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Chickenpox
=== Generality ===
 
'''Main Regions'''


* This [[Viral miasms|viral miasm]] has a famous nickname, Chickenpox.
* VZV is a neurologic virus with a focus on ganglia (sensory DRG, cranial (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th) and autonomic (ciliary/ear) ganglia.
* 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
* Modality / Aggravations ''Temperature change.'' Cold. Morning. ''Night''.
* Local inflammation, redness, itching, various rashes (herpes)
* Regions: '''Skin /''' Peripheral nerves, ''Mind, Extremities, Eye,'' Mouth, Chest, Heart
* • Neuralgia: (burning pains, shooting pains and stitches)
* Esp one-sided: '''Unilateral eruptions,''' [[Bel's palsy]]
* • Burning pains in eyes, chest
* Burning / Stitching pains esp in skin, eyes, chest
* • Especially one-sided
* Anorexia. Malaise. Weakness. Lassitude, Night perspiration, Shaking chill
 
'''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
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!Entitites
!Sign / Symptoms
!Disease
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|''Meningitis''
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* ''Headache, Heaviness''
* Stiffness of cervical region
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* ''Encephalitis''
* ''Meningoencephalitis''
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* Sleeplessness
* Sleepiness
* Anxious '''Dreams'''
* '''Restlessness.''' Anxiety. Irritability
* ''Altered speech''
* ''Confusion''. ''Low consciousness''
* ''Altered pattern of thought''
* Sadness
* ''Convulsion''
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|''Bell's palsy''
|''Ipsilateral Face Paralysis''
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|Face ''Redness''
''Painful vesicles on external auditory meatus''
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|''Keratitis''
|Burning pain
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|''Conjunctivitis''
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|''Retinitis''
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|''Retinal necrosis''
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|'''[[Erythema multiforme|Erythema mutiforme]]'''
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* '''Eruptions; vesicular, pustular, crusty, macular, papular, erythematous base, round, oval,  unilateral,'''
* ''Bleeding'', pimples.
* Mouth ''Eruptions''. ''Palatal eruptions''.
* ''Eruptions on tongue''.
* '''Throat''' ''Dryness. Eruptions. Vesicular eruptions''
* ''Vaginal vesicles''
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|'''Pruritus'''
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|''Loss of taste''
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|'''Anorexia.''' ''Vomiting''
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|'''Abdomen''' Rumbling. Distention
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|''Hepatitis''
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|Diarrhea
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|Neuralgia
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* Involuntary urination
* Burning pains
* Shooting pains and stitches
* Coldness of feet
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* ''Myelitis''
* [[Transverse myelitis|''Transverse'' ''Myelitis'']]
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|Hoarseness of voice.
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|''Pericarditis''
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* '''Unilateral''' '''Chest''' '''Pain'''
* Stitching pain
* ''Tachypnea''
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|''Myocarditis''
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|''Pneumonia''
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* Dry ''Cough''
* ''Tachypnea'', ''Dyspnea''
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* ''Ataxia''
* ''Cerebellar Ataxia''
|''Vertigo''
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|''Arthritis''
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|''Paralysis''
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|''Tremor''
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|''Hypoplasia''. Right side.
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|''Nephritis''
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|''Thrombocytopenia'''''Leukopenia'''
|''Hemorrhage''
|''Hemolytic anemia''
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|''Myositis''
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|''[[GBS, Guillian Barre syndrome|Guillain-Barre syndrome]]''
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|''Sepsis''
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=== Research ===
''VZV'' causes a variety of ... of vibratory sensation and ''proprioception'' in both legs


neurologic complications, including  
neurologic complications, including  

Revision as of 03:46, 24 September 2023

Generality

  • This viral miasm has a famous nickname, Chickenpox.
  • VZV is a neurologic virus with a focus on ganglia (sensory DRG, cranial (3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th) and autonomic (ciliary/ear) ganglia.
  • Modality / Aggravations Temperature change. Cold. Morning. Night.
  • Regions: Skin / Peripheral nerves, Mind, Extremities, Eye, Mouth, Chest, Heart
  • Esp one-sided: Unilateral eruptions, Bel's palsy
  • Burning / Stitching pains esp in skin, eyes, chest
  • Anorexia. Malaise. Weakness. Lassitude, Night perspiration, Shaking chill
Entitites Sign / Symptoms Disease
Meningitis
  • Headache, Heaviness
  • Stiffness of cervical region
  • Encephalitis
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Sleeplessness
  • Sleepiness
  • Anxious Dreams
  • Restlessness. Anxiety. Irritability
  • Altered speech
  • Confusion. Low consciousness
  • Altered pattern of thought
  • Sadness
  • Convulsion
Bell's palsy Ipsilateral Face Paralysis
Face Redness

Painful vesicles on external auditory meatus

Keratitis Burning pain
Conjunctivitis
Retinitis Retinal necrosis
Erythema mutiforme
  • Eruptions; vesicular, pustular, crusty, macular, papular, erythematous base, round, oval,  unilateral,
  • Bleeding, pimples.
  • Mouth Eruptions. Palatal eruptions.
  • Eruptions on tongue.
  • Throat Dryness. Eruptions. Vesicular eruptions
  • Vaginal vesicles
Pruritus
Loss of taste
Anorexia. Vomiting
Abdomen Rumbling. Distention
Hepatitis
Diarrhea
Neuralgia
  • Involuntary urination
  • Burning pains
  • Shooting pains and stitches
  • Coldness of feet
Hoarseness of voice.
Pericarditis
  • Unilateral Chest Pain
  • Stitching pain
  • Tachypnea
Myocarditis
Pneumonia
  • Dry Cough
  • Tachypnea, Dyspnea
  • Ataxia
  • Cerebellar Ataxia
Vertigo
Arthritis
Paralysis
Tremor
Hypoplasia. Right side.
Nephritis
ThrombocytopeniaLeukopenia Hemorrhage Hemolytic anemia
Myositis
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Sepsis

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