UP REGULATION OF IMMUNE STATUS OF A MDT COMPLETED BORDERLINE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY PATIENT TREATED WITH HOMEOPATHIC PREPARATION OF MERCURIOUS SOLUBILIS ? A CASE STUDY

A borderline lepromatous leprosy patient was treated with anti-leprosy treatment. During the period of treatment Type 1 reaction developed. The patient was treated with multi drug for second time along with steroid. On completion of MDT the patient was released from treatment though the patient was found to suffer from skin lesion and plantar ulcer with osteomyelitis. The patients was treated with Mercurious solubilis, a homoeopathic medicine for a period of four years three months. At the end of the treatment the skin biopsy revealed the picture of indeterminate leprosy.