abstract
Contact dermatitis is a type of skin eruption. It is caused by chemical or physical substance comes in contact with skin that causes allergic reaction. Contact dermatitis can be caused by different compound in home or work. It is chronic or continuous, non-contagious in nature. Here, a18 year’s old girl presented with a popular eruption over flexor aspect of wrist joint and over both ear lobes over last 3 to 4 years. It was a diagnosed case of contact dermatitis. She was successfully treated by individualized Homoeopathic treatment with single medicine Calcarea Carb over 4 to 5 months. She initially did not show stable improvement on homoeopathic medicine selected on the basis of symptoms. On changing the medicine considering mental symptoms and physical general, she gradually showed good improvement and reached remission by 3 months. Remission maintained without any recurrence over the next 2 years. It shows positive role of Homoeopathic treatment in contact dermatitis in a young woman.
 Keywords: Homoeopathy, Dermatitis, Contact, Treatment.
Highlights
The terms ‘eczema’ and ‘dermatitis’ are synonymous
Contact dermatitis is a type of skin eruption
Contact dermatitis can be caused by different compound in home or work
Summary
The terms ‘eczema’ and ‘dermatitis’ are synonymous. Eczema can be acute or chronic and there are several causes. There was severe itching followed by eczematous eruptions predominantly on the flexor aspect of wrist joint [Figure 1] aggravates by touching of metal watch and some minor lesions on both pinna and both forearm for last [3,4] years aggravated by wearing imitation jewelries. Provisional diagnosis of contact dermatitis was made based on itching, characteristic morphology, and distribution of eruptions, past history of similar rashes; all the complaints are aggravated by wearing of imitation jewelries or wearing of metal watch. On further relapse of skin symptoms and there was a need for a fresh case taking to achieve a new similimum for the expectation of complete cure She was re-interrogated and re-analyzed for the characteristic symptoms, i.e., weeping disposition, fear of darkness, fear of alone, chilly patient, thirstless and discharging from eczema after scratching, and constipation with difficult to pass stool, perspiration offensive were taken into consideration for repertorization. Current update over telecommunication, showed completely recovered state [Figure 2]
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