Midterm Flashcards
(102 cards)
Sunstroke
Head- pain- occiput- heat, sun of the AGG>
Anxiety, Restlessness, Dry skin, Fear of death
Congestion after sun exposure with anxiety and restlessness***
Complaints after fright and shock (miasm)
Suddeness of Symptoms
Fear and presentiment of death also attributed to the acute miasm
Exposure to COLD DRY weather with BITTER winds
Chill internal with coldness in BLOOD VESSELS
FEVER with one cheek PALE/COLD and other RED/HOT
Aconite
Fever
Exposure to COLD DRY weather with BITTER winds
Sudden Onset with fever, chilliness, throbbing pulse and great restlessness from anxiety*
Chill internal with coldness in BLOOD VESSELS
FEVER with one cheek PALE/COLD and other RED/HOT***
FEVER at night with DRY BURNING HEAT
FEVER with INTERNAL HEAT and EXTERNAL CHILL
Aconite
Cough
Illness comes on VERY SUDDENLY. 1ST STAGES
ANXIETY during cough. FRIGHTENED easily during cough. Death feels Imminent.
Cough from DRY, COLD WIND
Grasps larynx during cough
LOUD, DRY, BARKING cough
Aconite
Surgical Trauma
Fear and ANXIETY with each operation**
SHOCK and FRIGHT related to surgery
Eye- cataract- operation after***
Aconite
Concussion
Acute fright and fear of death, especially right after incident
Vertigo- concussion of brain
Lost voice after head injury**
Aconite
sunstroke
Affinity for the skin
Stomach- vomiting- heated, when becoming***
Voice lost- heated, from becoming
Antimonium crudum
Cough- sun aggravates
Generals- heated- becoming*** (sx come on when)
sentimentality and romanticism
Aversion to being approached. Ecstasy walking in moonlight. Morose children who cry when touched. Sentimentality in moonlight.
Agg. From being watched. Cracks in the nostrils. Boils in corners of mouth. Heavy white coat of tongue. Tooth pain when touched with tongue.
Antimonium crudum
Fever
HOT RED DRY FACE with SWELLING or congestion
Fever with oppression in the chest, agg warm room, amel cold applications****
NO SWEAT at all, which the patient longs for
Chill in AFTERNOON 3-4PM morning fever, aggravated in WARM ROOM, BEGINS in CHEST or ABDOMEN
Heat Agg.
BURNING DRY fever at night without THIRST, with STINGING sensations
Apis mellifera
Otitis Media
Ear- discoloration- redness*
Ear- heat- cold- touch, yet cold to
Ear pain extending behind the ears, with heat, swelling, better cold*
HEAT, SWELLING, BURNING/STINGING PAIN that is WORSE HEAT and much better COLD applications** worse swallowing
Apis mellifera
Wounds/Stings
Stings and bites with marked redness, swelling, and heat (opposite Ledum)
Burning and/or stinging pain which is worse heat and better with cold
Bag-like swelling
Apis mellifera
Burns
Minor burns with excessive burning/stinging pain, redness, and swelling**
Completely relieved by cold applications
AGG. by HEAT/Warm applications
chemical burns of the eye**
Apis mellifera
Fear of being approached*
Laceration of tongue*
Arnica montana
Fever
Bed feels TOO HARD
Chill in lower half of body, as if COLD WATER DASHED OVER HIM
Chilliness from SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT
Fever comes on after injury/trauma
Chill- SHAKING WITH HEAT of the HEAD. Intense heat of HEAD/FACE with COLD BODY
SORE pain on parts LAIN ON
Arnica montana
Bruised/Blunt Trauma
Constipation* OR diarrhea** after injuries*
Swell of testes AFTER INJURY
Arnica montana
Surgical Trauma
Given before and after surgical/dental procedure***
Useful where surgery will result in stretching, pulling, trauma to soft tissues
Arnica montana
Concussion
Wants to be left alone. Says he is well. Aversion to being approached
Meningitis after head injury. Hearing impaired after concussion
Arnica montana
Fever
CHILLY, RESTLESS, WITH ANXIETY and FEAR of DEATH. NEEDS COMPANY***
BURNING (Like red hot needles) pains AMEL. By HEAT
Sensation of ice water running through veins **OR boiling water
Thirst for SIPS of COLD water
Drinking INCREASES CHILL and CAUSES VOMITING
Different than bryonia because bryonia has thirst for large quantities
Arsenicum album
Wounds/Stings
Puncture wounds with anaerobic infections
Severe burning pains with threatening infection, gangrene, and/or blackened necrotic tissue
Arsenicum album
Burns
Severe burns with marked pain and restlessness and ANXIETY worse cold**
Blackened skin with threatening gangrene (Sec.)
Averse to cold applications (opposite Apis)
Chills and weakness from severe burns
Lack of internal heat
Arsenicum album
Fever
DULL RED face, BESOTTED, DRUGGED appearance
Delusions body is SCATTERED about the bed*
FOUL, OFFENSIVE odor from mouth
Typhoid Miasm/ Thyphoid fever*
Baptista tinctoria
Otitis Media
Ear- discharges- copious/fetid/offensive- like rotten cheese**
Ear- drinking- water in sips- AMEL.*
Ear- noises in- cracking blowing nose/chewing/sneezing
Ear- noises in- REVERBERATING**
Ear- swelling- about the ear- glands, of
Baryta muriaticum
sunstroke
Mind- unconsciousness- sunstroke in*
Head- heat- coldness of extremities
Generals- heat- affected parts- intense heat as if scalding examiner’s hand
Fear of dogs, sensitive to black (stramonium is like this also
Great INTENSITY and suddenness
Throbbing, pulsations, congestion of blood, dilated pupil, glassy wild look in the eyes
Belladonna
Fever
Agg. JARRING. Hands and feet icy cold with hot face/body
Flushed Red Face, Dilated Pupils, Glistening Eyes
BURNING, DRY HEAT WITH Delirium
RAPID ONSET OF EXTREMELY HIGH FEVER,
Belladonna
Otitis Media Ear- discharge- earwax- RIGHT* Ear- lying- AMEL.* Ear- noises in- buzzing- sitting AGG.* Ear- noises in- reverberating- own voice** Ear- noises in- roaring- vertigo, with*
Belladonna