Alumina

Three cases of HIV/AIDS: Felician, Esther, and Maryby Jeremy SherrThird case: Mary started ARVs 3 years ago. Her recent CD4 count is 140. She has swollen glands in her axillae, a fungal infection of her genitalia, weight loss and is fatigued while walking. She is very tired and she cannot work.
Before ARVs she had itching skin and eruptions with watery discharge all over her body. Since beginning ARVs, she developed numbness in the soles of her feet, as well as the right arm and teeth. She has a headache with numbness in her right temple, worse from sun and heat. She has yellow coryza, which looks like pus. Her left eye is weak and she has painful finger joints, which are distorted.
She has frequent diarrhea with rumbling in her stomach and she feels very weak with the diarrhea. She has profuse watery discharge from her vagina.  Periodic fevers are worse in the evening. Her sleep is poor and she has very upsetting dreams about funerals; a few times she dreamt of knives. She is generally weak and forgetful.
When she is angry at her family, she can speak out but with others, she keeps it to herself and forgives them after saying prayers. Her husband is also sick; he had a stroke and can’t remember anything. She has 8 children, none of whom are infected. However, she can’t afford food for them and the children often don’t eat all day. They don’t go to school because she has no money to pay their fees. She is very anxious about her children and finances; she worries about how to feed them since she has no energy to work or do anything. She cries.
Repertorization (Radar and J Sherr Mental Qualities Repertory):
Extremities, numbness, sole of feet
Mental Qualities – Victim
Nose, discharge, yellow
Female genitalia – leucorrhea, thin
Mental Qualities – Knives and points
Mental Qualities – Money
DD: Arsenicum, Alumina, Sepia, Sulphur, Syphilinum
Remedy:  Alumina 12c dailyFollow-ups:5 weeks later: after one week, she felt much better. She had a nosebleed and a headache and then it went away. She felt like vomiting. She continued with the remedy and felt better, stronger, no more tiredness. The pains in her axillae glands have ameliorated. She gained 2 kg of weight. The numbness in her feet, legs, and arm is gone. There is still numbness in her teeth but it is improved. The headaches are different now, there is no numbness and she doesn’t get them from the sun. Her nose discharge is not yellow anymore but white. The discharges  from the eye and the vagina have stopped. The fevers are gone and so are the diarrhea and stomach rumbling. Her sleep is better with no upsetting dreams. Her memory is better, her energy is improved, and she feels much better in herself. 
Remedy: one week break, then Alumina 12c every two days
Two months later: she has been doing very well, but now she has an acute respiratory illness. All the numbness, headache, pain in fingers and discharges are better. She is still forgetful but much less so. Her energy has been much better. She can now work so a bit more money is available.
For a week, she has had a fever, cough, and flu; possibly pneumonia. She feels a sticking sensation in the lung and has difficulty breathing. She is weak, has the chills, and no appetite. Her throat feels like there is an ulcer in it and she coughs because of an itch in her throat. When she coughs, her chest hurts. She has cutting pain in the lower ribs. The chills and fever are worse in the evening. She just wants to lie down and she feels better in the sun.
Remedy: Bryonia alba 30c tds (complimentary to Alumina)Next day: much better; acute illness over quickly and safely.
Remedy: resume Alumina 12c, every two days.
Four months later: she was well for three months until she had malaria and took allopathic medication, after which she was worse again. One of her children died from Malaria, two months ago, but she says she has dealt with it. This is sadly a frequent occurrence in Africa.
Remedy: Alumina 12C daily
Six months later: she is well all round, no bothersome symptoms. Her CD4 is now 700, which is a remarkable improvement.Keywords: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, fungus, fatigue, betrayal., weight loss
Remedies: Alumina, Bryonia alba, Fluoricum acidum, Lac leonis, Magnesium carbonicum {as Magnesia carbonica}.