Kalium bromatum Kind Anhang

Vergleich Kind in: Hell. Bar-c. Sil. Kali-br.

ADHS

Kali-br. children resemble Am-br. Hyos. Mygal. Stram. Tarent. children.

Acute mania of children, when they arouse from sleep with screams and imagine that some one is going to hurt them. Child shrieks out in sleep and clings to the nurse.

[George Royal]

Night terrors of children after being frightened, when the child wakes up shrieking and trembling (Stram.).

[Dr. H.C. Allen]

Daily colic in infants about 5 h.

Mind:

Feelings of guilt arise readily around issues of morality, sex, and neglecting their duty.

Nervous restlessness; cannot sit still, must move around or keep occupied.

Many psychosexual problems arise at puberty in children of families where sex is considered taboo.

Night terrors in children who see horrible visions and awake shrieking and recognizing no one.

The child constantly imagines that he is singled out as an object of divine wrath.

Usually indicated in children who come from a strict religious background, where their upbringing is greatly influenced by issues of morality, crime, and guilt.

Children who are not getting on well at school.

Physical:

Fidgety hands (Tarent) and feet.

Fat, fair, lethargic, heavy looking, and dull.

In spite of apparent dullness, there is a certain amount of local restlessness.

Other important symptoms

Mind:

Answers in monosyllables (Ph-ac. Verat) or answers ‘no’ to all questions

Anxiety at night (in the dentitional age group).

Brain fag with failure of mental power; loss of memory.

Children who are not getting on well at school academically; they are dull and apparently lack intelligence.

Depressive disorders that arise from the death of loved ones.

Early masturbation with presence of tremendous guilt (Staph).

Fidgetiness (Iod. Merc); constantly playing with fingers, fumbling with his shoes or clothes, picking with fingers, wringing his hands (Stram), etc.

Omits or reverses words when talking and writing.

Want of moral feeling (Bell. Hyos); tends to lie, steal, and cheat.

Writing is very poor and indistinct (Kali-p. Merc).

Children who habitually weep without an adequate cause.

Dullness and slowness; answers slowly and has to repeat the question first.

Exuberance (Hyos).

Fruitlessly busy (Verat).

Hates taking music lessons (trying to learn the piano).

On trivial issues of emotional conflicts, the feeling of being forsaken by God and friends comes up very easily, indicating a very strong emotional insecurity.

Restless at night.

Stage fright.

Suspicious.

Useful in cases of dyslexia, mental retardation, or where the development of the child is arrested.

Head:

Violent headache from concussion of brain.

Migraine with a flushed face, throbbing temples, and red eyes.

Examination findings:

- Hot head with cold extremities.

- Cannot hold his head erect (Gels).

- Dandruff.

- Incipient basilar meningitis.

- Kernig’s sign ++

- MRI shows cerebrovascular accidents (from rupture of congenital Berry’s aneurysm).

- Rolls his head (Bell. Sulph).

Eyes:

Examination findings:

- Red eyes (during headache) (Spig).

- Fixed gaze.

- Pupils – Dilated, and insensible to light.

- Strabismus after night terrors.

- Sunken eyes.

Nose:

Coryza that tends to spread downwards, involving the throat and the lower respiratory tract.

Examination findings:

- Red nose (Alum).

- Thick yellow scabs in the nostrils.

Face:

Examination findings:

- Flushed red face during headache, from excitement, or during unconsciousness.

- Vacant expression (Phos).

- Bluish red acne.

- Eruptions on nose.

- Lockjaw.

- Picking at his lips all the time (Bry).

- Swelling of right submaxillary glands.

Mouth:

Dry mouth with increased thirst.

Grinding of teeth from fear and in sleep.

Aphasia from embolism of middle cerebral artery.

Difficult dentition: Vomiting and diarrhea.

Increased offensive salivation.

Examination findings:

- Protrusion of tongue with chorea.

- Stammering speech (Stram).

- Aphthae.

- Halitosis.

- Red, tender tongue and spongy gums.

- Thrush.

Throat:

Dysphagia (liquids) (Lach), can swallow only solids.

Examination findings:

- Dark red to purplish discoloration of tonsils and uvula.

- Pulsation in carotids.

- Swelling of thyroid gland.

Stomach:

Intense thirst is a concomitant with most of the complaints.

Persistent hiccoughs.

Vomiting during dentition (Bry. Ip).

Vomiting of meconium in infants with whooping cough.

Loathing of food.

Vomiting of food and mucus after every meal.

Aversions: Fruit/milk/onions;

Desires: Chocolate/cold drinks;

Abdomen:

Cramping, griping colic in nurslings and infants from flatulence.

Examination findings:

- Ascites.

- Enlargement of liver and spleen.

Rectum:

Cholera infantum; passes green, watery stools with rapidly progressing collapse.

Obstinate constipation of newborns with very hard stools (Nux-v. Op).

Dentitional diarrhea with intense thirst; passes a quantity of blood.

Examination findings:

- Retention of meconium.

- Rectal polyps.

- Spasmodic constriction of rectum.

Urinary organs:

Suppression of urine in cases of cholera.

Copious urination with increased thirst.

Dribbling of urine with stool (Caust).

Nocturnal enuresis.

Examination findings:

- Urine: Albumin+, increased specific gravity, sediment: phosphate++, sugar++

Sex organs:

Disposition to masturbate.

Voluptuous itching of the genitalia.

Larynx and Trachea:

Painful hoarseness.

Examination findings:

- Laryngismus stridulus.

Cough:

Spasmodic or hacking cough in weak, nervous children, which wakes them up in terror.

Dry, hard, incessant.

Paroxysmal cough at night, followed by vomiting.

Weeping from cough.

Chest:

Infantile capillary bronchitis with severe dysponea and convulsions.

Pneumonia in infants.

Examination findings:

- Chest X-Ray: Consolidation in the lung.

Back:

Examination findings:

- Opisthotonos.

Limbs:

Chorea from fear.

Tends to stumble or drop things from weakness of joints.

Examination findings:

- Cerebellar signs ++

- Fidgety hands and fingers, which are in constant motion.

- Legs, feet, and wrists are icy cold and blue; pressure of fingers leaves white imprints.

- Paralytic weakness of the extensors of legs and feet.

- Trembling of hands during any kind of voluntary motion.

- Twitching of fingers.

- Unsteady gait.

Sleep:

Nightmares.

Falls into a deep slumber after epileptic attack.

Restless during sleep with frequent moaning.

Somnambulism.

Skin:

Small boils come up in successive crops (Arn) on face and trunk, with intense itching.

Examination findings:

- Indurations or scars that remain long after the eruptions disappear (Vario).

- Painful pustular eruptions.

- Cold to the touch.

- Psoriasis.

- Sebaceous cyst.

Conclusions:

Ailments from: Anger, fright (Hyos. Indg) or other emotional causes; during dentition (Cupr); during new moon; from masturbation; organic lesion, brain tumor (Sil);

with whooping cough or with acute or chronic renal failure.

During convulsions: Fixed, staring eyes (Ign); twitching of muscles that usually begins in the face.

After convulsions: Headache, and loss of appetite.

Periodical attacks: Every week, 2 weeks, or 10 days.

Convulsions during daytime.

Grand mal epilepsy.

Generals:

Chorea from fright (Caust); cannot walk, has to run or jump.

Periodicity of complaints.

Cystic tumors.

Finds it most uncomfortable to stand.

Fleshy, overweight children.

Lack of reaction.

Most complaints are better when the child is occupied mentally and physically.

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