VZV, Varicella Zoster Virus

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