uso da medicação homeopática no tratamento da ceratoconjuntivite primaveril: resultados iniciais treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis with homeopathic medicine: a preliminary report
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OBJETIVO: Apresentar os primeiros resultados do uso da Homeopatia entre os pacientes com conjuntivite primaveril, avaliados no Serviço de Córnea e Doenças Externas do Hospital São Geraldo. MÉTODOS: Foram incluídos no presente estudo 13 pacientes apresentando ceratoconjuntivite primaveril, examinados no período de janeiro de 1998 a dezembro de 1999. A idade média dos pacientes foi de 9,5 anos, sendo nove do sexo masculino e quatro do sexo feminino. Todos os pacientes já haviam feito uso de corticóide tópico antes da sua inclusão no estudo. Antes de iniciar o tratamento homeopático, todos os pacientes foram examinados por um dos autores, sendo acompanhados pelo mesmo médico, mensalmente até os seis meses e depois trimestralmente até completar um ano do tratamento homeopático. O tratamento homeopático foi realizado por meio de uma dose única, via oral, baseando-se na totalidade sintomática do paciente. RESULTADOS: A porcentagem de melhora dos sinais e sintomas, entre os pacientes, foi de: lacrimejamento e dor ocular 100%; secreção ocular 92%; sensação de corpo estranho 86%; prurido e fotofobia 84%; relatavam diminuição ou ausência do desconforto que a ceratoconjuntivite primaveril provocava nas suas atividades diárias 84%; nódulos de Trantas 62,5%; hiperemia conjuntival 61%; erosões epiteliais 58% e hipertrofia da papila tarsal 8%. CONCLUSÃO: Este estudo sugere efeito benéfico da medicação homeopática no tratamento da ceratoconjuntivite primaveril, com melhora dos sinais e sintomas da doença. Sugere-se a realização de estudo duplo-cego, com maior número de casos, para a confirmação desses resultados.
PURPOSE: To present a preliminary report of homeopathic medicine in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, at the Cornea service, of the São Geraldo Hospital. METHODS: Thirteen patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis, examined from January 1998 to December 1999, were included in the present study.The mean age of patients was 9.5 years. Nine patients were males and four were females. All patients had already used or were using steroid eye drops. Before the beginning of homeopathic treatment, all patients were examined by one of the authors, and were monthly followed by the same doctor, during six months and each trimester, for another six months during the homeopathic treatment. The homeopathic treatment was accomplished through one single oral dose, according to the patient's symptomatic totality. RESULTS: The improvement rates of the patients' signals and symptoms were: tearing and ocular pain, 100%; ocular secretion, 92%; foreign body sensation, 86%; itching and photophobia, 84%; decrease or absence of discomfort during daily activities related to vernal keratoconjunctivitis, 84%; Trantas' dots, 62.5%; conjunctival hyperemia, 61%; epithelial erosions 58% and papillary hypertrophy of the upper tarsal conjunctiva, 8%. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggest that homeopathic medicines can be useful in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with improvement of the signals and symptomsrelatedto the disease. A double-masked study, with more patients should be done to confirm these findings.
PURPOSE: To present a preliminary report of homeopathic medicine in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, at the Cornea service, of the São Geraldo Hospital. METHODS: Thirteen patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis, examined from January 1998 to December 1999, were included in the present study.The mean age of patients was 9.5 years. Nine patients were males and four were females. All patients had already used or were using steroid eye drops. Before the beginning of homeopathic treatment, all patients were examined by one of the authors, and were monthly followed by the same doctor, during six months and each trimester, for another six months during the homeopathic treatment. The homeopathic treatment was accomplished through one single oral dose, according to the patient's symptomatic totality. RESULTS: The improvement rates of the patients' signals and symptoms were: tearing and ocular pain, 100%; ocular secretion, 92%; foreign body sensation, 86%; itching and photophobia, 84%; decrease or absence of discomfort during daily activities related to vernal keratoconjunctivitis, 84%; Trantas' dots, 62.5%; conjunctival hyperemia, 61%; epithelial erosions 58% and papillary hypertrophy of the upper tarsal conjunctiva, 8%. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggest that homeopathic medicines can be useful in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with improvement of the signals and symptomsrelatedto the disease. A double-masked study, with more patients should be done to confirm these findings.
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| Authors | ;Cláudio Maciel de Sena;Marco Antônio Tanure;Antônio Carlos G. Cruz;Fernando Trindade;Frederico Augusto de Souza Pereira |
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