Abstract
Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva presenting with redness, pain, gritty
sensation, itching, burning, and eye discharge, occurring due to bacterial, viral,
and allergic causes. An ocular history and penlight examination are done to clinically
diagnose the condition. In conventional methods, antiallergic and antibiotic treatment
are available. A case series of 10 children suffering from conjunctivitis and treated
with individualized homoeopathy is reported here. Assessment was done using the severity
of allergic ocular disease (SAOD) scale and numerical rating scale (NRS). The modified
Naranjo criteria for homoeopathy (MONARCH) inventory for causal relationship between
homoeopathic intervention and clinical outcome was used.
The results of this case series demonstrate a mean reduction in the SAOD score from
10.5 ± 1.50 at baseline to 5.5 ± 2.05 on the third day (95% confidence interval [CI];
p ≤ 0.001) and a mean reduction in the NRS pain score from 7.9 ± 0.56 at baseline to
4.4 + 1.5 on the third day (95% CI; p =0.0001). No symptoms were reported on the 7th and 21st days. The present case series
highlights the potential role of homoeopathy in managing conjunctivitis in children.
Further research with larger sample size, are needed to validate these results.
Keywords
conjunctivitis - individualized homoeopathy - MONARCH - SAOD - NRS
