Cases of recurrent Chalazion

This is the case of Ms. G.A (Patient Ref. No. S-5422), a 24 years old female who reported to the clinic for her complaints of chalazion. She had developed chalazae over both her eyelids and involving both the eyes in the last one year. She had also undergone surgical excision of the chalazae in the left eye in the past but she had recurrence of the condition after a while. Later she developed chalazae in the right eye as well.

She also had complaints of recurrent headaches since 5 to 6 years. She was a known case of prolapsed intervertebral disc since 10 months. She would experience pain in the lower back that would get worse from stooping and on lifting weights. Apart from this she also had started having excessive hairloss since the past few months.

She was a lean girl with an average built. Her appetite was normal and she was fond of sweets and spicy foods. Her bowel habits were irregular and she would be frequently constipated. Her menstrual cycles were regular and she would become very irritable and angry before her menses. Her sleep would be sound and refreshing.

She was employed as a secretary in a company and was staying with her husband and in-laws. She was very short tempered and would get angry very fast. The least contradiction from someone would provoke her anger. She would get very anxious and irritable before her menses. She also stated that she would get very suspicious before her menses would begin. She would weep whenever she would get tensed and weeping would give her some relief. Her husband's job involved lot of traveling and he would be off-shore for long periods and she would get tensed about him too.

She had history of Koch's in the past and she had completed the treatment for the same. Apart from this she had been operated for the chalazion over the left eye in the past, as mentioned before. On the family front, her mother had hypertension, diabetes and asthma.

Based on the above history she was prescribed homoeopathic medicines for her complaints. She was given a drug called Staphysagria which was supported later by another one called Sulphur. Within just 4 months of homoeopathic treatment, her complaint of recurrent chalazae was almost gone. The existing chalazae were completely gone and she did not develop any new ones. Her other complaints of migraine and backache were also much better than before. Her hairloss was significantly better in another couple of months. Overall she did very well with the homeopathic treatment in all her complaints. She was asked to discontinue her treatment after this as she did not require any further treatment.

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A 49 years old male patient reported with complaints of recurrent chalazae since 9 years. Every year he would develop chalazion on either of the lids in either of the eye and this would occur at least 2-3 times every year. Initially these would be relieved by hot compresses but later they stopped responding to the compresses. In the last two years before he chose to take homoeopathy, he had the chalazion operated 3 times but the condition would recur after a couple of months even after surgical excision. There would be no fixity as to where the chalazion would occur and it would affect any of the eyelids (sometimes even both eyelids) of either of the eye. He was very much distressed due to this problem and especially because he had undergone surgical excision 3 times but nothing would stop it from recurring.

His appetite and thirst was normal and he was fond of barbeque ribs and steaks. There was no problem with the urine and stools. He was a tall and slightly overweight person with no other significant complaints.
He was an electronic technician and enjoyed bowling, fishing and computers. He had a quiet nature and was somewhat of a loner. He would get angry if people around him would be rude. The major stressing his life at hat time was that he was going to lose his job in the next 6 months. So he was very much worried about his unemployment. This thought would worry him a lot and he would also feel very sad and depressed about it. Whenever he would feel sad and depressed he would try to engage his mind in something more entertaining.

He had a history of surgery for intestinal obstruction in the past apart from surgical excision of chalazion 3 times. There was no history of any other major illness in the past. His father had complaints of aneurysm and there was no history of any other major illness in his family.
The patient was on oral and topical antibiotics for the chalazion and he had also received a shot of local steroid injection for the same without much help.

He was prescribed a remedy named Silicea along with a dose of another remedy called Thuja. The remedies were prescribed in the 200th potency. At the end of 10 months, his chalazion had almost disappeared and the best part was that there had been no recurrence of any new chalazion so far after starting the treatment. He was very glad that he could be saved from surgery and at the same time the recurrence of the chalazion could be arrested. He suffered from a major setback about 6 months after improving so far. At this time he started to develop another chalazion on his right upper eyelid but that disappeared with treatment for another 2 months and he did not require surgery for it.
This case illustrates that certain surgical conditions can be effectively treated with homoeopathy and surgery can be avoided many a times.

Remark: The remedy prescribed in these cases is patient-specific i.e. it has been prescribed based on the symptoms specific to the patient at that point of time. It is advisable that the patient does not indulge in any self-medication.

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