Patient Assessment & Treatment Planning Flashcards
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Which of Hahnemann's three fundamental causes of chronic disease (chronic miasms) is associated with fixed, hard pathology such as warts, fibroids, and thickening tissues?
Answer: Sycosis
Sycosis is associated with excess and over-production — overgrowth of tissue, warts, condylomata, and fixed, proliferative pathology.
During intake, a patient describes symptoms that are always worse from 1–3 AM and better from warm drinks. Which element of case-taking does this illustrate?
Answer: Time modalities and thermal modalities
Time of aggravation (1–3 AM) and thermal modality (better warm drinks) are specific modalities that narrow the simillimum selection.
A patient says she has 'never been well since' a severe bout of mononucleosis at age 16. In homeopathic case analysis, this is classified as:
Answer: A never-well-since (NWS) causation that often indicates a nosode or related remedy
Never-well-since causation is a specific etiological clue pointing toward a remedy that covers that particular acute illness or its nosode (e.g., Mononucleinum or Glandular fever nosode).
When a patient's remedy picture is unclear and the homeopath is considering two closely related remedies, the BEST approach is to:
Answer: Take a more detailed case focusing on differentiating symptoms between the two remedies
When two remedies are close, targeted questioning about differentiating keynotes narrows the choice without mixing remedies, which is contrary to classical principles.
In the context of patient assessment, 'obstacles to cure' most commonly include all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: A constitutional remedy prescribed in a high potency
A properly indicated constitutional remedy in an appropriate potency is part of the solution, not an obstacle; maintaining causes and suppressives are true obstacles.
Which rubric category would a homeopath primarily consult in the repertory when a patient reports that her complaints always begin after emotional grief?
Answer: Mind — ailments from grief
Emotional causation such as grief falls under Mind rubrics — 'ailments from' — because it reflects the mental/emotional triggering of physical symptoms.
A patient scores high on both Arsenicum and Phosphorus in repertorization. The key differentiating factor in choosing between them is most likely:
Answer: Arsenicum's restlessness with anxiety and chilliness versus Phosphorus's open, sociable disposition with desire for company
Arsenicum is chilly, anxious, and restless with fear of death and need for reassurance, while Phosphorus is warm, extroverted, and desires company and sympathy.