Homoeopathy Treatment for Zika Virus Infection

Zika virus is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. These mosquitoes are day biters and are the same ones involved in spreading the dengue and chikungunya fever.

Mosquito can spread Zika virus 

Symptoms

• It causes illness in about one in five people, but is particularly dangerous for pregnant women.
• It can cause a condition called microcephaly, which means that children are born with an abnormally small head.
• Many children die from this condition, which causes severe brain damage.

         

Zika virus causes newborns to have unusually small heads

• About 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus become ill.
• The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis (red eyes).
• Other common symptoms include muscle pain and headache. The incubation period (the time from exposure to symptoms) for Zika virus disease is not known, but is likely to be a few days to a week.
• The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week.
• Zika virus usually remains in the blood of an infected person for a few days but it can be found longer in some people.
• Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon.
• Deaths are rare.

Zika Virus Symptoms

Diagnosis

1. The symptoms of Zika are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya, diseases spread through the same mosquitoes that transmit Zika.
2. See your healthcare provider if you develop the symptoms described above and have visited an area where Zika is found.
3. If you have recently traveled, tell your healthcare provider when and where you traveled.
4. Your healthcare provider may order blood tests to look for Zika or other similar viruses like dengue or chikungunya.

 Homoeopathy Treatment:

• Eupatorium
• Perfoliatum
• Belladonna
• Rhus Tox

These medicines can be selected on symptomatic basis in treating the symptoms of Zika virus infection. These medicines will act as prophylactic and prevents further progression. In case of emergency, consult allopathy doctors.  

'Homeopathy can better immunity to fight zika'

Prevention: 

1. No vaccine or medications are available to prevent or treat Zika infections.
2. Get plenty of rest.
3. Drink fluids to prevent dehydration.
4. Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants.

 

Zika Virus Prevention

Note :

Homeopathic Treatment requires stringent individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your Homeopathic Physician.

Health Problems during Pregnancy

Oligohydramnios

Oligohydromnios in Pregnancy

Amniotic fluid is a fluid which surrounds the baby in the uterus. Oligohydramnios is defined as decreased amniotic fluid . Oligohydramnios is a frequent finding in pregnancies involving intrauterine growth restriction and is most likely secondary to decreased fetal blood volume, renal blood flow and subsequently fetal urine output

Causes

Fetal causes:

1. Chromosomal factors
2. Congenital factors (renal agenesis, polycystic kidney)
3. Intrauterine growth restriction
4. Premature rupture of membranes

Placental causes:

1. Abruption
2. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (monochorionic twins)

Maternal causes include:

1. Maternal dehydration
2. Uteroplacental deficiency
3. pre-existing Diabetes
4. gestational diabetes
5. Chronic hypoxia
6. Hypertension
7. Pre-eclampsia
8. Lupus

Drug-induced: indometacin and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.

1. Unknown

Complications

1. Premature birth of baby (delivery of baby before 37 weeks)
2. Miscarriage
3. Death of baby inside the womb or shortly after birth
4. Increased risk of fetal infection
5. Pulmonary hypoplasia
6. Fetal compression syndrome
7. Amniotic band syndrome
8. Caesarian delivery

Prognosis

Fetal mortality rates reported as high as 80-90%

Investigations

Oligo hydramnios is confirmed by Targeted Imaging for Fetal Anomalies (TIFFA) Scan and Ultrasound scan

Treatment

1. Providing oral or intravenous rehydration has been shown to increase the AFV by 30%. The hydration may include sodium chloride and aminoacids
2. Ringer's lactate solution or sodium chloride is infused under ultrasound guidance via a needle inserted through the uterine wall.

Management

Before term:

1. Ongoing antepartum surveillance (including assessment of fetal growth and follow-up monitoring of AFV) is necessary.
2. Continuous fetal heart rate monitoring during labour has been advocated for all pregnancies complicated by oligohydramnios.

During term:

1. Delivery is often the most suitable management.
2. With encouraging fetal testing, delivery may be safely delayed on the base of the parity, the gestational age, the inducibility of the mother's cervix and the severity of the oligohydramnios.