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For every girl, almost nothing seems worse than the sudden zit or patch of acne that pops up on the face, especially on the morning of a special day. Now, make the acne a persistent condition coupled with excess weight gain and hair-fall, and you have every girl’s worst nightmare. Beauty products, cosmetics and spa treatments are purchased in bulk as a means to combat these without realizing that they problem may lie internally, with one’s hormones.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS as it is commonly known, is one such hormonal condition affecting millions of girls worldwide. According to a recent study by Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, 1 in 5 Indian women suffer from PCOS which is about 18-20% of the overall population. In addition, it was found that this condition was predominantly present in the 15-30 year old age group.

Everyone has that one perfect pair of jeans or an outfit that they keep simply because they love the way it looks on them. This is the outfit that can turn even a bad day into something bearable. Now, imagine waking up one day and finding a sudden tightness in the fitting of the outfit. While, slight weight gain or weight loss is a common occurrence, drastic changes often underline an additional factor. Add to this low-energy, anxiety, increased sensitivity to heat or cold, and you probably have a thyroid imbalance. Affecting over 42 million of the Indian population, thyroid disease is increasingly becoming a cause for concern.

Understanding the thyroid function

The thyroid gland, located at the base of your neck, releases critical hormones that aid in metabolism and other important bodily functions such as heart rate, nervous systems, weight, cholesterol function and menstrual cycles, among others. This butterfly shaped gland is an important part of the endocrine system and release two main hormones – T3 and T4 into the bloodstream for use by cells. When these hormones are produced in high or low quantities, it can lead to thyroid imbalance.

Allergies are very common these days. Allergies may have a genetic predisposition or maybe acquired due to various reasons few being pollution,increased use of chemical etc. Stress too is a contributory factor to allergies.

So what is this allergy?

Allergy is an altered or heightened response of the immune system to substances which are otherwise harmless.

Types of allergies

•  Acute allergy
•  Chronic allergy

Conditions caused by allergens( substance producing allergy) are

• Hayfever
• Perineal rhinitis
• Urticaria (Hives)
• Allergic Asthana
• Eczema
• Dermatitis
• Anaphylaxis (this is beyond the scope of Homeopathy).

In our practice we have seen wonderful results with Homeopathy. Allergies are treated in two phases. Acute Homeopathic medicines are prescribed to combat the acute episode. Constitutional treatment, this takes into account all aspects of an individual from physical attributes to mental makeup to emotional make up to likes,dislikes,family situation,personality, lifestyle,eating habits etc. Homeopathy has a sure shot answer to allergy. If it’s allergy think Homeopathy.

There can be no greater worry for a parent than seeing their child sick. Parents do everything they can to protect their children, yet protection from germs seems next to impossible. Some children seem to attract the common infection far more than others. So often it happens that a child goes to school only to come back with an infection caught from the neighboring. Or even the slightest weather change sends him/her into a sneezing fit.

At home parents can still try to create a germ-free and clean atmosphere for the children, but once they hit the playground, all bets are off. Now children and germs are a common sight, yet we often observe that one child seems to fall ill a little more often than his friends. If this is the case, it may be due to a weak immune system.