Year: 2024 | Month: March | Volume: 14 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 273-276
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240339
Role of Individualized Homoeopathic Medicine in the Treatment of Pityriasis Versicolor: A Case Report
Sushanta Sasmal1, Abhisek Hui2, Debojyoti Singha3
1Asst. Prof. of Dept. of Repertory, Pratap Chandra Memorial Homoeopathic Hospital and College, 14/1, Narkeldanga North Road. Kolkata – 700 011.
2Post Graduate Trainee, Dept. of Materia Medica, Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital. Doomurjala, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
3Post Graduate Trainee, Dept. of Case Taking and Repertory, Mahesh Bhattacharyya Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital. Doomurjala, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr Sushanta Sasmal
ABSTRACT
Tinea versicolor is a superficial fungal disease caused by Malassezia furfur, most commonly affecting adolescents & adults. TV is uncommon among newborns, particularly those aged under one year. Poor hygiene and perspiration, immunosuppression, the use of oils and greasy lotions, hyperhidrosis, and corticosteroids may all contribute to the appearance of the condition. It is clinically distinguished by hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation. Most often, it occurs over the trunk. The case study is of 12-year male child diagnosed with pityriasis versicolor which was successfully treated with constitutional homoeopathic medicine. The aim of homoeopathy is not only to treat pityriasis versicolor but to address its underlying cause & individual susceptibility. This article gives a clinically useful review of a case with evidence about how an individualized homoeopathic medicine treated pityriasis versicolor successfully & this paper is intended to make readers aware of current thinking in homoeopathic field. The following case report shows the effectiveness of homoeopathy in the case of pityriasis versicolor.
Key words: Case Report, Homoeopathy, Hypopigmented Macules, Individualization, Malassezia, Pityriasis versicolor, Tinea versicolor.