Abstract

RODRIGUEZ ARENCIBIA, Miguel Ángel et al. Thuja occidentalis 12ch as an option of treatment in urethral caruncule in Pinar del Rio- January 2000-December 2005. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.1, pp.21-30. ISSN 1561-3194.

Urethral Caruncle is a female disease. Even in current times the most effective treatments are surgical approach or long-term periods of estrogen. A prospective, descriptive, analytic-longitudinal study from January 2000 to December 2005 was carried out in a group of 46 patients at "León Cuervo Rubio" Hospital in Pinar del Río, aimed at validating the use of the homeopathic drug Thuya occidentalis 12 CH, that among other indications and according to the pathogeny, acts on polypoid formations or structures similar to urethral caruncle. Descriptive statistics was used, and percentage mean was taken as a statistic method to analyze the results; coinciding age and symptoms of presentation with medical literature. The result of the disappearence of the lesion was significant before three weeks in 92,8% of the cases, 85,9% of them surpass one year without relapses of the tumor or its symptoms. Becoming an efficient, non-invasive treatment and provinding a method of differential diagnosis with other entities.

Keywords : THUYA OCCIDENTALIS; URETHRAL CARUNCLE; EFFICIENCY.

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