Volume 6 Issue 4 (Oct. - Dec.) 2023
Case Reports
INFANTILE PNEUMONIA CAUSES, SIGNS/SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS, COMPLICATIONS, MANAGEMENT AND HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT- “A CASE STUDY”
Usha Devi, Ruchi Biswas
Pneumonia is an infection of one or both of the lungs caused by bacteria, virus, or fungi. It is a serious condition in which the air sac fills with pus and other liquid. Pneumonia may be classified anatomically as lobar and lobular pneumonia, Bronchopneumonia and interstitial Pneumonia. Pathologically, there is a consolidation of alveoli or infiltration of the interstitial tissue with inflammatory cells or both. Here we will discuss the causes sign and symptoms, complication, differential diagnosis, management along with Homoeopathic treatment with case.Homoeopathic medicines like Antim Tart, Aralia R & Natrum Sulph was found to have a Miracle effect on infantile pneumonia. Antim Tart is due to the emetic influence of the tartarised antimony that this medicine got its name “Tartar Emetic”. Antim Tart act on respiratory organ, Salivary gland, Mucus membrane, brain, nerve and skin. Its action on the pneumogastric nerve causes depression of respiration, circulation and other symptoms resembling pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma etc. Aralia Racemosa with common name American spikenard is a remedy for Asthmatic condition with cough aggravated on lying down. Dry cough coming on after first sleep about middle of night.Natrum Sulphuricum – Sodium Sulphate was discovered by Glauber, hence called Glauber’s salt, is used by the old school as a laxative or purgative but Homoeopathy has raised its status and established its great utility in various disease conditions like Pneumonia, Asthma etc. The drug has got its main seat of action on the respiratory system causing sycotic pneumonia and humid Asthma.
