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Chickenpox
Chickenpox
'''Main Regions'''
* VZV is a neurologic virus with a focus on ganglia (sensory DRG, cranial (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th) and autonomic (ciliary/ear) ganglia.
* The focus is on the skin and peripheral nerves
* Local inflammation, redness, itching, various rashes (herpes)
* • Neuralgia: (burning pains, shooting pains and stitches)
* • Burning pains in eyes, chest
* • Especially one-sided
'''Skin,''' ''Mind, Extremities, Eye,'' Mouth, Chest, Heart.
'''Modalities'''
'''Aggravations:''' ''Temperature change.'' Cold. Morning. ''Night''. 
'''Mind'''
'''Restlessness.''' Anxiety. ''Altered speech''. ''Confusion''. ''Low consciousness''. ''Altered pattern of thought''. Irritability. Sadness.
'''Vertigo'''
''Vertigo''.
'''Head'''
''Headache. Heaviness. Meningitis. Encephalitis. Meningoencephalitis.''
'''Face'''
''Redness. Paralysis; ipsilateral. Bell's palsy. ''
'''Eye'''
Burning pain. ''Keratitis''. ''Conjunctivitis''. ''Retinitis''. ''Retinal necrosis''.
'''Ear'''
''Painful vesicles on external auditory meatus.''
'''Mouth'''
''Eruptions''. ''Palatal eruptions''. ''Eruptions on tongue''. ''Loss of taste''.
'''Throat'''
''Dryness. Eruptions. Vesicular eruptions.''
'''Stomach'''
'''Anorexia.''' ''Vomiting''.
'''Abdomen'''
Rumbling. Distention. ''Hepatitis''.
'''Rectum'''
Diarrhea.
'''Bladder'''
Involuntary urination.
'''Larynx'''
Hoarseness of voice.
'''Respiration'''
''Tachypnea''. ''Dyspnea''. 
'''Chest'''
'''Pain; unilateral,''' Stitching pain. ''Pneumonia''. ''Pericarditis''. ''Myocarditis''.
'''Cough'''
''Cough''; dry.
'''Female organs'''
''Vaginal vesicles.''
'''Extremities'''
Coldness of feet. ''Tremor''. ''Ataxia''; ''cerebellar. Paralysis''. ''Arthritis''. ''Hypoplasia''. Right side.
'''Kidney'''
''Nephritis''.
'''Back'''
Stiffness of cervical region.
'''Sleep'''
Sleeplessness. Sleepiness.
'''Dreams'''
Anxious.
'''Skin'''
'''Eruptions; vesicular, pustular, crusty, macular, papular, erythematous base, round, oval,  unilateral,''' ''bleeding'', pimples. '''Pruritus. Erythema mutiforme.'''
'''Fever'''
'''Fever.''' 
'''Chill'''
Shaking chill.
'''Perspiration'''
Night perspiration.
'''General'''
Burning pains. Stitching pains. '''Anorexia. Malaise.''' Weakness. '''Lassitude. Neuralgia; night agg.''' ''Convulsion''. ''Ataxia''. ''Hemorrhage''. ''Paralysis''. ''Sepsis''. ''Hemolytic anemia''. ''Myositis''. ''Myelitis; transverse''. ''Guillain-Barre syndrome''. '''Leukopenia.''' ''Thrombocytopenia''. Cold agg. Morning agg. ''Night agg''


Research
Research
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[[SIL, Tissue Salt Remedy|SIL]]: For chronic late side effects
[[SIL, Tissue Salt Remedy|SIL]]: For chronic late side effects


=== [[Homeopathic remedies|Remedies]] ===
'''1.      [[Ars, Arsenicum Album|ARS]]'''
'''2.      Sul, Merc'''
3.      Thuj, [[Ran-b, Ranunculus Bulbosus|Ran-b]], Iris, Nat-m, Sep, Rhus-t, Canth
4.      Agar, Arg-n, Cocc, Mez, Zinc, Nat-c




