Case by Jan Scholten.
Case, boy, 10, autism.He has problems with contacts especially peers. The diagnosis is PANDAS: Pediatric Autistic
Spectrum Associated with Streptococcus. His speech is not a problem. It all got worse because of problems at school when he was four years old.
In the past he had tonsillitis, rhinitis, bronchitis or ear infections regularly, almost every month. With the infections, he did not tell them he was in pain and the parents did not discover it until pus came out of his ears. He had many frequent antibiotics and these symptoms greatly reduced after a tonsillectomy. He has many scars on the back of his hand and legs from scratching and pinching himself.
The pregnancy was not planned. His mother slept a lot. She had itchy hands, legs, and belly. She felt fine until the sixth month. After that, walking and sitting was difficult because of her highly swollen belly. The delivery was six days after the due date. His mower was initiated because the liver values in the blood were too high. The Apgar score was eight. He was breast fed for a long time and gained weight rapidly. As a baby, he slept only briefly, 10-minute naps. He woke up early at 5, 6 am.
He loves water, bathing and swimming, with his head under water.
He is an evening person, then he has a lot of energy, and in the morning he is tired.
At school he doesn't play with schoolmates. There he tends to dance on the tables and chairs. He can have head banging.
He has a hard time making friends. It is hard for him to sit together and have a little chat. If he has friends then he only has jokes. He is only interested in his own subjects and talks about them constantly. He is depressed and dislikes life. He asks his mother to beat him. He has strong head banging and does it very hard because the pain makes him feel better. He knows what he is doing but he is easily upset. This can happen anytime but especially when something goes wrong or he can't do what he wants, for example fishing because it is raining. He gets angry about little things for example when two people talk next to him or when a mother talks to him or asks him something. He prefers to be at home and does not like to go out. If his parents suggest going away a first reaction is no. He hates riding a bicycle. He prefers to play at the table. When he was two he often bounced with his butt on the floor or with his back against the wall. He is creative makes three-dimensional masks of his favourite characters, for example. He has a great imagination and a good memory. He has a good relationship with his mother and likes to embrace her. He likes to play with her with Lego for example. But she is depressed because of the many fights with him, she feels overloaded by her work, housework and cooking. To his mother he says he loves her, but blames her for everything that goes wrong. He has a good relationship with his father and respects him. He tries to impress his father doing things with him and doing things his father likes.
His parents divorced when he was a year old because they fought so much with each other. They got back together after a year. They often disagree on how to raise the children.
He tends to harass and upset his two year younger sister. But he can also be very good to her.
In his mother's family there are many problems such as alcoholism, violence, screaming and sexual abuse. There have also been many problems and traumas in World War II.
GeneralSleep: he wakes up often.
Dreams: flying away through the open window.
Eating: drinks only water.
Preferences: sweet; meat, potatoes, bread.
Dislikes: soup and broth; vegetables, tomatoes.
AnalysisPteridophyta: contact disturbed; lack of empathy toward sister; head banging; family with alcoholism, violence, yelling, sexual abuse, trauma WW2.
Carbon series: parents separated, fight over child; traumas WW2.
Phase 3: pleasing his mother.
Stage 5: indecisive, not knowing what to choose.
Hemionitis palmata: like to be in water, swimming, underwater.
Prescription:
Hemionitis palmata.
Follow upSix weeks after the remedy he feels really good his head pounding is much less put the pressure is then go away and he is less likely to be upset. He is less likely to blame his mother. His fear of going upstairs has diminished. He uses dirty words much less often. His Quality of life has gone from 30 to 50.