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Subconjunctival Haemorrhage and Classical Homeopathy – A Case Study

Subconjunctival Haemorrhage and Classical Homeopathy – A Case Study

October 18, 2023 1 Comment by Sarah Baxter

 

Homeopath Sarah Baxter shares a case of subconjunctival haemorrhage in a woman of 43 that was treated using the classical homeopathy approach. A nosode proved to be the simillimum.

Introduction

Subconjunctival haemorrhage (SCH) is considered a benign condition, most commonly presenting as circumscribed redness and bleeding underneath the conjunctiva, varying from ‘dot-blot haemorrhages’ to extensive areas of bleeding covering the entire sclera [i].

Tarlan and Kiratli i identify that among older patients SCH is mostly associated with systemic vascular disorders, including hypertension, diabetes or arteriosclerosis, whereby the walls of the blood vessels become fragile; whereas in younger patients, causes more commonly include ‘local trauma to the globe, injuries to the orbit, acute inflammation of the conjunctiva, conjunctival tumours, conjunctivochalasis, ocular amyloidosis, contact lens usage, ocular surgery, and ocular adnexal tumours’.

 

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