Revision as of 04:22, 6 September 2023

Chickenpox

Main Regions

  • VZV is a neurologic virus with a focus on ganglia (sensory DRG, cranial (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th) and autonomic (ciliary/ear) ganglia.
  • The focus is on the skin and peripheral nerves
  • Local inflammation, redness, itching, various rashes (herpes)
  • • Neuralgia: (burning pains, shooting pains and stitches)
  • • Burning pains in eyes, chest
  • • Especially one-sided

Skin, Mind, Extremities, Eye, Mouth, Chest, Heart.


Modalities

Aggravations: Temperature change. Cold. Morning. Night.

Mind

Restlessness. Anxiety. Altered speech. Confusion. Low consciousness. Altered pattern of thought. Irritability. Sadness.


Vertigo


Vertigo.


Head


Headache. Heaviness. Meningitis. Encephalitis. Meningoencephalitis.


Face


Redness. Paralysis; ipsilateral. Bell's palsy. 


Eye

Burning pain. Keratitis. Conjunctivitis. Retinitis. Retinal necrosis.


Ear


Painful vesicles on external auditory meatus.


Mouth

Eruptions. Palatal eruptions. Eruptions on tongue. Loss of taste.


Throat


Dryness. Eruptions. Vesicular eruptions.


Stomach


Anorexia. Vomiting.


Abdomen


Rumbling. Distention. Hepatitis.


Rectum


Diarrhea.


Bladder


Involuntary urination.


Larynx

Hoarseness of voice.


Respiration

Tachypnea. Dyspnea.

Chest


Pain; unilateral, Stitching pain. Pneumonia. Pericarditis. Myocarditis.


Cough


Cough; dry.


Female organs

Vaginal vesicles.


Extremities

Coldness of feet. Tremor. Ataxia; cerebellar. Paralysis. Arthritis. Hypoplasia. Right side.


Kidney


Nephritis.


Back


Stiffness of cervical region.


Sleep


Sleeplessness. Sleepiness.


Dreams


Anxious.


Skin

Eruptions; vesicular, pustular, crusty, macular, papular, erythematous base, round, oval,  unilateral, bleeding, pimples. Pruritus. Erythema mutiforme.


Fever


Fever.

Chill


Shaking chill.


Perspiration


Night perspiration.


General

Burning pains. Stitching pains. Anorexia. Malaise. Weakness. Lassitude. Neuralgia; night agg. Convulsion. Ataxia. Hemorrhage. Paralysis. Sepsis. Hemolytic anemia. Myositis. Myelitis; transverse. Guillain-Barre syndrome. Leukopenia. Thrombocytopenia. Cold agg. Morning agg. Night agg

Research

VZV) causes a variety of ... of vibratory sensation and proprioception in both legs

neurologic complications, including

  • Post-herpetic neuralgia
  • Polyradiculoneuritis,
  • Transverse myelitis, v
  • Vasculopathy,
  • Aseptic menengitis,
  • Leukoencephalopathy,
  • Dorsal root or cranial nerve ganglionitis,
  • Ventriculitis,
  • Necrotising angiitis and
  • Meningoencephalitis


Tissue Salt Remedies

FP: First drug

KM: When the vesicles are opened

KS: When the crusting became established

SIL: For chronic late side effects

Remedies

1.      ARS

2.      Sul, Merc

3.      Thuj, Ran-b, Iris, Nat-m, Sep, Rhus-t, Canth

4.      Agar, Arg-n, Cocc, Mez, Zinc, Nat-c



Marked loss of vibratory sensation and proprioception in both legs [1]

  1. ↑ Transverse Myelitis Caused by Varicella Zoster: Case Reports Sema Yýlmaz1 , Hamide Kart Köseoðlu2 and Eftal Yücel2 1 Baskent University Konya Medical and Research Center, Division of Rheumatology, Konya; 2 Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara; Turkey
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