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Wheezing & Tummy Aches in 5 Year Old

My son had alot of issues as a baby, eczema after Hep B shot, would cover most of his body, bloating, constipation, reactions to food, chemicals, etc. With cranial sacral therapy, juicing, homeopathy, essential oils, etc. he is doing much better. The symptoms he displays now are:
wheezing
Tummy aches (mainly up under diaphram if I ask him to point where it hurts)
hives on throat and neck,
lymph nodes on R side of neck has been slighly swollen since a baby,
sinus congestion on R side of face,
large, white blisterly bump on R thumb (always same thumb, 4 or 5 times in his life),
reacts to dairy, soy, wheat,
doesn't like surprises,
very loving and affectionate with us, his parents but hestitant to give hugs and kisses to grandparents, friends, etc.
still sleeps in bedroom with us, never liked being in his room, and/or sleep alone at night,
He is great building and creating things, loves to build lego transformers/robots, puts transformers together, loves swimming and playing in sand, enjoys eating most foods just seems to react to processed food, foods with chemicals, dyes, additives, etc. with symptoms of hives, bumps, constipation, runny nose, etc.

Would love to try a more whole person approach with homeopathy since I have been treating symptoms with it in the past. Any advice much appreciated!
 
  congested on 2009-07-20
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Hey,
the symptoms you present suggests to mild to moderate 'Anaphylaxis', can you qualify some more of the symptoms like, since how long are these problems, and is there itching in the skin, does it follow with burning as far as the skin problems are concerned (bumps in thumb), about the congestion of the sinuses, when is it more and less, any relation with cold, cold drinks, and wet weather, with regards to wheezing when is it more, and how is it better.

Does your son tolerate cold easily or heat better, which would he like cold weather or hot weather?

with taking the present symptoms getting a constitution or a holistic medicine is difficult, but your son seems to be silicea.

so the prescription is;
Silicea 200 (liquid 4-6 drops) first day early morning empty stomach.

Hepar sulph 30 (liquid 4-6 drops) both morning and evening form the next day for 15 days.

report after 15 days, try answering the above mentioned questions we will see if there is any change in the medicines.
All the best.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
These problems have been going on since birth. After the shot we saw swelling on Right side of his head. He seemed to react to everything, we literally thought he was allergic to everything. Yes, there is itching of the skin. When he had the ecezma he was scracthing all the time. Now he gets itchy behind the knees sometimes, back of head, crease of elbows. He used to be very, very sensitive to sugar, including most fruits and starchy foods. He can tolerate bananas, watermelon, even white potatoes now and then. The sinus issues haven't been bad until a few weeks ago. I always saw more reaction on the Right side of face, like redness, eye swelling, sores pop up on mouth and around nose but recently you could see the entire R side of face swollen and he commented on it hurt. It is better now.
His symptoms used to be non stop when he was a baby up until a couple of years ago. Probably in the last year he seem to get alot better and the wheezing still occurred every few weeks but less tummy aches and constipation. I really haven't been able to see a clear pattern of what causes it but in the past always looked to food to be source of problem. However, I have expanded my views and have looked more for spiritual/emotional things going on. He recently started to Montessori school and had many, many, days he did not go or I picked him up early because he would start coughing alot and/or wheezing. I see some anxiety in him dealing with new situations. Also sometimes see hives or wheezing after a run in with maybe a boy who is a bully or does something rough with him...he gets all upset, not cry but walks away, doesn't want to have anything to do with them. But I see him having a hard time expressing his emotions regarding these situations.

He loves winter and summer and tends to prefer cold food. However, after being in ocean or pool and he gets real cold and even in winter he is quick to get purple lips.

Does it matter if I do the pellets or is liquid preferred? He is already used to taking the pellets because when he does wheeze we give him cell salts.
Thanks so much!
 
congested last decade
Hey,
Thanks for the explanation. it is still guiding me to the same remedy pattern as in my previous post, so try taking them and let me know after 15 days, you can also inform me in between if you see any changes, i do not anticipate any medicinal aggrevations, like once you start the medicines you may see the present symptoms to flair up, but still inform me if somehting like that happens.
Other wise the above medicines are good and fits in to your son,s totality.
I prefer the liquid form, but pellets are good as well. the amount remains the same 4-6 pellets/4-6 drops.
Thanks.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
I have to order the Silicea 200, since they don't seem to carry 200 in any of the stores near me. Just one clarification. Do I give him the Silicea every morning or just the first day of the 15 days?

Thanks!
 
congested last decade
U have to give only one dose for the first day only, and if they don carry 200 get 1M/1000C
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
Hi, We just received the liquid Silica and Hepar Sulph and this was our first day in using the drops. I gave my son the Silica 200 first thing in am and he has had one dose of hepar sulfur. This afternoon after being in park I noticied he got flushed in his cheeks. He got a little sneezy and I noticied his whole body is very warm (not feverish just very warm) and he is a little stuffy. He is having some smelly gas today also. He is currently napping, has been in a good, cheerful mood all day and overall doing well. I have a couple of questions. I was giving him some adrenal support and immune valor herbal remedies and I wonder if I should continue or stop those during this 15 day period. We are heading off for a week of vacation at the beach and I do plan to do the hepar sulfur everyday. Many times when we travel my son seems to get sick, usually wheezing episode at my Mom's house in NC, bowels get a little back up, etc. We usually do lemon water, apple cider vinegar and we currently have a fig/date mixture that is to use to move his bowels if necessary and wondering if okay to use during our travels if need be.

