CASE OF MULTIPLE BOILS IN AN INFANT
One year old boy was brought by her mother for complaints of multiple boils on face and extremities.
Sometimes, boils would be so deep that it turns into abscess. First, eruption started at 8 months of age. The baby was unsuccessfully treated at the hands of many allopathic paediatricians with local applications before visiting me. At present there were crops of boils on hands and face, especially forehead.
Boils were itchy, itching could be so intense that it would start bleeding after scratching. The baby was cranky with itching.
Also baby suffers from wheezing on and off.
According to mother:
The baby is very hot. Likes to sleep in air-conditioned room without covering. Likes bathing.
Appetite is good.
He craves sour lime.
Strong aversion to EGGS.
Perspires quite a lot on head, neck and extremities.
Other discharges and generals were normal.
Behaviour of baby: Lots of curosity in learning new milestones, likes music (listening to nursery rhymes). Restlessness cant be at one position for long. Very obstinate, cannot be pacified easily.
Milestones: Normal teething, crawling for age.
Family history:
Mother: Allergic cold since many years
Paternal grandfather: Leukaemia at 50 years of age
Maternal grandfather: Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Ischaemic heart disease, Renal stones
Pregnancy history: First child, normal delivery. No history of any major emotional and physical symptoms during pregnancy.
Breast feeding till 6 months of age.
Case evaluation:
Considering the strong physical and behaviour symptoms of the baby repertorization was done using Synthesis repertory.
On repertorial totality three remedies that strongly came up were Calc, Sulph, Calc-sulph.
Detail study of these three remedies enabled me to understand that Calc-sulph wonderfully covers the pathology of boils and abscesses in this child along with the mental and physical generals.
Calcarea sulphurica 30 was given twice a day in deviated doses to baby for 14 days.
After 2 weeks baby wonderfully responded to the remedy boils started to regress in size and number. No new eruptions were coming up and more importantly baby was more cheerful now.
Calc-sulp 30 was continued for the period of another 2 weeks, after which intermittent doses as and when required. Also, his tendency to wheezing and cold reduced.
Calc-sulph is deep acting, anti-psoric remedy and if given early and correctly helps to bring about rapid and gentle cure.
Symptoms covered by Calc-sulph:
1. Obstinate children
2. Restless children
3. Skin eruptions boils
4. Abscesses
5. Eggs aversion
6. Sour, acids desires
7. Heat sensation
