title: [Treatment of fever of unknown origin by homeopathy].
abstract: 2 cases of fever of unknown origin (FUO) treated successfully by homeopathy are presented. The purpose is to show the effectiveness of homeopathy as adjuvant therapy for those in whom the full medical diagnostic process, assessment, and treatment are not effective. In a 12-year-old boy fever and abdominal pain persisted for several months despite various medical treatments. All symptoms disappeared following homeopathic treatment. In a 66-year-old man fever and other symptoms also disappeared after such treatment. We emphasize that homeopathy is not a substitute for the full conventional medical diagnostic investigation and treatment of FUO. Homeopathy should only be practiced by medical doctors to avoid, to the greatest extent, diagnostic and therapeutic errors.
authors.affiliation: Outpatient Homeopathy Clinic, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male