Minutus

And speaking of the stupid cat, I'm trying to figure out how to rep the
after-effects to my hand of my end in her first attempted fraticide six
weeks ago! (Take-home lesson: Do not try to break up a catfight
without a nice, thick towel, long broom, or something similar!)

My hand has *almost* healed, but doesn't seem to be going any farther.
I can't flex it fully due to some remaining swelling (and probably also
adhesion) inside the wrist, and muscles (or whatever) in and around the
wrist become sore when I use it too much. I want to see if I can
resolve it the rest of the way, but am not sure about either the
terminology or the physiology involved (ouch).

At the end of the upper arm right before the wrist, there is a raised
ridge. Feels as tho the plate (or joint, or ??) within the wrist had
swollen (well, *everything* had swollen!) and not returned to its
former size/shape.

Would that be a "nodosity" as in e.g. "arthritis nodosities",

or might it be an "exostosis" ("Exostoses of joints" contains only
silica, tho "exostoses of wrists" contains choc, mag-m and ruta,?

Or would it be "Induration of the periosteum (ruta only)?

Thanks again!
Shannon

What about scar tissue and Thios?

Rochelle

Now THAT is another interesting question! Looking thru the rep a while
back I noticed that the rubric "Adhesions" contains 37 remedies
(Complete Mill.), all in the first degree--so thios is only one out of
37!

And when I do a rubric extraction, it's in only a handful of rubrics,
and seems to be only a (1) in all of them, and most are very general
rubrics (with a few exceptions, but none particularly relating to
adhesions). So how has it gained such a fast association with
adhesions, anyway??? (I have to say, the *only* time I used it for an
adhesion it worked beautifully, so I'm not knocking it! But am still
curious!) And yup, that's been one on my list of "maybes" for this...

Shannon

How about thinking of a tendon-- much more likely than bone to have been injured in such an attack -- unless you know for a fact that the bone was impacted? Inflammation of tendons might bring to mind Rhus-t, Ruta, or Symph, for example -- depending on modalities, etc... Also, at some point even after nothing is inflamed any more, you may have some remaining scar tissue or fibrosis, which should respond to Thiosamine. Rosemary

Thanks Rosemary,

There may be a tendon involved too (making it hard to flex my wrist),
but the ridge I'm especially asking about seems to be something
(?)lining the end of(?) the bone, tho I suppose probably not the bone
itself. I *think* what happened is that the swelling within the wrist
may have caused damage to tissues inside it. There had been adhesion
between the skin and muscle, which I was able to work out pretty easily
over a couple of weeks, just by gently forcing the range of motion.
That's why it seems likely that there may be adhesions within the wrist
too, tho I don't think that would explain the little ridge at the end
of the bone...

Well, maybe I'll just try a few, and probably thiosin. first. (Tho I
am *still* puzzled about why thiosin. has gained such a firm
association as *the* rx for adhesions!)

Best,
Shannon

Hi, Shannon.

It's quite possible that a tendon sheath ruptured as part of this accident, and that the tendon now has fluid in it, causing a ganglion cyst, which would be hard and would be located right around the end of the bones. Of course, I haven't seen it, but you could ask someone knowledgeable about such things if this is what it looks like. If this is the case, it's a relatively harmless condition, although it impedes movement. The traditional old-fashioned medical treatment for these is to smash them with a heavy book. Somehow, homeopathy sounds a lot kinder.... You might look especially at Calc-fl low potency or tissue salt, or Sil or Ruta if this turns out to be the nature of the lump. These remedies should also be helpful for any other adhesions ) Rosemary

Okay, I guess I'll get someone to look at it... It doesn't look to me
like a ganglion cyst (at least not like those I've seen), but maybe the
location just makes it look different.
Thanks again!
Shannon