Causticum - Skin symptoms

SKIN

Skin

Soreness in folds of skin, back of ears, between thighs

Warts large, jagged, bleeding easily, on tips of fingers and nose

Old burns that do not get well, and ill effects from burns

Pains of burns

Cicatrices freshen up; old injuries reopen

Skin prone to intertrigo during dentition.

Blisters

burning

itching

phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

after scratching

leaving spots

ulcerated (see phagedenic)

white

Coldness

during convulsions

sensation of coldness

spots

suffering parts

Discoloration

brown, liver spots

pale

red; spots

scarlet

spots; as if burned

yellow, jaundice, etc.

Dry

burning

Gangrene; from burns or gangrenous sores

Goose bumps

in open air

Abnormal growths

wart-like growth

moist

with lice

ulcer like lesions, leaving scars, spread over body

ulcers

gnawing, biting

bleeding

bleeding

edges

with boring

burning

burning; around about ulcer

burning; in margins

as if burnt

with crawling sensation

deep

discharges; bloody

discharges; corrosive

discharges; grey

discharges; green

discharges; greenish

discharges; offensive

discharges; scanty

discharges; thin

discharges; watery

discharges; yellow

with elevated, hardened margins

with deep hole (fistula)

foul

fungus

hardened

hardened; with red circle around

hardened; margins

inflamed

itching

itching; around about

with jerking pain

painful

phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

surrounded by pimples

pulsating

pus-filled pimples around

after scratching

sensitive

sensitive; around ulcers

sensitive; margins

smarting

spongy

spongy; margins

stinging, sudden, sharp

generating pus

swollen

swollen; with red circle

swollen; margins

with tearing pain

tense

tense; with red circle

tingling

unhealthy

varicose

surrounded by blisters

warts

bleeding

flat

fleshy

hard

horny

inflamed

jagged

large

moist

old

painful

on stalks

sensitive to touch

small

stinging

generating pus

Inactivity

Inflammation

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

with swelling

indurated (hard from inflammation), nodules, etc.

Like insects crawling on skin

Itching

night

gnawing, biting

burning

crawling

jerking

must scratch

until it is raw

scratching

unchanged by scratching

during sleep

spots; liver spots

stinging

wandering

on becoming warm; in bed

Loss of feeling

Moisture

after scratching

Visible network of blood vessels

Out-breaks on skin

gnawing, biting

blisters

burning

night

chicken-pox

from cold air

crusty

peeling in scales

discharging, moist

after scratching

white

yellow

dry

eczema

elevated

hard

herpetic

burning

corrosive

dry

itching

jerking with pain

moist

patches

stinging

tearing

zoster, zona

impetigo (bacterial infection on skin surface)

itching

warmth

warmth

of bed

with jerking pain

leprosy

small, solid, no pus

groups of itching blisters

phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)

pimples

burning

gnawing, biting, itching

itching

itching; when warm

after scratching

stinging

titillating

pocks

pus-filled pimples

red

rash (see granular)

receding in eruptive fevers; scarlet fever

after scratching

suppurating (producing pus), which dries to blackish crusts

scabies

scabies; dry

scabies; fatty

scabies; moist

scabies; suppressed

scabies; suppressed; with mercury and sulphur

after scratching

stinging

suppressed

generating pus

with swelling

with tearing pain

tense

tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)

sore; as if painful

stinging

generating pus

stretching skin

ulcerating

ulcerative with pain

like nettle rash

in cold air

nodular

after scratching

Pain

gnawing, biting

gnawing, biting; after scratching

burning

after scratching

spots

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

after scratching (must scratch it raw)

between skin folds

stinging

ulcerative pain

after scratching

Scars

break open

become sore

Becomes sore when lying down

feeling

Sticking

after scratching

Stings of insects

Swelling

of parts affected with symptoms

burning

crawling

hard

inflamed

after scratching

spongy

stinging

Tension

after scratching

Generally unhealthy