In the "Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica" compiled by Clarke, there is a reference to the disease named "HIP-JOINT DISEASE". (e.g HEPAR SULPH, PHOS ACID, SILICEA).

Does anybody know what the actual reference is to? What is this disease known as in the "modern" clinical language?

I am suffering from AVASCULAR NECROSIS of the FEMUR for the last 3 years (whereas the doctor had only given me 6 months) and I have survived till now by the help of Homeopathic palliatives.
(I chose to call them palliatives and not remedies, is because the problem still exists as it was then). But homeopathy offered me excellent pain management and provided me all the strength needed to carry on till now.

So I am trying to find out if the HIP-JOINT disease rubric holds good for AVASCULAR NECROSIS of the FEMUR also.

Also, are the rubric CARIES and NECROSIS similar?

Does anybody has practical experience on dealing with this disease? I want to specifically know that if a similimum is ever found, should the low or high potencies be used?

By the way, over a period of three years, I have already used STRONTIUM CARB, SILICEA, STAPH, CALC PHOS, & SYMPHYTUM. And these have made me arrive where I am today, and helped manage the case, if not cure it.

Yikes! With such a scary condition, it's hard to believe you're relying on a bulletin board for guidence. Are there no homeopaths near you or can you not afford one? I know that Judyth
Reichenbeg-Ullman and Robert Ullman are taking phone cases, and that's gotta be a step up from advice from a BB. Are you familiar with Judyth and Bob?

I looked in the Merck Manual and couldn't find your disease. The remedies you've picked are logical, though. But you don't say how you're taking them or in what potency or what symptoms you use to prescribe on. I bring this up to say that you may have the correct remedy(s) but don't know how to manage it/them.

Your best bet here is Dr. Leela.

Snoopy

Homeoman,

Thanks for your input. You did not mention which book you listed the rubrics and remedies from.

Avascular Necrosis can be caused by many reasons. E.g Sickle Cell Anaemia, Legg Perthes disease, Scuba diving, Drinking too much alcohol etc. they all may be factors that can cause AVASCULAR NECROSIS.

The page you are referring me to just shows a case where AVN had been caused due to Sickle Cell Anaemia.

But, I have got all tests done, and there has been no evidence found of any disease. So the AVN has been termed IDIOPATHIC (reason unknown). And that is not a strange thing, since 25% of AVN cases are idiopathic.

Now what is AVN => The blood supply to a bone is restricted (don't know why and how) and the bone starts dying and ultimately gives way if it is a pressure bearing bone.

In my case, it is AVN of the femur. But luckily, it seems, that the necrosed area is not directly below the weight bearing area. I guess that is why I have been able to sustain so long.

My main question to this post was if I can equate the rubric "HIP-JOINT DISEASE" with AVASCULAR NECROSIS. What exactly does the rubric "HIP-JOINT DISEASE" means? Can "HIP-JOINT DISEASE" be taken as a synonym for AVASCULAR NECROSIS?

[ 10. January 2003, 19:17: Message edited by: necrosis ]

I shouldn't think they are the same as one implies disease of the joint while the other implies disease of the bone. Just a guess though..

But it is the upper end of my femur that is affected, which is a part of the hip-joint.

Anyway, I am still hopeful that surely *somebody* on this forum must have seen/encountered/treated/cured this disease somewhere on the globe.

Like Krista, I doubt that those 2 issues can be substituted one for the other. There are rubrics in Murphy's repertory:

Bones: necrosis
Bones: decay

There's a lot of remedies in these rubrics--maybe 10 in bold type.

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and answer all the questions.

Snoopy

HI WE've treated Avascular necrosis in kids and the reemdy that works best is the consitutional similimum.
You'll be wasting your time trying out something specific. Just as Allopathy has no cure for this.

I'm not sure what the repertory meant by "hip Joint Dsease" IT cuold even be Tuberculosis at the hip joint or various other infections involving that joint. IT may well include remedies for avascular necrosis.
The more important thing is that in homeopathy, we treat the totality, so what the rubric means is of little consequence.

All the best,
doctorleela

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Dear necrosis

I too am suffering from avascular necrosis of teh head of right femur for the past 1 yr, though the doctors are yet to confirm the diagnosis...but that is the most likely one of the three differentials that they have given. My cause is also most likely idiopathic... I have been on Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve the pain. In my case even the acetabulum is involved. The pain is gradually worsening and hampering my day to day activities.

have you had any luck with homeopathy ... so far as treatement of the disease is concerned??
Hope to hear from u

Renuka

Renuka,

May I recommend Dr. Leela at
www.homeopathy2health.com

Snoopy