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Polycystic Ovarian Disease
My sister has been diagnosed by a gynecologist with Polycystic Ovarian Disease.PHYSICAL:
She is obese, has irregular, heavy and extremely painful menstruation and spotting between menses. She experiences nausea and tearfulness during menses. She is unable to work. Her glucose levels are high (borderline diabetic). Better for lying down (on back). Better for warmth/heat (hot water bottle on abdomen). Experiences loss of appetite.
CHARACTER, MENTAL & EMOTIONAL:
She is a sensitive individual. Words hurt her easily. She likes to be in control. She doesn't like to be wrong. She has a short temper. She fears betrayal. She does not trust easily. She enjoys being alone. She is close to her immediate family but has few other meaningful relationships. She enjoys rich food, and overindulges as such frequently. She works hard and is very career-driven. She does not drink or smoke. She has extremely high morals and ethics. The plight of others affects her deeply, but she does not express this readily. She doesn't readily express her emotions. She guards her personal life. She doesn't talk about her feelings often. She has a bad relationship with her father, and harbors some resentment as a result. She feels embarrassed and defensive about her weight and medical condition. She does not want to be in a public place. She wants to be in her own home.
She has made an appointment with a dietitian.
The Remedy Finder suggests lach./apis./iod./lyc./coloc./plat/staph./murx./thuj./merc./apoc. - how do I select a potency once a remedy has been selected? Can anyone recommend another remedy that I should look into?
(NOTE: I am trying to convince her to see a homeopath but she's a bit skeptical, and also feels embarrassed by her condition and weight.)
JSkamp on 2009-09-17
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Patient ID: Sex: Age:
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. What peculiar or strange sensation do you have in any part of your body at times? Do you sometimes feel as if .. in some part of the body?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)
If you are not having normal menstrual cycles, please answer the following questions:
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. What peculiar or strange sensation do you have in any part of your body at times? Do you sometimes feel as if .. in some part of the body?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)
If you are not having normal menstrual cycles, please answer the following questions:
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
♡ rishimba last decade
1. Describe your main suffering?
Pain in the region of ovaries, increased during menstruation.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Headaches. Burning and cramping in stomach during times of high stress, and after eating rich and spicy food.
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Feel judged because of obesity. Feel guilty because no action has been taken.
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
Pain. Frustration. Anger. Sorrow.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
3 moths ago. No.
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Mid-morning.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
Aggravate:
Stress. Menstruation.
Ameliorate:
Lying on back. Warm/hot compress.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
No external. Internal - yes. Menses = greater pain.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
Not specific to weather.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Agreeable (in public), bold (public), easily offended, focused, hard-working, single-minded, moody, suspicious, intolerant (private), affectionate (private), introverted (private).
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Introverted. grumpy at times.
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Prefer solitude. Seek out consolation only in extreme circumstances.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Not particularly.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
None.
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
Friends - have few.
Family - disconnected.
No children.
Husband - soulmate, love, not enough time together, frustration.
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
No repeated dreams. Losing my loved ones. My husband leaving me.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
CRAVE: Dairy (whole milk particularly), chocolate.
AVERSIONS: Spinach, green vegetables in general, seafood, soya-based food, alcohol, cigarette smoke.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal.
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
None (aside from above-mentioned general aversions).
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal. Trunk and limbs generally.
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Normal.
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
On stomach. Sleep well. Accustomed to rising early during the week, but sleep late over weekend. Struggle to fall asleep rarely.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes.
20. What peculiar or strange sensation do you have in any part of your body at times? Do you sometimes feel as if .. in some part of the body?
Emptiness in abdomen.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
No new symptom. Medication to balance insulin/glucose level.
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Hypertension. Cholesterol. (Maternal) Depression. (Paternal)
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
5ft4in. Dark blonde hair. Gray/blu/green eyes. Pale skin (caucasion) - pinkish and prone to sunburn. Freckles (sparse on nose and cheeks). Moles - not dangerous - on back and arms - not many. Overweight.
24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)
If you are not having normal menstrual cycles, please answer the following questions:
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
Late. Over 2 weeks duration.
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
Not before or after, but great discomfort during.
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
Excessive.
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
Bright red.
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
Yes.
Pain in the region of ovaries, increased during menstruation.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
Headaches. Burning and cramping in stomach during times of high stress, and after eating rich and spicy food.
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
Feel judged because of obesity. Feel guilty because no action has been taken.
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
Pain. Frustration. Anger. Sorrow.
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
3 moths ago. No.
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Mid-morning.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
Aggravate:
Stress. Menstruation.
Ameliorate:
Lying on back. Warm/hot compress.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
No external. Internal - yes. Menses = greater pain.
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
Not specific to weather.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Agreeable (in public), bold (public), easily offended, focused, hard-working, single-minded, moody, suspicious, intolerant (private), affectionate (private), introverted (private).
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
Introverted. grumpy at times.
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
Prefer solitude. Seek out consolation only in extreme circumstances.
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
Not particularly.
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
None.
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
Friends - have few.
Family - disconnected.
No children.
Husband - soulmate, love, not enough time together, frustration.
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
No repeated dreams. Losing my loved ones. My husband leaving me.
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
CRAVE: Dairy (whole milk particularly), chocolate.
AVERSIONS: Spinach, green vegetables in general, seafood, soya-based food, alcohol, cigarette smoke.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
Normal.
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
None (aside from above-mentioned general aversions).
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
Normal. Trunk and limbs generally.
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
Normal.
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
On stomach. Sleep well. Accustomed to rising early during the week, but sleep late over weekend. Struggle to fall asleep rarely.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
Yes.
20. What peculiar or strange sensation do you have in any part of your body at times? Do you sometimes feel as if .. in some part of the body?
Emptiness in abdomen.
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
No new symptom. Medication to balance insulin/glucose level.
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
Hypertension. Cholesterol. (Maternal) Depression. (Paternal)
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance.
5ft4in. Dark blonde hair. Gray/blu/green eyes. Pale skin (caucasion) - pinkish and prone to sunburn. Freckles (sparse on nose and cheeks). Moles - not dangerous - on back and arms - not many. Overweight.
24. (ONLY FOR FEMALES)
If you are not having normal menstrual cycles, please answer the following questions:
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
Late. Over 2 weeks duration.
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
Not before or after, but great discomfort during.
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
Excessive.
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
Bright red.
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
Yes.
JSkamp last decade
please describe the exact sensation of pain in your ovaries during the periods.
what makes it worse and what makes better.
please describe the exact sensation when you have headaches during times of stress.
what makes it better and what makes it worse.
do you crave salt?
do you have oily skin on your face?
do you sweat on your face while eating?
did you have any bereavement in your life to which the problems might be related.
what makes it worse and what makes better.
please describe the exact sensation when you have headaches during times of stress.
what makes it better and what makes it worse.
do you crave salt?
do you have oily skin on your face?
do you sweat on your face while eating?
did you have any bereavement in your life to which the problems might be related.
♡ rishimba last decade
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