Thanks for any helpful info about things to do or not to do during this 15 day period.
Thanks Much!
 
congested last decade
hey thanks for the post, you will have to stop adernal support and immune valor drugs, also for the constipation you can use the ones you are using, and it is ok to travel but try getting Bryonia 30C for difficult stools, otherwise nothing to worry. keep me posted if anything comes up in the course.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
My son went to bed wheezing last night...but it wasn't too bad and he was able to sleep just fine through the night. Later today he was very emotional and crying and right after he broke out in welts around his Right eye...this used to happen all the time. He feel asleep and woke up feeling fine. So overall things are going pretty good. I am little concerned about tomorrow, his first day at school and he did not do well when he went 3 months prior to summer. Always coughing and wheezing and was home more than he was at school. I do believe he was very anxious about school and said he hated it, didn't want to come, etc. This time around he says school is boring and but I think he knows it is expected of him to go and doesn't say too much about it. He only goes half day. We will be leaving on vacation tomorrow and I may have access to computer now and then so if anything urgent or out of the ordinary happens I will write. So how do I use the
Bryonia 30C? Daily and only when he gets wheezy or having something to upset him? because normally he has at least 1 bowel movement, sometimes 2 a day but traveling and any type of reaction of wheezing, hives, etc. disturbs his bowel movements. Just wondering if I should do the Bryonia before and after car ride so the bowels don't stop moving.
Any advice appreciated!
 
congested last decade
For the bowel problems take bryonia 30c as you said before and after travel, you can also put him on that for another day after you reach.
then if he is coping with weezhing then it is mild so nothing to worry, once you finish this course inform me i will suggest you a drug called Tuberculinum bov 1M only one dose which will automatically take care of the lowered immune response and other things.
keep me informed of anything that might need my concern.
Thanks.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
We went to see an ND yesterday to get my son a physical for school. She said I should mention a couple of things to you since they could be something you would take into consideration with his homeopathy remedies. She said my son was tongue-tied and has small teeth. Even though I didn't detect him wheezing she heard it when she listened to his lungs. She gave me lobelia and Alka Calm (which contact cell salts)to help....are these okay to take during the 15 days? She mainly offered the Alka Calm to assist when he has wheezing spells at school the nurse could administer this powder in water and it usually works fast and he wouldn't be missing so much school. I will hold off on it until I hear back from you.
Thanks!
P.S. You said a drug Tuberculinum bov 1M. This is a homeopathy remedy?
 
congested last decade
Thanks for the information, and considering lobelia and alka calm, i don know much about the second one, but seems ok, rather than trying alka calm, you can try lobelia if he gets wheezing spells at school.
Tuberculinum bov 1M is by all means a homeopathy remedy.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
Well we got back from our trip with no wheezing. However, he went to school for a half day, played in park a couple of hours, then went to Whole Foods and he had a tiny bite of peach sorbet and when we got back into the car he said he was a little wheezy. That was Thurs. afternoon and it is now Sat. morning and he is still wheezing, also complains of belly aching. I have given him the Lobelia and it doesn't seem to help. Also gave him plenty of lemon and maple syrup in water which always seems to help. Any suggestions on supporting his body during this period? Thanks
 
congested last decade
That is good news your trip went without wheezing, is this dysnoea troubling him a lot like stopping him form his regular activities etc.
Please give him ars alb 200 a few doses when he is having wheezing at the peak. you can also buy blatta orieantalis Q and keep it this will help him to breath normally during the attack. but the first choice is ars alb.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. The wheezing spells are different, sometimes start out fast and hard other times gradually builds. Most times when he is in the early stages of an event he can't do anything. But towards the end of an episode, which usually lasts on average 2 days, he can play, sleep but will tire easy if he walks alot or plays too hard and too long. Last night he kept propping himself up on pillows, got up one time to go be with Dad on the couch and sometimes doesn't have the energy to go to bathroom. And usually over the course of 1 - 3 days it gets better. In the past we would do cell salts, lemon tea, euculyptus oil rub on chest or back. He scratches his heat alot during the episodes and the lymph nodes are still swollen on back of neck. I can't get the ars alb 200 today, have to order it and I am not sure where to buy blatta orieantalis Q but will purchase both things online for future use.
It is midday Sat. and he is still wheezing but playing with his babysitter and building legos.
 
congested last decade
if it is difficult to get the medicines now then just list me the medicines you have so that i can pick something form it.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
I can get remedies from Whole Foods but they only sell 6c & 30C and they have a small selection but carry most common ones.

