Aurum Muriaticum - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - T.F. Allen

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Unusual prostration of the limbs,

Bruised feeling of the limbs,

Upper extremities

Stiffness in the arms,

Burning and lancinations in the arms and forearms,

Sensation as if the left arm were sprained,

Involuntary shocks in the arms,

Painful feeling in the shoulders and arms,

Paralytic feeling in the left shoulder, after rising (lasts half an hour),

Drawing pain in the right shoulder-joint,

Drawing and boring in the middle of the right upper arm, recurring three days in succession,

Tearing in the left shoulder, lasts two hours; the shoulder still, after two days, sensitive to touch,

Drawing in the elbows, as if a tendon were violently drawn; frequently returning for a moment, day and night,

Tearing in the right arm from the elbow-joint to the tip of the little finger, so violent that it hinders work,

Difficulty in clenching the hands,

Burning and itching in the hands,

Violent drawing in the balls of the right hand,

Stiffness of the finger-joints,

Tearing pain in the middle finger, after dinner,

Swelling in the wrist, without pain, if left alone; tensive only on bending the hand backwards; stitches in the wrist upon seizing anything,

Lower extremities

Drawing-tearing pain in the muscles of both hips, lasts some time,

Lancinating paroxysmal pain beginning in the front and middle of both thighs, and extending toward the patellae, so severe that he must start up,

Stiffness of the thighs and legs,

Swelling of the knees,

Heat, pricking, and lancinations in the knees,

Spasmodic tearing in the leg, beginning below the popliteal space, and extending to the middle of the calf; lasts four hours severely, and then gradually disappears,

Bruised sensation in the lower third of the right leg; it becomes so painful on continuing to walk that he has to limp home; with the feeling as if it always more and more tended to the great toe, and would go off the end of it,

Swelling of the feet,

Burning in the feet,

Redness of the toes,

Tearing on the inside of the right great toe and right knee,

Cutting pain in the toes when walking,