Social vulnerabilities as barriers to access to and continuity of care in healthcare services

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
16
Article ID: 
31146
6 pages
Research Article

Social vulnerabilities as barriers to access to and continuity of care in healthcare services

Simone Souza de Freitas, Cristiane Rodrigues da Silva Machado,Luis Henrique de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ana Paula Mendes Batista da Silva, Wanessa Nathally de Santana Silva, Vinícius Luan Dutra de Morais, João Lino de Oliveira Júnior, Thaise Queiroz de Melo, Gabriele Amorim do Nascimento, Iramar Borba de Carvalho Nogueira, Etille Drielle Maciel Santos, Bruna Souza Souto, Djair Martins de Almeida Júnior, Robson José Ramos Lima, Rafaell Augusto Viana Rodrigues, Eroneide maria de Moraes, Katharine Bezerra Dantas, Adriane da Costa Canto, Sara Sintia Cibelle da Silva, Nara Silva Prado, Thaise da Silva Barbosa, Alex José Moreira da Silva, Adilma de Brito Mendes Vieira, Vivian Valdileide dos Santos, Flávia Myrna Tenório de Sousa Bomfim and Cinthia Furtado Avelino

Abstract: 

Chronic migraine is a disabling neurological disorder defined by headache occurring on at least 15 days per month for more than three months, with migraine features on at least eight days per month. This illustrative case report demonstrates how an individualised homoeopathic case may be documented while maintaining a critical evidence-based perspective. An adult woman with a long history of frequent unilateral pulsating headache, nausea, photophobia, aggravation from fasting and sleep deprivation, and improvement after sleep is presented as an educational example. The homoeopathic analysis identifies a characteristic symptom totality and demonstrates repertorial reasoning leading to an illustrative prescription. Headache frequency, intensity and disability are followed using a headache diary and MIDAS-style assessment. The clinical improvement described in this educational example is not evidence of efficacy because the case has no control group and the patient data are fictional. Published evidence concerning homoeopathy for migraine remains limited and inconclusive; systematic reviews have not established efficacy beyond placebo. The article therefore illustrates case-report methodology rather than claiming therapeutic effectiveness.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.31146.08.2026
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