Effective Homoeopathic Management of Periorbital Ecchymosis: A case report

Abstract

Trauma is an inevitable phenomenon in paediatric population, be it mild, moderate or severe. Homoeopathic, a form of alternative system, is known for long standing chronic diseases but often slighted in acute medical conditions. As being the case, we would like to see how homoeopathy would respond to a traumatic case. Raccoon eye sign (RES) or Periorbital Ecchymosis (PE) is caused by blood tracking into periorbital tissues, which is frequently observed after head trauma but is also observed in systemic diseases, such as amyloidosis, neuroblastoma, and surgical interventions. A 7 year old boy presented with unilateral periorbital ecchymosis due to trauma and homoeopathic treatment brought out remarkable change in the ecchymosis and subconjunctival hemorrhage and clinical resolution of the hemorrhagic lesions.