Improvement of giant papillary vernal keratoconjunctivitis using homeopathic medicine: two cases

Resumo

Conventional treatment of papillary hypertrophy in vernal keratoconjunctivitis may be

associated with major damage, which might be attenuated by means of homeopathic

treatment. We report the results of the treatment of two cases of this disease, two boys

with vernal keratoconjunctivitis and unilateral shield ulcer and giant papillary

hypertrophy. Before the onset of homeopathic treatment, all conventional topical and

systemic medications were suspended. Homeopathic treatment was performed by

single dose administered per oral route. Patients evolved with improvement of the

corneal shield ulcer and significant decrease of papillary hypertrophy. The period of

regression was one year and three months in the first case and one year and eight

months in the second. We concluded that homeopathy can contribute to the treatment

of vernal keratoconjunctivitis with corneal shield ulcers and papillary hypertrophy and

that further studies are needed to better evaluate this contribution.