Assessment of likelihood ratio of four symptoms of Rhododendron Chrysanthum in patients of cervical spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis is a degenerative disorder of the cervical spine that affects many people. It is caused by the deterioration of the cervical spine’s intervertebral discs and facet joints. Neck discomfort has a point prevalence ranging from 0.4 percent to 41.5 percent in the general population whereas the 1-year incidence varies between 4.8 percent to 79.5 percent and the lifetime prevalence can be as high as 86.8 percent. The majority of people with spondylosis abnormalities of the cervical spine on radiographic imaging are asymptomatic. While 25 percentage of people under the age of 40 exhibit some indication of degenerative changes. This number increases to 50 percentage in people over the age of 40 and 85 percentage in those over the age of 60. C6 to C7 is the most commonly impacted level followed by C5 to C6. Moreover neck pain is the most prevalent symptom of symptomatic cervical spondylosis. Research question is whether the prevalence of four predefined symptoms is higher in the population that is suffering from cervical spondylosis and is improved by RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUM than in the rest of the population or not. The primary objective is to assess the prevalence of selected symptoms of RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUM in population that suffering from cervical spondylosis and improved by RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUM when comparing with rest of the populations.Secondary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of Homoeopathic medicines in cervical spondylosis. It is an open and prospective clinical study will be conducted among the Out patient and In patient Department of National Institute Of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata.

Samples will be selected as per below mentioned eligibility criteria and each patient will be enrolled after taking detail appropriate consent. Duration of study will be for 18 months and treatment of each patient will be continued for a period of 4 months.