Hyper acidity
What is acid reflux?
- Acid which is produced by stomach may make its way to your food pipe causing symptoms like heart burn, chest discomfort and regurgitation of food.
Causes
- Eating large portion of meal at a time
- Obesity
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Lack of exercise
- Mental stress and anxiety
- Eating high amount of garlic, onions, chocolates, lemon/citrus food, spicy food, or fatty food
- Smoking
- Alcohol consumption
How is this diagnosed?
- Heart burn and chest discomfort are the main key point to diagnose
- Barium swallow done in long term cases
- Endoscopy, it is not done on regular basis for acute cases
Case Presentation
A 24 years old female unmarried patient at OPD basis came with the complaint of severe unbearable acid reflux since 5 hours and no relief with antacid medication.
Associated complain
- None
Past history
- History of acid reflux off and on.
- Girl had past history of poly cystic ovarian disease and was on homeopathic treatment for the same from 2015 to 2016. After treatment she was having regular periods.
- H/O headache at the end of every weak
Gynecology history
- Menstrual history: Cycle regular
- Clots: No clots
- Quantity: Adequate
- Duration: 3 to 4 days
Obstetric history
- G0P0A0L0
Family history
- Father: Known case of syndrome X
- Mother: Known case of GERD, borderline diabetes
- Paternal grandmother: History of early menopause and known case of hypertension
- Maternal grandmother: Known case of breast cancer and hypertension
Personal history
- Desire: Desire for chocolates, ice-cream and fast food
- Aversion: Not specific
- Craving: Sweets
- Diet: Vegetarian
- Thirst: 5-6 glasses/day
- Appetite: Regular
- Stool: Once a day
- Sleep: Deep sleep
- Dreams: Dreams of regular day
- Tongue: No coating
- Urine: 3-4 times/day
Mind
- Cries easily when scolded
- Headache due to physical and mental exertion
- Dedicated to work
- Cries when narrating complaints
Prescription
- Nixocid 2 tablets every 1 hour
Result
- Patient got relief within 2 hours and was happy with the result
Why did I prescribe Nixocid?
- The case is acute. The girl was suffering from hyper acidity making unable to focus on routine work and needed an instant relief.
- Nixocid is and combination of Nat Phos 3x, Carbo Veg 3x, Robinia pseudocasia 3x and Lyco 3x.
- Here, I prescribed according to the requirement of the patient.
- It is not so that once I prescribed Nixocid as a permanent solution. The similimum should be find out with proper repertorization according to rules of Dr Hahnemann so that recurrent acid reflux can be prevented.
Prevention
- To prevent recurrence you should not have large portion of meal at a time.
- Avoid junk food.
- Have small portion of food at frequent interval.
- Meditation to reduce mental anxiety and stress.
- Avoid causative factors whenever you can like, avoid fatty or spicy food.
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