Digitalis Purpurea - Eyes symptoms - T.F. Allen

EYES

Eyes

Objective.

Eye glittering (after two hours and a quarter),

Very considerable exophthalmia of both sides (after seventy-two hours),

Slight pain in the eye,

Eyes felt as if they had become larger and were starting from their orbits (second day),

Violent stitches through the right eye, lasting several minutes, in the afternoon while lying down soon after eating (twenty-sixth day),

Orbit.

Tension above the orbits,

Pressure in the supraorbital region, extending to the frontal sinuses, lasting one day (after all three doses),

Lids.

Eyelids closed (second day),

Violent burning itching in the eyelids, obliging him to rub them, without being relieved thereby, lasting about an hour (fourth day),

Conjunctiva.

Conjunctiva of a lemon color (after seventy-two hours),

Ball.

The crystalline lens has an opalescent appearance,

Pupil.

Pupil very slightly dilated and less contractile,

Pupils much dilated (after seventy-two hours),

The right pupil somewhat larger than the left (nineteenth day),

Pupils contracted,

Pupils contracted, but sensitive to light (second day),

Violent inflammation of the eyes,

Reddened eyes, with painfulness, especially in the evening, for five days,

Eyes somewhat red, more sensitive than usual to the impression of light (second day),

Eyes dim and weak (fourth to sixth day),

Subjective.

Burning in the eye followed by a small pustule, with a small areola of inflamed vessels in the periphery of the cornea towards the inner canthus of the right eye (fourth day),

Conjunctiva anaemic,

Dimness of vision,

Vision

Impaired vision (second and third days),

Dimness of sight (after four to five hours),

Sight very dim,

Illusions of vision (40 gram.; after one hour),

Muscae volitantes, at noon while walking for a short time; in the evening, while walking, it seemed as though the upper part of the field of vision was covered by a dark cloud (twenty-fourth day),

Black rings and spots float before the eyes, with some sensitiveness of the eyes to light,

Floating of many black spots and rings before the eyes, with general heat (after half an hour),

Dazzling of the eyes (one to four days), resembling flashes of light (fourth day),

The flame of a candle appears surrounded by a rainbow-colored halo (after four to five hours),

With contracted pupil, the power of sight is stronger, clearer,

Visual power diminished, sight dim (after every dose),

Obscuration of vision,

Slight obscuration of vision,

Weak, indistinct vision,

Indistinct vision, as though a cloud or fog passed before the eyes,

Some considerable derangement of vision (after six hours),

Dim vision, ; (intox.) (sixth day), etc.

Objects are only dimly visible,

Dim weak vision, for forty-eight hours,

Sight impaired, so that she could not clearly distinguish objects before her (second day),

Confused vision, amounting to blindness,

Blindness,

Blindness, amaurosis, for three days,

Peculiar sensation in the eyes; at first they seemed to be suddenly blinded, as on going suddenly from the dark into a bright light; then it seemed as though sparks were floating about in the air; this was associated with vertigo, and lasted a quarter of an hour (fourth day),

Unpleasant distortion of vision, with anxiety and pressure in the eyes, as if a finger were pressing upon them, in the afternoon (second day),

Flickering before the eyes (after half an hour),

Flickering before the eyes, with double vision (after half an hour),

All kinds of forms float before the eyes,

Muscae volitantes before his eyes on looking at distant objects,

White spots and black rings waving before the eyes (lasting over an hour),

More numerous spots, stripes, white surfaces, wavering before the eyes,

Luminous objects seem to jump before his eyes, on covering them,

Fiery appearances before the eyes,

Fiery sparks like lightning before the right eye, about noon (second day),

The flame of the light seems larger and whiter,

The flame of a coal-fire appeared blue,

All objects seemed covered whit snow, in the morning, on waking,

The faces of people standing in the room seem as pale as corpses,

Appearances of colors before the eyes, red, green, yellow, like a shimmering light in the twilight,

Objects, and even Argentum Metallicum ^silver, seem yellow,

Objects seem green or yellow,

Hallucinations of vision,

Brow and orbit

Intense fixed pain over right orbit (after six hours),

Burning pain in the right supercialiary ridge, with dimness of sight, as from a veil,

Pressive pain in the right supercialiary ridge towards the external canthus,

Throbbing pain in the orbits,

Lids.

Inflammation of the meibomian glands,

Swelling of the lower lid, which makes looking down difficult,

Agglutination in the morning, followed by weakness of the eyes,

Heaviness in the lids, in the evening, with inability to hold them open,

Smarting, burning in the external canthus,

Painful scratching in the inner canthus as from coarse dust,

Sore pain in the margins of the lids, on closing the eyes, in the evening, in bed,

Lachrymal Apparatus.

Lachrymation, more in the room than in the open air; the eyes are dim, hot, full of red vessels, with pressive pain and hardened mucus in the canthi,

Biting lachrymation,

Watery discharge from the eyes,

Conjunctiva.

Inflamed conjunctiva,

Conjunctiva of the red, and lids red,

Ball.

Inclination of both eyes to turn towards the left, with pain on turning them towards the right, when everything seems to be doubled and tripled, with puffy face,

Pain in the eyes; intolerable aching in the eyeball on touch,

Pressure in the right eyeball, coming and going suddenly,

Pressive pain in the eyeballs,

Pupil.

Pupils only slightly sensitive,

Pupils dilated, ; (intox) (sixth day), etc.

Pupils, especially the right, dilated (after three grains),

Pupils dilated and movable (second day),

Pupils dilated and insensible, , etc.

Pupils slightly dilated,

Greatly dilated pupils (after one hour),

Pupils remarkably larger,

Pupils appear smaller,

Contracted pupils, continuing six day,

Pupils strongly contracted (after half an hour),

Frequent alternate contraction and dilatation of the pupil,