What I have on hand right now: antimonium tartaricum 6c, bryonia alba 30c, ferrum phosphoricum 6c, Hyland's Bioplasma (combination cell salts and contains: (calcarea florica 6X HPUS, Calcarea Phosphorica 3X HPUS, Calcarea Sulphurica 3X HPUS, Ferrum Phosphoricum 3X HPUS, Kali Muriaticum 3X HPUS, Kali Phosphoricum 3X HPUS, Kali Sulphuricum 3X HPUS, Magnesia Phosphorica 3X HPUS, Natrum Muriaticum 6X HPUS, Natrum Phosphoricum 6X HPUS, Natrum Sulphuricum 3X HPUS, Silicea 6X HPUS in a base of Lactose)
 
congested last decade
ok if you don get 200 then get 30C, while you do that give him antimonum tart 6c 3 times a day. once you get those remedies then stop antimomium tart and then start with ars alb and blatta.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
I purchased ars alb 30c and gave 3 times yesterday. My son started wheezing again yesterday afternoon but was fine in school and at playground had a little runny nose, clear liquid, from right nostril after givin him a dose. however, the wheezing got worse at night, he slept but not very good, tossing and such. This morning had a poop (looked kind of black) and was wheezing. I gave him a dose first thing when he woke up (shortly after nose was running somewhat, sneezed, seemed to clear some of the congestion). Then it didn't stop so I tried lobelia, 2 doses and he stopped wheezing prior to going to school at 8am. I even leaned in and listened to chest and heard no wheezing. And the teacher said he did fine until 11am when they sat on a rug to read a story and then she could see he was having some issues. When I picked him up he was wheezing, crying and saying his tummy ached. I asked him to point to where it hurt and he pointed all around his belly button. He is doing better since being home, still wheezing some, but gave him a dose of lobelia, teacher had give him the ars alb 30c at 10am as I instructed her to do. He is eating some figs and seems calmer. I could see where he had broke out with little bumps under his eyes and looked a little red from rubbing them.

I am ordering the other remedies today online. Just thought I would share whats going on and see your opinion and things.

Thanks!
 
congested last decade
Hey lets wait for other remedies, then can you examine his nose and see if there is any blockage or growths like polyps or turbinates (they both are tissue masses inside the nose first one form the sides or top and the second one along the septum), also tomorrow morning give him one dose of silicea 200 and the next day hepar sulph 200 only one dose each.
Don worry about the changes as long as you get the discharges out as you have stated, we are hitting the right track, just hold on till we get rid of it completely.
Thanks.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
Hi, Just wanted to write back and say my son had another poop and it looked very green. He is still wheezing but talking and being silly.

I don't have hepar sulph calc 200.....I got 30C in the liquid form. You told me to get silicea in 200 but Hepar Sulph in 30c. I don't have means to get the 200c. Is there some way to administer the 30c?

I will check his nose and see if I can detect anything and write back and let you know soon.
Thanks!
 
congested last decade
I checked his nose. I used my little finger and just moved it around in each nostril......is that how I should check his nose? I felt nothing out of the ordinary. He hd 2 more poops, both were green. This is what I noticied in the past. It seems like he eats something he body can't digest and then chaos happens. I fed him some coconut milk with vegetables and coconut oil the other night and I have always questioned if he wasn't sensitive to coconut milk. He seems okay with coconut water but not with the milk. Also he does not do well when he eats applesauce or organic apples. Just thought I would mention these things. It is hard not to notice the food issues but I am wondering why does he have so much difficulty with food.

So I will await instructions on how to administer the hepar sulph since I have the 30c. Should I order the Tuberculinum bov 1M? Is that still on the plan for next course of action?
Thanks much!
 
congested last decade
No that is not the way to examine his nose, hold his chin and tilt the head backwards so that you can see the nostrils form the outside, use a torch light to illuminate the nostrils and now see into them for any changes.
if you do not have hepar sulph 200 then 30 is alright, tuberculinum bov is still in the plan of action, so order them and then let me know.
give him ars alb and lobilia for wheezing when ever it demands.we will wait till the medicines act again for the greenish poops.
Thanks.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
Hi, Just wanted to let you know Aiden was wheezing during the night but was able to sleep. This morning I gave him the Silicea 200 this morning. I took him in for a 45 minute cranial sacral session (non-intrusive bodywork) and shortly after he had alot of mucous coming out of his nose, sneezing, and later at home he broke out in welts around his Left eye (usually happens around Right eye) and got a little stuffy. He is in a good mood and we are going to try and read some books, play Go Fish and take a nap.

I wanted to know how to administer the hepar sulp 30, just do one dose in the am or one dose in am and one in evening?
Thanks Much!
 
congested last decade
That is good he is able to sleep well and he is in a good mood, you will have to give hepar sulph only one dose again tomorrow morning.
Best wishes.
 
Dr. Bagyavasan.k last decade
Hi, Just wanted to update you. Aiden ended up getting stuffy last night. This morning was sneezing a little, clear mucous coming out of his nose. I gave him a dose of lobelia and the dose of hepar sulph. Also on my way to dropping him off to school I purchased pulsatilla and gave him one dose. Just thought it might help to get his nose cleared. They don't want kids coming in with consistent runny nose but he seemed very well this morning other than stuffy.
Thanks!
 
congested last decade

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