Discussion:
Classical homeopathy considers the presenting pathology along with the
mental/emotional disturbances experienced by the patient in association
with their hereditary influences and past diseases and treatments to
synthesize an integrated picture of the diseased patient. This is then
used to select the remedy that is indicated for that specific picture.
Thus, personalized treatment is provided to every patient. As also
observed in this case, the homeopathic remedies were selected for such a
totality of physical, mental and emotional suffering along with the
hereditary influences, and the outcome was favorable. Homeopathy has
been shown to be beneficial in various cancerous conditions, but seldom
in CIN and HPV 10,12. Further, in this case, we see
the most pertinent favorable prognostic sign with treatment – the
return of a previously suppressed skin eruption. While evidence exists
for the direct association of history of atopic dermatitis with cervical
cancer 13, the homeopathic perspective is different
from this. When a patient is being treated for what is considered deeper
pathology (such as CIN in this case), the return of a more superficial
pathology (in this case, atopic dermatitis) that the patient had
suffered from earlier in her life and which had been suppressed at that
time, is considered a sure indication of improvement in the deeper
pathology 14. Here, it was corroborated by the biopsy
and viral DNA analysis reports, which showed absence of CIN histology
and HPV DNA after treatment. The causality assessment with Modified
Naranjo Criteria for Homeopathy (MONARCH) yielded a score of 10/13,
indicating strong causal relation of the effects to the treatment (Table
2).