Aranea Diadema In A Case Of Epilepsy

In paediatric cases, we [homeopaths] cannot always rely on the child being able to express their inner world in a way that we can understand with words. It is, therefore, even more important that we enter into the child’s world by fully embodying their unique perspective and experience from their point of view.

- Dr Melissa Dair & Dr Kate Hudson

The homeopath must try to see and experience the world from their point of view. By using the observations of the parents and the teacher, the homeopath must imagine what the patient’s experience was, not what the homeopath, or the other adults, would feel in their shoes. What perspective would the homeopath need to have to bring these observations into a whole picture that would make sense?

The adults’ account of the triggering event and ensuing reactions, and symptoms of the child, would not in and of themselves lead to an understanding of the actual experience of the child. We need to know how to identify the immaterial process that is causing symptoms on the material dimension.

This case is a perfect illustration of how we cannot get to the whole though the parts.

HOMEOPATH

Dr Melissa Dair 1st Session: September 2013

PATIENT

Seven-year-old male child, presenting with absence seizures and a diagnosis of epilepsy [fits].

PATIENT’S CHIEF COMPLAINT, AETIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS & HISTORY

In October 2010, he first had homeopathic treatment for very occasional 1-second long absence seizures, observed by the mother, and had a good response to homeopathic treatment at that time

There was an incident in school, in September 2013, with a follow-up meeting a week later about the incident. The patient felt that this meeting was unnecessary; that the incident had already been addressed and had been complete. Major absence seizures started less than two days after this meeting. In a 15-minute period, he would have up to ten absence seizures of up to ten seconds long each. This could happen hundreds of times per day. He would be walking, talking or eating, and would then freeze as if in a movie

Periodic bedwetting is also an issue.

AETIOLOGY [CAUSE]