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TO EVALUATE THE ROLE OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN PATIENT OF POST VIRAL ARTHRALGIA- A CASE REPORT

Ranjan Kumari Verma* and Amit Mehrotra

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Abstract

A 45 years old female patient visited our OPD with chief complaint of polyarthralgia, swelling in right wrist and interphalangial joints, restricted movement of right hand, pain and numbness in right interphalangial joints and other associated symptoms. On enquiry patient informed us that she was suffered from Chikungunya fever one year back. Chikungunya is viral fever caused by single-standard; message-sense, heat labile RNA virus. The disease may affect patient from six months up to two years and can leads to post viral arthralgia as complication. The immune response against this virus causes cross reactivity which leads to the inflammation of tissue and damage in cell resulting pain, swelling, tenderness, restricted range of motion, morning stiffness and difficulty in performing day to day activity. All these affects quality of life resulting work hour lost. The line of treatment according to homeopathy including yoga and physiotherapy provides symptomatic relief and helps to achieve fast recovery to provide better quality of life. In this current case report charts were drawn to analyze affected joints; degree of impairment was analyzed by questionnaire and activities. Charts drawn before and after treatment showed remarkable results.

Keywords: Chikungunya, Post viral arthralgia, Homeopathy.