Dr. Laboni Banerjee1, Dr. Subhadeep Chatterjee2
1PGT, Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Bhopal, 2H.M.O. Govt. of West Bengal
Abstract:
Warts are the common benign type of skin lesions in our daily practice. Filiform warts are commonly seen on the face, neck, and skinfolds and present as papillomatous lesions on a narrow base. It looks different than most of the other warts. They are generally caused by human papilloma virus (HPV). A case of filiform wart at right side of cheek in a 5 year old child with rapid growth and easily bleeding from slightest touch. In this case Nitric acid was prescribed on the constitutional basis and proved to be beneficial. Considering the extent of the filiform wart in this patient, the Homoeopathic approach relieved the case in a very short period of time.
Key wards: Filiform warts, Homoeopathy, Nitric acid
Introduction:
Filiform warts are commonly seen on the lip, eyelids, neck, fingers. It looks distinctive. These are long, narrow projection that extends about 1 to 2 mm from the skin. This is also called facial or digitate warts. They are generally painless and doesn’t lead to any other symptom. Although few symptoms may arise like itching, bleeding, soreness, irritation if they develop in sensitive areas, such as skin folds. These warts are usually isolated in nature, and not found in clusters. Filiform warts are caused by HPV, more commonly HPV- 1, 2, 4, 27 & 29 strains are known to cause filiform warts. The virus can spread through skin-to-skin contact, and the risk of infection is higher if the skin is broken1.
Case report:
A 5 years old child has visited at my clinic on 21.03.2023, complaining of a tiny warty growth at his right cheek with splinter like sensation from slightest touch for past 2 weeks. He was treated with some allopathic medicine and some ointments, without any relief. The growth was very small, with finger like projection and splincter like sensation. It appeared to be red with bleeding from slightest touch. Other symptoms like- Irregular bowel habit with hard stool, very offensive urine, prefers summer season, frequently suffers from coryza and cough, very much obstinate. On the basis of these symptoms I prescribed Nitric acid 30, 2 doses. On 28.03.23, the colour of the growth became blackish, but bleeding from slightest touch was still present. On 04.04.23, the growth has finally subsided, stool has become soft and regular and the offensiveness of urine was much better than before.
Conclusion: Constitutional prescription cured the filiform wart in a very short period of time. So, by this, it is again proved that if the selection of homoeopathic medicine, be most simillimum for the case, then the case will definitely be cured in a very short period of time.
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