A  Case Of  Recurrent URTI &

Fever(Sebia)

Dr. Gajanan V. Dhanipkar

The Case:

A girl of 3 yr 5 months

Complaint – Fever with

recurrent URTI

During fever, her mother says that

“She is extremely

irritable and dull,

always lying in bed” 

She can’t tolerate anybody coming near her or even touching her.

She gets extremely angry if you ask

anything to her.

 She shrieks and kicks

if anybody approaches her or

calls her. 

She wants many things.

She throws things when offered to

her.

She moans during fever.

She wants her mother

to carry her and

walk in the room.

Understanding of the Case

What happens to her when she has fever?

She can’t tolerate anybody coming near her or even touching her.

She shrieks and kicks if anybody approaches her or even looks at her.

The perception of the child:

as if being touched as if being hurt

Her reaction is to:

Kick back Yell

Abuse Shriek

The patient is capricious till the time she finds relief.

The typical symptom which the mother tells is that

she is relieved only after

being carried and moving in the room

(carried, desires to be, very fast- KENT)

Carried: desires to be: relief, yet it gives no (Complete)

An infant wants the parent to carry him/her and walk very fast.

They accomplish this by non stop crying.

This suggests

Typhoid Miasm It is reflected

in the intense struggle with the

desire to be carried or to

reach a position of total peace

or recovery.

In elder children, the same state is reflected as crying, kicking and shrieking

continuously.

The perception of the child is that he will be injured if somebody approaches or

touches him.

So she continues to shout, kick, shriek in an attempt to keep away the injury so that

she can get peace.

This struggle indicates Typhoid Miasm in elder

children and also in the above case.

So combining the theme of the

Compositae family

with

Typhoid Miasm indicates-

Chamomilla

which relieved the child.