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. 2021 Feb 11:14:1179547621994103.
doi: 10.1177/1179547621994103. eCollection 2021.

Appearance of Acute Inflammatory State Indicates Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis Cases Under Classical Homeopathic Treatment: A Case Series

Seema Mahesh  1   2 , Mahesh Mallappa  2 , Olga Habchi  3 , Vasiliki Konstanta  4 , Cristina Chise  5 , Panagiota Sykiotou  4 , George Vithoulkas  6   7
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Appearance of Acute Inflammatory State Indicates Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis Cases Under Classical Homeopathic Treatment: A Case Series

Seema Mahesh et al. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. .

Abstract

The Continuum theory and the Levels of Health theory propound the idea that return of efficient acute inflammation (high fever) heralds true improvement in chronic inflammatory states. We present 6 cases of atopic dermatitis (AD), which had stability in their improvement for 1 year or more, under classical homeopathy. The cases were retrospectively assessed with selected based on the Hanifin Rajka atopic dermatitis diagnostic criteria and the follow ups evaluated according to changes on SCORing Atopic Dermatitis scale (SCORAD) scale. The pictures are presented as evidence. Modified Naranjo Criteria for assessing causal attribution of clinical outcome to homeopathic intervention was used to assess the effect of homeopathy in these cases. All the cases improved and stabilised with complete skin clearance (those that relapsed within 1 year were not included). These patients had not suffered high fevers/acute inflammatory diseases since onset/aggravation of AD. Five of the 6 cases developed acute inflammatory diseases as the chronic condition improved. The last case showed return of an old, lesser pathology. The control cases - which were selected for non-improvement under classical homeopathy also showed remarkable skin clearance when there was appearance of acute inflammatory states. In this study, there is a mutually exclusive relationship between efficient acute inflammation and chronic inflammation, which is in accordance with the 2 theories considered here. Further scientific studies are necessary to establish the phenomenon at tissue level.

Keywords: Atopic dermatitis; eczema; homeopathy; inflammation.

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Declaration of conflicting interests:The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Figures

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SCORAD graph of all the cases.
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Correlation of acute disease with SCORAD.
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Case 1 evolution of atopic dermatitis under treatment.
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Case 2 evolution of atopic dermatitis under treatment.
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Case 3 evolution of atopic dermatitis and pityriasis versicolor under treatment.
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Case 4 evolution of atopic dermatitis under treatment – after shift to palm.
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Case 5 evolution of atopic dermatitis under treatment.
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Case 6 evolution of atopic dermatitis under treatment.
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Figure 9.
SCORAD changes in control cases (non-responsive AD cases).
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