A 15-mm urinary calculus expelled with homoeopathic medicine - A case report

Authors

Seema Rai, Department of Materia Medica, Dr. B. R. Sur Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Nanak Pura, Moti Bagh, New Delhi
K Vineetha, Department of Practice of Medicine, Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi

Keywords

Homoeopathy, Nephrolithiasis, Sarsaparilla, Ureterovesicular junction, Urinary calculi, Urolithiasis

Article Type

Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: Renal or ureteric colic is an acute and severe pain caused by obstruction in the ureter. It usually occurs in the narrower areas of the ureter. It can be associated with severe pain, nausea, vomiting, urinary infections, haematuria, hydronephrosis, etc. Case Summary: A case of 15-mm calculus, lodged at the right ureterovesicular junction, presented with severe cutting pain extending downwards from the right lumbar region to the right groin area. The patient had severe pain at the conclusion of urination. Another calculus of size 10 mm in the lower calyx of the left kidney and 3.4-mm concretion in the right kidney was also detected. The homoeopathic medicine Sarsaparilla was given on the basis of totality of symptoms for 3 days. The pain reduced in 3 days and subsequent to an acute colicky pain and some bleeding, on the 11th day, the stone was expelled. This case report shows the potential of Homoeopathy in cases of large urinary calculi.

Digital Object Identifier

10.4103/ijrh.ijrh_19_20

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.

How to cite this article

Rai S, Vineetha K. A 15-mm urinary calculus expelled with homoeopathic medicine - A case report. Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2021;15(2):155-161. doi: 10.4103/ijrh.ijrh_19_20