Diarrhea

Question 1

Watery profuse Explosive diarrhea with much flatus and sputtering

Cramps, uneasy sensation where patient cannot tell if she is about to have diarrhea or vomit

Faintness, empty sensation after stool

< 4-5am

HA, rectal prolapse

STOOL - watery, rice water, frothy, pasty, yellow, offensive

Answer 1

Podophyllum

Question 2

Acute diarrhea in infants and small children

Great irritability, restlessmess, crying, complaining

STOOL - green or like chopped grass, hot, rotten egg smell

Answer 2

Chamomila

Question 3

Cramping, painful diarrhea relieved only temporarily by stool

marked urging with nothing happening, ineffectual urging

< morning, anger, stress, alcohol

> heat, warm apps to abd, cramps

Stool - slimy, insufficient, bloody – cant get relief, never feels complete

Answer 3

Nux-vomica

Question 4

Acute diarrhea with much flatus and sputtering

gurgling in abdomen before stool

Chronic diarrhea alternating with constipation

involuntary stool esp. when passing gas

< 5-6am

> lying on abdomen

STOOL - mushy, mixed with flatus and mucous

Answer 4

Aloe

Question 5

Bloating, rumbling, fermentation with irregular diarrhea

> open air, cold apps, after eating

< 4-8pm, eating (Esp. cold food) anxiety, stage fright

STOOL - formed at the beginning, then soft and watery

Answer 5

Lycopodium

Question 6

Corrosive diarrhea with feeling that she will never get done

< eve, night, cold air, esp. on abdomen

>lying or standing

STOOL - mucousy green, sour, purulent, offensive, metallic odor

Answer 6

Mercurius

Question 7

Generally painless, but exhausting diarrhea

Uncomfortable open sensation as if rectum loose

< 5 am, lying L side, spices, warm food

> sleep, cold drinks or food, ice cream, coffee

STOOL - Bright red blood, rice water “like fire hydrant”, watery with lumps of white mucous

Answer 7

Phosphorus

Question 8

Acute diarrhea every morning waking patient at 5 am

Burning or soreness in anus

STOOL - like rotten eggs, bloody, frothy, mucous, OFFENSIVE

Answer 8

Sulfur

Question 9

Acutes with BURNING, acrid stool, anxiety, restlessness, often with N/V

< 12-2am, cold places, excitement, cold drinks/food, food that is not fresh

> warm apps to abdomen

STOOL - acrid, thin, rice water, mucous, bloody

Answer 9

Arsenicum

Question 10

Painless diarrhea and indigestion - mild symptoms

aching and urge with nothing happening- extending from anus along sacrum

< in children, exertion, overheating, warm room

> open air, cold application

STOOL - no 2 stools alike - slimy green pasty whitish

Answer 10

Pulsatilla