VZV, Varicella Zoster Virus

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	Myelitis Transverse Myelitis Zona, Post herpetic neuralgic pains
	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
Thrombocytopenia/ Leukopenia	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