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respiratory system
croup
homeopathy

remedy differential

Aceticum acidum: membraneous croup; lining membrane of larynx and trachea covered with fibrinous exudation; difficult breathing and hissing respiration; rattling from laryngeal obstruction, < at each inhalation; no thirst; child swallows with difficulty, even a teaspoonful of water, bright redness of face, < evenings with coldness, at night; heat, dry skin and delirium.
Aconitum napellus: from exposure to dry, cold northwest wind; child is aroused from sleep by long suffocative attacks; cough hard, dry, barking, but not yet wheezing nor sawing respiration; cough and loud breathing during expiration, but not during inspiration; every expiration ends with a coarse hacking cough; fear of choking to death; high fever; dry skin, anxiety and restlessness; child in agony and throws itself about, > from cold drinks and < after eating
Arsenicum album: larynx sensitive to pressure; hoarseness in daytime; dyspnea and suffocative spells at night, esp. after midnight; croup with coryza; cannot breathe through nose, with restlessness and thirst, but can only take sip and is always < after drinking; child feels cold and want to be covered; croup before or after hives or nettle-rash, great prostration
Belladonna: case characterized by single attacks, hollow cough, with strangulation and putting hand on larynx; fauces red and great sensitiveness of lower portion of larynx to the slightest pressure, < when coughing, talking or taking breath; painful dryness of larynx, great aversion to all drinks; hoarseness with flushed face and congested eyes
Bromium: hoarseness several days; in evening near aphonia, jumping up for want of breath while eating or drinking anything cold, > after warm, hot drinks; more difficult swallowing fluids than solids, < by warm air in the room; child wants to be carried; whistling breathing with danger of suffocation from too much phlegm; < before midnight, > after it; suits light-complexioned children, light hair, eyes
Hepar sulphur: cough < by dry cold wind, swelling below larynx; rattling, choking worst in the early hours of the morning; child chokes with coughing spell, has to sit up and bend the head back; > being kept warm, < drinking and eating, every little motion causes slight perspiration, or clammy, sour sweat; frequent desire to urinate, dark yellow and depositing a white sediment; cough comes as soon as child lies down at night and gets worse toward morning; sensation of fishbone in the throat, causing stitching pain from ear to ear when swallowing or turning around
Iodium: black-eyed dark-complexioned children; wheezing, sawing respiration, with dry, barking cough during which the child strangles so that he clutches his throat; tendency to torpor, difficult inspiration, > cold and after eating, constant desire to change position; coldness of face in very fleshy children
Ipecacuanha: catarrhal croup, convulsive evening cough; expectoration of mucus, with metallic taste; rigidity of body followed jerking of arms toward each other; nausea and vomiting < from least motion
Kali bichromicum: suitable for fat, light haired and plump children; gradual and insidious onset; expectoration of tough, stringy mucus, < on waking, at night with definite aggravation at 3 a.m.; deglutition painful, tonsil and larynx red swollen covered with false membrane, difficult to detach > breathing; head bent backward, breath offensive, death from asphyxia if not relieved; cough < from undressing > warm in bed; lach. follows well
Lachesis: children subject to inflammatory rheumatism, < after sleep, after short nap; when totally aroused breathes more freely, cannot bear anything touching the neck, < left side of throat; sensation of crumb of bread sticking in throat causing frequent hawking and swallowing
Phosphorus: hoarseness, with tendency to relapse in tall, slender nervous children, even aphonia after croup, > toward morning, a feeling of hunger demanding food for relief; pain in larynx when speaking, child says it hurts him to talk
Sambucus nigra: spasm of the glottis during sleep; attacks just after midnight, and from lying with head low; frequent waking from fear of suffocation; mouth and eyes half open, profuse perspiration only after waking, dread of being uncovered
Sanguinaria: pseudomembraneous croup; aphonia, with swelling of the throat; steady, severe cough without expectoration, with pain in the head and circumscribed redness of the cheek
Spongia tosta: children with fair complexion; no mucus rales with the croup; cough dry, sounds like a saw, driven through a pine board; fear of choking to death, < when lying down, before midnight, > from warm food and drink; croup does not extend below larynx


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