Week 5 - Croup, Pertussis, Kidney Stones, Cystitis, Hay Fever

Question 1

Pertussis - Dioscorea villosa

Answer 1

• Tickling in right bronchi/throat
• Pain extends to distant parts
• Wandering pain suddenly shifts to distant parts

Question 2

Pertussis - Drosera rotundifolia

Answer 2

• Epistaxis with whooping cough
• Mouth bleeding accompanied by cough
• Walking ameliorates larynx constriction
• Must hold chest with both hands while coughing
• Lying aggravates cough as soon as head touches pillow at night

Question 3

Pertussis - Ipecacuanha

Answer 3

• Headache as from a blow during cough
• Sneeze before cough
• Nausea and/or vomiting during cough
• Loathing of food during cough
• Suffocative cough with retching and nausea

Question 4

Pertussis - Mephitis putorius

Answer 4

• Makes angry gestures in sleep
• Bluish face aggravated during whooping cough
• Goiter and exophthalmia accompanied by choking/trembling
• Child must be raised during cough because cannot exhale and gets blue in the face
• Convulsions with whooping cough
• Dreams - hemoptysis

Question 5

Cystitis - Petroselinum sativum

Answer 5

• Intense itching or tingling deep in urethra or neck of bladder
• Agglutination of the meatus
• Crawling/itching in fossa navicularis

Question 6

Cystitis - Cannabis sativum

Answer 6

• Urethra inflamed and painful
• Worse from touch and walking with legs too close together
• Burning pains at the meatus, especially with the last few drops
• Inflammation of the Cowper’s gland

Question 7

Cystitis - Equisetum

Answer 7

• Urging increases as the volume in the bladder decreases; the fuller the bladder, the less discomfort

Question 8

Cystitis - Sarsaparilla

Answer 8

• Worse at the end of urination
• Chill spreads from the bladder during urination
• Can only urinate while standing
• Urine dribbles while sitting, yet passes freely while standing
• Last drops of urine cause violent burning

Question 9

Hay Fever - Allium cepa

Answer 9

• Coryza with discharge in the evening/warm room

- Coryza worse from smell of peaches/roses, warm room, and north west wind

Question 10

Hay Fever - Arundo

Answer 10

• Children bore fingers in ears

- Salivation during coryza

Question 11

Hay Fever - Sabadilla

Answer 11

• Paroxysms of sneezing
• Debilitating sneezing
• Odor of roses aggravates coryza
• Sneezing concussive/during heat