Mahesh Seema, Mallappa Mahesh, Habchi Olga, Konstanta Vasiliki, Chise Cristina, Sykiotou Panagiota, Vithoulkas George
School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Centre for Classical Homeopathy, Bangalore, India.
Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2021 Feb 11;14:1179547621994103. doi: 10.1177/1179547621994103. eCollection 2021.
The Continuum theory and the Levels of Health theory propound the idea that return of efficient acute inflammation (high fever) heralds true improvement in chronic inflammatory states. We present 6 cases of atopic dermatitis (AD), which had stability in their improvement for 1 year or more, under classical homeopathy. The cases were retrospectively assessed with selected based on the Hanifin Rajka atopic dermatitis diagnostic criteria and the follow ups evaluated according to changes on SCORing Atopic Dermatitis scale (SCORAD) scale. The pictures are presented as evidence. Modified Naranjo Criteria for assessing causal attribution of clinical outcome to homeopathic intervention was used to assess the effect of homeopathy in these cases. All the cases improved and stabilised with complete skin clearance (those that relapsed within 1 year were not included). These patients had not suffered high fevers/acute inflammatory diseases since onset/aggravation of AD. Five of the 6 cases developed acute inflammatory diseases as the chronic condition improved. The last case showed return of an old, lesser pathology. The control cases - which were selected for non-improvement under classical homeopathy also showed remarkable skin clearance when there was appearance of acute inflammatory states. In this study, there is a mutually exclusive relationship between efficient acute inflammation and chronic inflammation, which is in accordance with the 2 theories considered here. Further scientific studies are necessary to establish the phenomenon at tissue level.
连续统理论和健康水平理论提出，有效的急性炎症（高烧）的恢复预示着慢性炎症状态的真正改善。我们展示了6例特应性皮炎（AD）病例，在经典顺势疗法治疗下，其病情改善稳定达1年或更长时间。这些病例根据汉尼芬·拉伊卡特应性皮炎诊断标准进行回顾性评估，并根据特应性皮炎评分（SCORAD）量表的变化对随访情况进行评估。附上图片作为证据。采用改良的纳兰霍标准来评估顺势疗法干预对临床结果的因果归因，以评估顺势疗法在这些病例中的效果。所有病例均有改善并稳定，皮肤完全清除（1年内复发的病例未纳入）。自AD发病/加重以来，这些患者未患过高烧/急性炎症性疾病。6例中有5例在慢性病情改善时出现了急性炎症性疾病。最后1例显示一种旧的、较轻的病理状态复发。对照病例——在经典顺势疗法下选择未改善的病例——在出现急性炎症状态时也显示出显著的皮肤清除。在本研究中，有效的急性炎症与慢性炎症之间存在相互排斥的关系，这与这里考虑的两种理论一致。需要进一步开展科学研究以在组织水平证实这一现象。
