Case 2
T de G.
Born july 1989, first consultation with collegue june 1991.
The complaint in 1991 is recurrent bronchitis; they have dragged themselves through winter with a onderhoudsdosis antibiotics. During this consultation in june she is less benauwd but now she has eczema and has ointments from the dermatologist.
Her eye squints inward when tired.
Pregnancy and birth were good; she was born in hospital because mother lives alone. Breastfeeding did not work, bottle feeding was all right.
First bronchitis at the age of two months. It always starts with coryza and green discharge; then dry cough and oppression. She always rochelt. She sleeps well.
She is very busy. And even ‘razend druk’ when having bronchitis, very energetic. She is mirthfull, happy and active. She stands up for herself, is not afraid of older children and may exert fysical violence (3).
She trust people and likes to talk to strangers.
No fears; laat gewoon bloed afnemen
My collegue noted that the girl was very vivid, agile and easy in making contact, phosphoric. She came behind his desk. She eats greedily during consultation, bananas and krenten.
Once she was very benauwd, had a barking cough; it looked like pseudocroup. and was hospitalised; the girl wanted her mother to stay with her for five days.
She had recurrent otitis with offensive, acrid, watery, slightly yellow discharge.
Eardrum tubes.
Family history: astma P, PP, PPM and son of FM. No TBC.
Own history: some eczema; diaper rash witth firy red billen and labiae.
Desires bananas (3), biscuits (3), chips (3), potatoes (3), cheese (3), smoked sausages (3), meat (2), bacon (1), hard boiled eggs (2), bietjes (3),
Aversion melon, vegetables (3), fish (2). Fat food is not an item.
She is thirsty (2) for (cold) milk, apple juice; drinks greedily She even drinks the restjes of other children.
She sleeps well and is active as soon as she wakes. She sleeps on the back (3) or on the side (3). She does not perspire in bed although she is very warm, warm hands and feet and she throws the blankets of.
My collegue prescribed Medorrhinum 200K.
The next consultation is forgotten and mother phones two days later to say that everything is fine. The girl is more quiet, the bronchitis and diaper rash are much better.
Two and a half years later she comes back ‘because other people think my daughter is not doing well’. I do not remeber having asked why she did not return to my collegue.
She is restless day and night, has bad concentration, wiggles all the time, runs around and falls frequently. She threatens to strike the mother when she does not get her way and tells her that she is stupid. She bites children.
As cause for it all her mother tells that the father is nervous en restless and that the mother is always busy. The girl has always been very restless and active; she can not adapt easily to new situations like new teachers.
She has waterwratten. She is long for her age.
Her home situation is complicated. Her father and mother together with a third person offer a home for asielzoekers and on top of this all there are nine pleegkinderen.
Our patient has difficulty playing on her own and forces (3) and claims (3) others to play with her. And again she plays very solitarily.
At the same time she is very social, notices herself if she interferes/bothers. She may interfere with her parents and visitors. She is very noisy, dominant and asks much attention. For example at bedtime she keeps her mother with her to talk together for two hours; she does so in a very loving and warm way.
She is afraid of being laughed at. She vomits (3) when angry.
Fear of spiders (2) and high and dark.
Food. She likes to drink from a bottle (lemonade or chocolatedrink). She desires biscuits (2), pancakes, apples (sweet, 2), bananas (2), chicken (2), fish(2), mossels (2), sausages.
Aversion. Lettuce (2), witlof (2), sprouts (2), bacon (2).
She likes to drink chocolademelk (2), lauw water and lemonade.
She sleeps well, wakes around 5.30 and is well awake at once.
I gave her Valeriana because of the vomitting from anger, restlessness, impatience, scolding. Worse rest and worse when alone. And for the idea that her house was not hers (Scholten) with asielzoekers en pleegkinderen around. Grandmother had always valeriana tincture and gave it to the mother for her restlessness (as she told me after I told her the prescribtion).
The results were mixed, not good. She did not strike or bite anymore at school, stays in her place at school and is very pretty person. But at home she has uncontrolable tantrums and often weeps unconsolable. She runs even more than before. Punishment does not work and when she is put in her room she kicks everything/the door to pieces.
Vomitting from anger or grief is less prominent.
I thought about Tarentula but finely choose Chocolate because of her threatining disposition, the biting and the desire for chocolate. And also for her lonely position in a house full of adults.
The reaction was good. The waterwratjes were gone. Her concentration had improved and she played much better; her fantasy play lasted longer (dealt often with anger and quarrels). She did not strike or bite anymore, she did not vomit and she slept longer then before.
Now she was sensitive for, and dependant on the opinion of others and had a more positive attitude. She is afraid to lose friendships and may claim very much but in a much friendlier way then before.
The next consultation was forgotten; the mother phoned later to tell that the girl was doing fine.
(Chocolate)