Case by Jan Scholten.
Case, boy, 8, autism.He is a happy boy with diagnosis of
Autism Spectrum Disorder 8 years ago.
He has a history of delays in language, gross motor and fine motor function.
Communication abilities: he uses his finger to point to request an item, repeats single words when asked to, but unclear; no spontaneous speech; frequent sound "pen" or "ben". He understands both Polish and English.
Mostly he will provide excellent eye contact but at other times appears distractible.
He is engaging in many repetitive behaviours:He has tics of scraping, grounding, coughing, protruding his lips, head bending backwards and forwards.
He gets angry when others want to talk about his tics.
Saying 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
Bouncing motion, mostly when sitting.
Banging his head when in the car ride.
Stiffness of the whole body when he wants something, mostly during meals.
Stamping his foot when he wants something and gets angry.
Screaming or crying, often when he finishes his food.
Hitting his head or nose when wants something fast.
Laughing for no reason sometimes.
Hitting side of head on the couch, pillows (controlled).
Spitting around. especially when sunshine.
Screaming.
Waking up at night mostly around the full moon and hitting his head on headboard.
Problems with falling asleep, making noises like "yyyyyyy yyyyyy ".
Blowing on every item.
Playing with water.
Playing with paper and plastic bags.
Sticking his tongue out when windy.
Inappropriate walk.
Inappropriate play with toys, he will only look for musical toys and could take 2 or 3 to play with.
He loves water, swimming and snorkelling, especially swimming under water.
As a little child hew as very talkative, even when busy, exercising and jumping.
PhysicalGastro intestinal symptoms: burping, bloating, regurgitations. He can eat all the time, has no limits. After finishing the main meal will ask for a snack or come to mom or dad to eat from their plates. The parents frequently need to eat in secret. He has problems with chewing food appropriately, stuffing his mouth with food and holding food in his mouth.
He is not potty trained. At home with pull ups, at school with underwear on a 15 minute schedule.
Diet: gluten free, dairy free, low sugar diet, low histamine.
He has sore pains in his eyes, worse from light, since his first tonsillitis.
His growth is retarded since 2 years; before he was always the tallest of the class, now almost the smallest. He has small hands, fingers, teeth and penis. He is obese.
He had 2 hospitalizations due to viral respiratory infections, RSV virus.
He has struggled through four episodes of croup.
His hearing was evaluated at the age of 15 months and gave no concerns.
His eyes and vision are good.
He is allergic to dust, dogs, with high high
IgE and treated with antihistaminica.
Skin: dry skin on feet; dry, red patches around mouth, they come and go.
He has a history of hypotonia and delays in gross and fine motor abilities.
Cardiovascular: a murmur was noted in the perinatal period, resolved and no future intervention was needed.
Past historySecond pregnancy-natural conception. There were no pregnancy complications. His mother received Amoxicillin due to sinusitis in the 20th week of pregnancy in addition to prenatal vitamins. Due to serological conflict immunoglobulins provided in the 13th week of gestation. His mother did not use alcohol, tobacco or other substances.
His mother was hiding the pregnancy in the beginning, out of fear of losing her job. She also had backaches, nausea and itch over her whole body. She had a dream and desire of getting a girl.
He was born at week 38 of the pregnancy via spontaneous vaginal delivery (mother 36, father 37). His birth weight was 3350 gram, Apgar 9, blue coloration; he received oxygen by face mask briefly and this improved quickly. He experienced mild jaundice. His mother was disappointed it was a boy.
He was breast fed until 10 months, later milk via the bottle. At 6 months transitioned to baby foods.
DiagnosticsGenetics: Chromosome microarray did not show any deletions or duplications. He was negative for Prader-Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome.
He got the diagnosis of PANDAS: Pediatric Auto-immune Neuropsychiatric Disorder associated with Streptococcus, an: auto-immune encephalitis.
Neurological: MRI of the brain is normal; deep reflexes-symmetrical, flat-valgus feet.
Family historyFather: mitral insufficiency, bypass surgery, elevated cholesterol.
Paternal grandfather: diabetes, cataract.
Paternal grandmother: breast cancer.
Mother: lower back pain, depression.
Maternal grandfather; diabetes, hypertension age 70.
Maternal grandmother: asthma, Arthretyzm.
GeneralsWeather: aversion cold wind and rain, > hot bath; hot feet, < in bed, > uncovering them.
Time: < 5 pm.
Sleep: falling asleep difficult, > presence of mother, parent.; rising late.
Desire: potatoes, pasta, meat, crunchy, room temperature.
Aversion: vegetables, tomatoes
Animals: loves all animals.
AnalysisIron series: mother feared losing her job.
Pteridophyta: autism, contact problems, retarded growth, repetitive behaviour; not potty trained.
Phase 5: very talkative, exercising and jumping as a little child.
Hemionitis palmata: loves, water, swimming.
Follow upThe first week after
Hemionitis palmata C30 his tics became worse. after that week the tics diminished, to a level lower than before the remedy. His behaviour at school is better, he is more active, his concentration is better and he made friends with 2 boys that he didn't cope before.
After the second dose of
Hemionitis palmata a rash developed, tiny and a bit itchy spots on his legs and lower back. The rash disappeared after the third dose of
Hemionitis palmata the rash to his upper back and left arm. His feet became burning as fire in bed. His mother prescribed him Urtica urns and
Apis mellifica, only the latter giving some amelioration. Hemionitis is continued.
A few weeks later he is doing much better. His tics diminished for 65%. He improved a lot socially. His school results for much better, especially in mathematics. He has become the best in the class. His desire for mild diminished strongly. His quality of life went forth 20 to 65.
A few months later he is doing better. He has more self confidence. He makes more contact with schoolmates, also with 2 girls. He is more open to his father. He has grown half a centimeter. His quality of life went to 85.
Later Sticherus bifidus helped him further.