Shannon,
How is your cat bite? Hope it is healing nicely!
Susan
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H.T. Cotter
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Re: cat bite
For Shannon,
I was following this thread with interest and somehow it got deleted from my mail box (the cat bite thread). I recently had a patient who is a hairdresser and whom I had treated a few times the previous year for various ailments . Her cat bit her on the knuckles of her right hand between the forefinger and the middle finger. She had already received substantial first aid and a tetanus shot along with predictable allopathic treatment before she came to me for treatment (I had been out of town when the incident occurred). Both knuckles and the intermediate tissues were very swollen and indurated. I gave her Ledum 30 and asked her to monitor the site and return in a week if no progress had been made. No progress ensued except that the pain ultimately dissipated.
The area resembles localized rheumatic arthritis deformans and though she has regained full use and is pain free, it bothers her and, as a pretty woman, she regards it as unsightly. I recently chose the remedy Heloderma in the 30th potency for her. She plans to pick it up and take it on Monday and repeat daily as necessary. If this is redundant to the part of the tread I lost, then I apologize. If not, I will report on the outcome. I thank Susan for revisiting you on this so I could offer my recent experience. (I'm attaching the Boericke MM definition for Heloderma).
Best wishes,
Tom
HELODERMA
Gila Monster
The result of the bite is a benumbing paralysis like paralysis agitans or locomotor ataxia. There is no tetanic phase-a condition almost reverse in objective symptoms to Hydrocy acid or Strychnia. The most unusual action of the drug is noted upon the eye of the mouse. The eyeball becomes more prominent and the cornea opacities. The exophthalmus is due to the pressure of the blood behind the eyeball (Boyd). Homeopathically, it is indicated in many forms of disease characterized by great coldness-"arctic" coldness. Colic waves from occiput to feet or ascending.
Head.--Very depressed. Sensation as if would fall to right side. Cold band around head; cold pressure within the skull. Eyelids heavy. Pain beginning in right ear, extending round back of head to left ear.
Face.--Cold crawling feeling, as if facial muscles were tight.
Mouth.--Tongue cold, tender, and dry. Very thirsty. Swallowing difficult. Breath cold.
Chest.--Cold feeling in lungs and in heart. Slow labored thumping of heart.
Back.--Coldness across scapulæ. Burning along spine.
Extremities.--Numbness and trembling. Cyanosis of hands. Coldness. Sensation as if walking on sponge, and as if feet were swollen. Staggering gait. Cock's gait. When walking, lifts feet higher than usual, and puts down heel hard. Feet cold as ice or burn. Stretching relieves pains in muscles and limbs.
Fever.--Internal coldness, as if frozen to death. Cold rings around body. Cold waves (Abies c; Acon). Cold spots. Arctic coldness. Temperature subnormal-96° (Camph).
Relationship.--Compare: Lacerta-Green Lizard (skin eruptions. Vesicles under tongue. Increased mental acumen. Difficult swallowing. Constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Nausea; violent pressure in stomach). Camphor; Lachesis.
Dose.--Thirtieth potency.
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I was following this thread with interest and somehow it got deleted from my mail box (the cat bite thread). I recently had a patient who is a hairdresser and whom I had treated a few times the previous year for various ailments . Her cat bit her on the knuckles of her right hand between the forefinger and the middle finger. She had already received substantial first aid and a tetanus shot along with predictable allopathic treatment before she came to me for treatment (I had been out of town when the incident occurred). Both knuckles and the intermediate tissues were very swollen and indurated. I gave her Ledum 30 and asked her to monitor the site and return in a week if no progress had been made. No progress ensued except that the pain ultimately dissipated.
The area resembles localized rheumatic arthritis deformans and though she has regained full use and is pain free, it bothers her and, as a pretty woman, she regards it as unsightly. I recently chose the remedy Heloderma in the 30th potency for her. She plans to pick it up and take it on Monday and repeat daily as necessary. If this is redundant to the part of the tread I lost, then I apologize. If not, I will report on the outcome. I thank Susan for revisiting you on this so I could offer my recent experience. (I'm attaching the Boericke MM definition for Heloderma).
Best wishes,
Tom
HELODERMA
Gila Monster
The result of the bite is a benumbing paralysis like paralysis agitans or locomotor ataxia. There is no tetanic phase-a condition almost reverse in objective symptoms to Hydrocy acid or Strychnia. The most unusual action of the drug is noted upon the eye of the mouse. The eyeball becomes more prominent and the cornea opacities. The exophthalmus is due to the pressure of the blood behind the eyeball (Boyd). Homeopathically, it is indicated in many forms of disease characterized by great coldness-"arctic" coldness. Colic waves from occiput to feet or ascending.
Head.--Very depressed. Sensation as if would fall to right side. Cold band around head; cold pressure within the skull. Eyelids heavy. Pain beginning in right ear, extending round back of head to left ear.
Face.--Cold crawling feeling, as if facial muscles were tight.
Mouth.--Tongue cold, tender, and dry. Very thirsty. Swallowing difficult. Breath cold.
Chest.--Cold feeling in lungs and in heart. Slow labored thumping of heart.
Back.--Coldness across scapulæ. Burning along spine.
Extremities.--Numbness and trembling. Cyanosis of hands. Coldness. Sensation as if walking on sponge, and as if feet were swollen. Staggering gait. Cock's gait. When walking, lifts feet higher than usual, and puts down heel hard. Feet cold as ice or burn. Stretching relieves pains in muscles and limbs.
Fever.--Internal coldness, as if frozen to death. Cold rings around body. Cold waves (Abies c; Acon). Cold spots. Arctic coldness. Temperature subnormal-96° (Camph).
Relationship.--Compare: Lacerta-Green Lizard (skin eruptions. Vesicles under tongue. Increased mental acumen. Difficult swallowing. Constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Nausea; violent pressure in stomach). Camphor; Lachesis.
Dose.--Thirtieth potency.
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Shannon Nelson
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Re: cat bite
Hi Tom,
An interesting prescription! What were the indications in her case?
In mine, the swelling is going down annoyingly slowly (now about 10
days on), still a fair bit of healing yet to go, but silica and rhus-t
seem to have helped... I'll be interested to hear how hers goes!
Shannon
An interesting prescription! What were the indications in her case?
In mine, the swelling is going down annoyingly slowly (now about 10
days on), still a fair bit of healing yet to go, but silica and rhus-t
seem to have helped... I'll be interested to hear how hers goes!
Shannon