Brain injury

[Kris Hudson]

Hi,
With brain injury cases would one consider a desire to swim and bath in freezing cold water an SRP? Or does this fall under the typical hypersensitivity to stimuli?
I have a case of a 10 year old girl who suffered quite a severe brain injury at the age of 4 months. She shows sensitivities to noise (can't stand when her brother yells or her father's loud and deep voice), and to music (loves music; not sure if it's the sound or the vibration); and her mum says she's "stimulated by the wind" (she likes the wind blowing on her and reacts excitedly with rigid, convulsive movements).
I'm wondering if this desire to swim and bath in freezing cold water falls into the same category? In which case, it's not that SR&P. Or, considering the hypersensitive tendencies of brain injured patients, does this make it all the more unusual?
Kris
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[J Lucas]

Yes they are quite common sx in someone who has some kind of brain damage,
it is often about the need to be stimulated or re-establish those lost
feelings so the need becomes intensified.

However, if they dominate a case then I think you have to use them and rank
them quite highly especially the swimming/bathing in freezing cold water.

I remember a case of a child with epilepsy who had a really strong need to
be in cold air, she loved it in her eyes and mouth, her head and on her
limbs and after a number of rx had failed I decided to go for Arg nit which
cured.

In the larger totality of your case you can but incorporate these sx and
study the rx which emerge.

Best wishes, Joy

http://www.homeopathicmateriamedica.com
Kris wrote

With brain injury cases would one consider a desire to swim and bath in
freezing cold water an SRP? Or does this fall under the typical
hypersensitivity to stimuli?

I have a case of a 10 year old girl who suffered quite a severe brain injury
at the age of 4 months. She shows sensitivities to noise (can't stand when
her brother yells or her father's loud and deep voice), and to music (loves
music; not sure if it's the sound or the vibration); and her mum says she's
"stimulated by the wind" (she likes the wind blowing on her and reacts
excitedly with rigid, convulsive movements).

I'm wondering if this desire to swim and bath in freezing cold water falls
into the same category? In which case, it's not that SR&P. Or, considering
the hypersensitive tendencies of brain injured patients, does this make it
all the more unusual?

Kris

[Kris Hudson]

Thanks Joy. From the information I have so far, I wouldn't say they dominate the case. But perhaps I'll go back and try to clarify with Mum whether this bathing/swimming in freezing cold water is a "need" vs a preference.
Kris

J Lucas wrote:
However, if they dominate a case then I think you have to use them and rank
them quite highly especially the swimming/bathing in freezing cold water.
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