Paediatric patients are most
of any homoeopath’s practice. Treating acutes in kids can be considered a
breeze or a painful task which entirely depends on our ability to find out the
objective symptoms in the case. As Kent says, mothers are a good source of
symptoms but don’t rely on them too much, since they have a tendency to
exaggerate because of their sympathetic nature. Keen observation from the part
of physician is the only sure shot way to success in paediatric cases.
It’s beyond the scope of
this article to discuss all that’s about paediatrics. But we can discuss about
few symptoms commonly encountered in our practice.
Carried, desire to be is
one of the common symptoms we see in our daily practice. We can say the importance
of this symptom is directly proportional to the age of the child in
consideration. Older the child, greater is its importance. If older children
pester their parents or bystanders to carry them it has to be taken. Cham,
Cina, Ant crud, Ant tart, Puls, Bryonia, Rhus tox, Ars alb, Bell.
The way the kid likes to
be carried should be noted. Ars, Bell, Cham, Rhus tox patients wants
their bystanders to carry them and they should never remain still. Puls
kid wants to be carried slowly and can
only be soothened by gentle caressing and fondling. Ars alb is in a
never-ending search for finding relief, they like to be carried by different
persons. Also they would like to change rooms frequently and ask their parents
to carry them and walked around. This can be equated to the symptom Mind-
Restlessness, driving him out of bed seen in arsenicum adults. Cham, Cina,
Ant crud, Ant tart, Arnica likes to be carried but they have an aversion to
be touch. Cina likes to be carried but never gets relief by carrying.
Some kids like to be carried over shoulders. Those kids can be suffering from
abdominal colic. Cham, Cina, Podo, Dios, Lyco can be considered. Ant
tart likes to be carried by mother and its seen in Ars alb also. Ant
tart wants to be carried but he wants be seated in their lap. The
respiratory complaints of Ant tart get better by sitting in an erect
position.
In fever cases
distribution of heat has to be considered. Raging fever with cold feet is
commonly seen in kids. Arn, Ant tart, Ant crud, Bell, Puls, Sambucus, Sil
etc have this symptom. In addition to this Sil has coldness of hands as
well. Lyc is indicated in patients where one limb is hot and the other
limb is cold. Redness of one side of face and paleness of other side of face is
seen in Cham. In Arn and Sambucus head will be hot to
touch and feet will be cold. Arn patients tends to have heat in the
upper part of body and coldness of lower part of body. The peculiarity of Samb
is heat comes on during sleep and it dissipates as soon as the patient wakes
up. Thuja is quite the opposite where heat comes on after the patient
wakes up and perspiration during sleep. Snuffles, heat comes on during sleep,
coldness of feet. If the patient has these symptoms Samb can be a sure
shot prescription (repeatedly verified in practice). Heat in palms and soles
during fever is frequently seen in Sulph patients. Phos patients
tend to have heat of palms and not on soles during fever.
High rise of temperature
with no other specific symptoms is usually an indication for Ferr phos.
Reddish discoloration of lips during fever is seen in Sulph, Ant crud, Ferr
phos, Tuber. Redness of face during fever is seen in Bell.
If fever develops after a
sharp rebuke or scolding it point towards Ign and Phos ac.
Desire for milk in older
kids during fever is a typical indication for Rhus tox. Aversion to mother’s
milk during fever is an indication of Sil. In Puls, Ars, Cina, Cham
the child drinks mothers milk and nothing else.
Cina is commonly indicated in
kids who get cranky after an acute especially during convalescence of any
respiratory illness. One symptom to confirm Cina is that they tend to
chew or swallows after coughing.
Teeth grinding is an
important symptom. Cina, Podo, Calc carb, Sulph, Teucrium, Tub are the
main remedies. Grinding of teeth during diarrhoea is seen in Podo.
The above mentioned points
should only be considered as a waypoint to enter a case. Take the case
completely. Only the rightful use of repertory and materia medica can help us
attain the similimum.
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