Common Illnesses of Neonates And Their Pointers - Dr Sreekumar A MD (Hom)

SCREAMING

WITH COLIC

•   CHAMOMILLA
•   MAG P HOS
•   NUX VOM

WITH URGING FOR STOOL

•   RHEUM

URINATION BEFORE

•   SARSAPARILLA
•   BORAX

WHEN TOUCHED

•   ANT TART

AVERSION TO  MOTHERS MILK

CALC PHOS

• CHILD DEMANDS ATTENTION, NEEDS TO BE CARRIED
• ABDOMINAL COLIC

SILICEA

• < FROM MOTHERS MILK

BORAX

• PAIN BEFORE PASSING STOOL OR URINE
• APHTHAE

ANT CRUD

• VOMITS IN CURDLED FORM
• REFUSES NURSING
• WHITE COATED TONGUE
• AVERSION TO COLD BATHING

VOMITS MILK AFTER NURSING

ANT CRUD

• VOMITS IN CURDLED FORM
• REFUSES NURSING
• WHITE COATED TONGUE
• AVERSION TO COLD BATHING

VALERIANA

• < WHEN MOTHER IS ANGRY
• VOMITS MILK IN LARGE LUMPS

CANNOT HOLD UP HEAD

• CUPRUM MET
• ABROTANUM

NOSE BLEEDING

• FERR PHOS
• PHOS
• HAMAMELIS

INGUINAL HERNIA

• AUR MET
• CALC CARB
• NUX VOM
• NIT ACID
• SILICEA
• LYCOPOD
• SULPH

HYDROCOELE

• PULSATILLA
• SILICEA
• RHODODENDRON
• ABROTANUM
• AURUM MET
• CALCAREA CARB

ICTERUS NEONATORUM

• CHELIDONIUM
• MERC SOL
• NUX V

INTUSSUSCEPTION

OPIUM

• STOOL ROUND HARD BLACK BALLS
• CONSTIPATION OF NEW BORNS

PLUMBUM MET

• STOOL LIKE SHEEP DUNG
• FAECAL VOMITING
• LARGE AND HARD ABDOMEN
• STRANGE POSITION DURING SLEEP

FRETFUL AT NIGHT , LIVELY NEXT DAY

• PSORINUM

IRRITABLE DAY TIME AND HAPPY AT NIGHT

• LYCOPODIUM

DISTURBED SLEEP AT NIGHT , MUST BE ROCKED

CARCINOSIN

• SLEEPS IN KNEE ELBOW POSITION
• SLEEPLESSNESS FROM BIRTH

CHAM

• SLEEPLESSNESS FROM PAIN
• DROWSY AT DAY TIME , BUT CANNOT SLEEP

CINA

• CHILD LYING ON BACK STRIKES WITH HANDS AND FEET ON BED
• SCREAMS AT NIGHT
• STARTS FROM SLEEP
• CANNOT SLEEP UNTIL ROCKED
• BRUXISM

STICTA

• FROM COUGH
• AFTER SURGERIES

DIAPER RASHES

WITH SORENESS AROUND ANUS
BORAX

• APHTHOUS INFLAMMATIONS
• SENSITIVE TO NOISES
• FEAR OF FALLING
• CHILD SCREAMS BEFORE PASSING STOOL OR URINE
• INFLAMMATORY STRICTURE OF RECTUM

MERC SOL

• ULCERATIONS WITH TENDENCY TO SPREAD
• MOIST, CRUSTY , OFFENSIVE LESIONS
• PROFUSE SWEAT

SULPHUR

• < AFTER WASHING
• EASILY SUPPURATES
• DUE TO LACK OF HYGIENE
• DISAGREEABLE ODOR, CANNOT BE REMOVED BY WASHING
• ERUPTIONS COMING IN CROPS

WITH EXCORIATION BETWEEN BUTTOCKS

GRAPHITES

• WITH MOIST , STICKY DISCHARGES
• WITH CRACKS
• WITH DRY ROUGH SKIN
• WITH CRUSTS
• MORE IN FLEXURES AND BEHIND EARS

KREOSOTE

• WITH OFFENSIVE DISCHARGES
• WEAKNESS
• DENTAL CARIES AND SPONGY BLEEDING GUMS

SEPIA

• MILK CAUSES DIARRHEA
• SIGHT OF FOOD SICKENS
• ERUPTIONS CIRCULAR IN SPOTS
• RAW AND CRACKED SKIN IN FLEXURES

ECZEMA

GRAPHITES

• WITH MOIST , STICKY DISCHARGES
• WITH CRACKS
• WITH DRY ROUGH SKIN
• WITH CRUSTS
• MORE IN FLEXURES AND BEHIND EARS

CARCINOSIN

• NUMEROUS MOLES

NATRUM MUR

• CRUSTY LESIONS ON BENDS OF LIMBS
• ERUPTION ALONG MARGINS OF SCALP, BEHIND EARS
• OILY SKIN
• MAPPED TONGUE

SULPHUR

• < AFTER WASHING
• EASILY SUPPURATES
• DUE TO LACK OF HYGIENE
• DISAGREEABLE ODOR, CANNOT BE REMOVED BY WASHING
• ERUPTIONS COMING IN CROPS

VIOLA TRICOLOR

• OFFENSIVE URINE
• RECURRENT URINARY COMPLAINTS

CRUSTA LACTEA ( CRADLE CAP )

STAPHYSAGRIA

• LOSS OF HAIR
• MORE ON OCCIPUT
• YELLOW DISCHARGE
• THICK SCABS