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Persistent Cellulitis, On Constant Antibiotic Therapy. Negative For Cancer, Other Infection. Any Diagnosis ?
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My name is AAAA. I have a case that has been examined by multiple colleagues of mine and none of them can pinpoint a diagnosis. They keep going back to persistent cellulitis.
Patient in question is 40 with no pre-existing health problems. She is 6 feet, 264 pounds.
She has had two of these lesions removed; they are about 1 by 2 cm, pink, translucent. Biopsy came back negative for cancer, negative for infection. She has been seen by ED physicians, cardiologists, my supervising MD who is family medicine and myself.
Now she is having these pop up in mulitiple areas of her body to include her arms. She has been on constant antibiotic therapy to include Keflex, doxycycline, Bactrim, IV vanc while hospitalized for over eight weeks now. It was responsive to one IM shot of steroids but came back a couple of days later.
One thing that struck me as odd: in her family history she mentions her sister had something similar to what she is experiencing and it was a "strange neurologic disease," that resolved over fifteen years ago. They do not remember the exact name of this disease. Do you know of any diagnosis that could mimic the symptoms described above?
Many Thanks
AAAAAA FNP
My name is AAAA. I have a case that has been examined by multiple colleagues of mine and none of them can pinpoint a diagnosis. They keep going back to persistent cellulitis.
Patient in question is 40 with no pre-existing health problems. She is 6 feet, 264 pounds.
She has had two of these lesions removed; they are about 1 by 2 cm, pink, translucent. Biopsy came back negative for cancer, negative for infection. She has been seen by ED physicians, cardiologists, my supervising MD who is family medicine and myself.
Now she is having these pop up in mulitiple areas of her body to include her arms. She has been on constant antibiotic therapy to include Keflex, doxycycline, Bactrim, IV vanc while hospitalized for over eight weeks now. It was responsive to one IM shot of steroids but came back a couple of days later.
One thing that struck me as odd: in her family history she mentions her sister had something similar to what she is experiencing and it was a "strange neurologic disease," that resolved over fifteen years ago. They do not remember the exact name of this disease. Do you know of any diagnosis that could mimic the symptoms described above?
Many Thanks
AAAAAA FNP
Thu, 22 Aug 2013
Hello Laura,
I am a Homoeopath. If you ask me suggestion or diagnosis, I may not be able to add any thing more.
But one thing I can assure you, Homoeopathy can cure her. I hope what you and your patient needs is that. It is an illusion that we can nosologically diagnose every affection on the human body.
Please do not remove the pop ups or give steroids and strong chemical drugs. They will only suppress the affection producing other more severe diseases for her.
You have mentioned the history of similar affection for her sister as an odd thing. But as Homoeopath, there is nothing odd or strange in it. According to Homoeopathy, the affection on her skin is not a disease of her skin but it is a genetic affection of her constitution. Therefore what is required for her is a genetic, constitutional and individualistic treatment . Homoeopathy is nothing else.
My advice to you is to get back to me with the details of her constitution and then I can prescribe her genetic constitutional remedy that will cure her.
Or approach an expert Homoeopathic physician with her at the earliest.
With Best Wishes,
Dr C. J. Varghese,
Homoeopath,
I am a Homoeopath. If you ask me suggestion or diagnosis, I may not be able to add any thing more.
But one thing I can assure you, Homoeopathy can cure her. I hope what you and your patient needs is that. It is an illusion that we can nosologically diagnose every affection on the human body.
Please do not remove the pop ups or give steroids and strong chemical drugs. They will only suppress the affection producing other more severe diseases for her.
You have mentioned the history of similar affection for her sister as an odd thing. But as Homoeopath, there is nothing odd or strange in it. According to Homoeopathy, the affection on her skin is not a disease of her skin but it is a genetic affection of her constitution. Therefore what is required for her is a genetic, constitutional and individualistic treatment . Homoeopathy is nothing else.
My advice to you is to get back to me with the details of her constitution and then I can prescribe her genetic constitutional remedy that will cure her.
Or approach an expert Homoeopathic physician with her at the earliest.
With Best Wishes,
Dr C. J. Varghese,
Homoeopath,
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