Midterm Fever and Sunstroke Flashcards
head congestion from sun exposure
suddenness of symptoms
blood is congesting in head, heat, redness
anxiety, restlessness, dry skin, fear death
aconite
head sunstroke
flushes of heat
head pain increases and decreases with morning sun
amylenum nitrosum
vertigo and heat of the face vomitting when overheated sun aggravates cough sentiment and romantic aversion to being approached ecstasy walking in moonlight white coat of tongue
antimonium crudum
hands and feet ice cold, head hot unconsious during sunstroke diarrhea during heat sunstroke after sleeping in sun sudden intensity of symptoms high sudden fevers
belladonna
mental exertion agg by heat chill after exposure to sun swelling, constriction, sensation of expanding and contracting hemorrhage with constriction constricting pain like wire
cactus grandiflorus
treats cholera (rice water stools) coldness and collapse unconscious in sunstroke abdomen and extremities cold after heat pain from sunstroke fear of being alone at night icy cold but wants to be uncovered
camphora
constriction of head when heated
head coldness when heated
weakness from sunstroke
carbo vegetabilis
main remedy for influenza in august skin heat without fever forsaken feeling when in sun ailments from bad news/fright shivering from fear diarrhea from anticipation
gelsemium
memory loss after sunstroke
unconscousness after sunstroke
convulsions around full moon
confusion and loses way on well known streets
glonoinum
sensitive to clothing on neck headache from sun exposure hemorrhage of eyes abusive/insulting complaining and lamenting about sickness
lachesis
very sensitive to sun selfless confusion from sun cold drinks agg when heated easily hurt but won't show it anxiety from music
natrum carbonicum
unconsciousness with sunstroke chest papitation with sunstroke ail from sight of accident slow respiration/sleep during convulsions pupils contracted to pinpoints
opium
sudden onset fever
internal chill with coldness in blood vessels
fever with one pale and one hot cheek
restless/anxious
aconite
hot red dry face with swelling and congestion
no sweat, but pt wants to sweat
3-4pm chill
agg by warm room
burning dry fever at night with no thirst
apis
aching of whole body
chill as if cold water all over body
chilliness from movement
arnica
chilly, restless with anxiety and fear of death
burning pains ameliorated by heat
thirst for sips of cold water
drinking increases chill and causes vomitting
arsenicum
dull, red, dusky face, foul moth odor
rapid onset, sinking into dull typhoid state
foul offensive odor
delusions body is scattered about the bed
baptisia
rapid onset extremely high fever agg by jarring throbbing, bounding pulse dilated pupils aggravated from jarring
belladonna
white tongue
extreme thrist for cold drinks
attacks of dry heat with every movement
better pressure
bryonia
typhoid miasm
pt feels like they are slipping into a crisis state and beleives that if they get somewhere or something, they can relax
- arnica, nux, chamomilla, ipicac
same family as arnica irritability and sensitivity to pain aversion to touch, approach desire to be rocked abusive with pain sliding into crisis
chamomilla
malarial miasm
never well
periodicity
exacerbation of symptoms
feel they are being held back by disease
fear dogs (has not been attacked)
fever with first chill, then heat, then perspiration
periodical fever
chill after fever
China
bloody discharges from ear
fever without other symptoms
mostoid caries threatened
Ferrum phosphoricum
heaviness in eyes, occiput, limbs heaviness everywhere chills begin in hands/feet agg by fright heavy sensation after influenza never well since influenza
gelsemium
nausea with clean tongue or with white coat
chill and disordered stomache
gastric fever
Ipecacuanha
fan-like motion of ala nasi
right sided but moves from left to right
desires warm/tepid drinks
lycopodium
always worse night perspiration excessive salivation pain in cocyx during fever salivation during fever constriction of chest
mercurius
fever/chill comes on before noon (forenoon)
chill beginning in lumbar, fingers, feet, toes
ascending fever
nat mur
vertigo during menses
sensitive to noise, touch
sensitive to drafts
chill in AM if uncovered, or putting hand out of bed
nux vomica
snoring, stupor, noisy breathing
coma with breathing
chill and shaking in sleep
opium
