My year and 3 months old daughter is ill. she was being treated homeopathically. Antim Tart had helped her bronchitis,but then there was a relapse. Her cough become too troublesome and the prolonged illness was getting on the nerves of my wife so i had to resort to allopathy.
Today the allopath after examination told us that the baby's both lungs are congested. when he learnt that the problem is been there for quite a while he suggested us to hospitalize the child where injectable and nebulizer would be used alternatively he told us we can treat her at home on antibiotics but then the child may not respond too well as the case is old. This scared my wife all the more. I would have personally wanted to continue with homeopathy.
Now can someone suggest if it is OK to give homeopathy while taking allopathy. I know the classical views are against it. but then maybe the likes of Dr. Leela tru their clinical experience would like to differ......

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Val,

This kind of patient needs proper treatment and care. It is a matter of child’s health. The child must be suffering from fever but you gave ant tart. Fever should be treated first. I think your wife is correct in her opinion.

Read this para it will help you in understanding homeopathy

When a patient has been taking some allopathic medication for a very long period, it is not possible to withdraw the drug immediately. Sudden withdrawl of drugs used in diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, arrhythmias, hormonal disorders, glomeru nephritis etc can sometime prove disastrous for the patient. In such cases usually the homeopathic treatment is started along with the allopathic medicines, and as the condition of the patient starts improving, the allopathic drugs are tapered slowly.

But in such cases obtaining a cure becomes very difficult as the homeopath has to prescribe on the mixed symptomatic state due to disease and the drugs.

When a patient is unwilling to get proper homeopathic treatment for his/her chronic complaints but wants to get her isolated acute conditions treated homeopathically, then homeopaths usually do not deny treatment to such patients.

In pre-surgery, post-surgery, and trauma cases homeopathic medicines are often given along with allopathic medicines.

During the course of a proper homepathic treatment for chronic ailments, if a patient suffers from an acute isolated condition (unrelated to his chronic tendencies) (like sick headache due to night watching, or vomiting due to too much wine etc (indisposition)) then allopathic medicine for such condition (if is required) can be used. The reason behind this thought is that often homeopathic medicines can interfere with each others action or can change the disease picture enough to make the follow-up prescribing difficult. This is not good for the long term treatment of such patients.

These are some of the conditions when homeopathic medicines are given along with the allopathic medicines.

My request to you. Don't give any homoeopathic medicine with allopathy to your child. Just wait....

May allah bless your child. I am praying for you.

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Yes, I agree, do not mix the medicines - it cannot be of benefit and might confuse the case.
If using homoeopathy, take the child to an excellent dependable homoeopath. This would be the best option, if you have access to such a practitioner in whom you have complete confidence. Such homoeopaths on whom one can depend in acute situations are rare, but do exist.
Otherwise, use allopathy alone for the acute - i would try antibiotics before steroids if allopathic medicine is what you have to choose.
all the best, anna

thanks for the advice. by the way the fever was first taken care off with belladona and latter pulsitilla.
Antim tart followed latter.
what are the signs to recognise if a child is progressing to punemonia.

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General Symptoms.

The symptoms of bacterial pneumonia develop abruptly and may include chest pain, cough, fever, shaking, chills, shortness of breath, and rapid breathing and heart beat.
Symptoms of pneumonia indicating a medical emergency include high fever, a rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, bluish-skin, and mental confusion.
Coughing up sputum containing pus or blood is an indication of serious infection.
Severe abdominal pain may accompany pneumonia occurring in the lower lobes of the lung.
In advanced cases, the patient's skin may become bluish (cyanotic), breathing may become labored and heavy, and the patient may become confused.

To diagnose pneumonia, the doctor begins with a medical history and physical examination. Bacterial pneumonias often have a sudden onset, creating a sporadic cough with mucus production (often colored or "rusty"), and fever (often with chills), and pain along the chest wall. Infections caused by mycoplasma and viruses typically develop more slowly (often after a few days of flu-like symptoms) and can create a hacky or barky cough, a headache, and pain under the breastbone.

The doctor may order several tests to help diagnose the pneumonia. Chest x-rays are examined for signs of infection in the lungs. Often, different types of pneumonia will have different patterns on the x-ray. Blood and sputum tests may be done to collect a specimen if the doctor needs to determine the organism causing the pneumonia. Furthermore, a biopsy ( taking a lung tissue sample via needle, tube, or surgery) may be done in more severe cases.)

Dear Supportive Friends,
I am reporting a trifle bit late, but then i had to share this with you. After having panicked when the allopath told me to hospitalize the child as she may require injectables and nebulizer as both her lungs are congested badly or try giving antibiotics at home, which according to him may or may not work, and if it does it may take a lot of time to clear the case. We (my wife and I) deceided on giving antibiotics at home. After having administered antibiotics (something called Fixx) for a day only, i deceided to take a second opinion from a professional homeopath practising about 35 KMs away from our residence.
The Good homeopath gave a complete check up tru Assuculation and Percussion and told us that the chest is indeed congested but the bady does not require hospitalization. He said its a kind of dry pleurisy. He said the antibiotics may not help and after some days the allopath may give a stronger dose of antibiotic.
He prescribed a remedy which he prefferred not to disclose to me at that time.(he however promised to do so at opportune time latter). The child was 90% better after 7 days. He latter on gave her three doses of Kali Carb 30, one dose over three days with the comment: Every individual require this antipsoric at some time in their life-time, Thuja and Sulphur too finds its use atleast once in a persons life-time.
Now the baby is 100% fine, its got back its sour,putrid,yellow loose stools, which was earlier treated by me with podophyllum. This time Cal Carb 30 three doses over three days did the trick.

This Homeopath, incidently has studied in Mumbai under the likes of Late Dr. P Shankaran, Pathak et.all.

In the end all i can say 'HAIL HOMEOPATHY AND ITS TRIBE' I guess one can imagine the apprehension of parents when it involves a child only 15 months young.
join me in saying THREE CHEERS!

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valerian, thanks very much for posting the outcome.
what a good thing you found this homoeopath and your child is now well. apart from the great immediate result, it will have set her up for better health for many years, than if the doctors had used steroids and antibiotics.

i wonder what the first remedy was that restored her to 90%?
it is interesting that the calc carb picture came back after having been suppressed by podophyllum -this is a cautionary part of the tale, as the suppression *might* have led to other symptoms. now you have found this good homoeopath, it would be best to use his services whenever a remedy is needed.