Beyond Conventional Care: Individualized Homoeopathy in End Stage Renal Disease Management: A Case Study

Abstract

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is extremely common and has emerged as one of the leading non communicable causes of death worldwide, defined as presence of kidney damage or estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR) less than 60ml/min/1.73 m², persisting for three months or more. Signs and symptoms of CKD develop over the time and progresses to kidney failure and later to death. CKD is more common in old age, but it can develop at any age especially to people who are at high risks such as congenital kidney diseases. The case presented here is a known case of CKD, 50-year-old female, with an initial serum creatinine and urea level of 5.1 mg/dl and 69mg/dl respectively. Conventional treatment led to worsening of her kidney functions, with her serum creatinine and urea values rising to 8.4 mg/dl and 147.9 mg/dl within seven months, when she was advised to undergo hemodialysis. At this critical stage, she opted for homoeopathic treatment. With standalone individualized homoeopathic medicine (Sepia officinalis in LM potency 0/1 to 0/10, 16 doses each over six months), her general health and renal function improved significantly, as evidenced by reduction in creatinine and urea level to 5.48 mg/dl and 105.6 mg/dl, which remained more or less stable over next six months and allowed postponement of hemodialysis.