Kali Iodatum - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - T.F. Allen

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Objective.

Burning, red swelling of the arms and legs, with great tendency to suppuration,

Gouty swelling of the joints, with inability to move them,

Rapid growth of the nails,

Tremor of the limbs,

Trembling of the limbs and unsteadiness of the extremities, as in an intoxicated person, so that the patient was obliged to lie down,

Spasms and convulsive movements of the arms, hands and legs,

Subjective.

Pains in the joints as if dislocated and bruised,

Sprained pains in the joints of the arms and legs,

Tearing just above the right malleolus, in the left index finger and right arm, though not in the joints (tenth day),

Violent pain in the left instep as if beaten, in the evening (sixteenth day),

Upper extremities

Paralytic rigidity of the arms,

Arms lost all power (fourth day),

Lancinating and cramplike pains in the arms, with oedematous swelling,

Shoulder.

Pain in the tendons of the right shoulder, on motion and touch, like a tension and as if swollen,

Paralytic pain in the shoulders, only on moving them (after four days),

Transient tearing in the right shoulder and afterwards extremely violent tearing in the right ear,

Violent tearing in the left shoulder,

Transient bruised pain in the left shoulder,

Elbow.

Tearing in the left elbow, now in the shoulders, now in the right elbow (after seventeen days),

Forearm.

Pain like a tension and sticking in the articular extremity of the radius, on moving the right index finger,

Feeling of cramp in the right forearm above the wrist, on moving it (second day),

Wrist.

Tearing in the right wrist, afterwards itching on it, not relieved by scratching, followed by the appearance of an itching vesicle (after twelve days),

Hand.

Swelling of the hands as if from chilblains,

Very characteristic trembling of the hands,

Tearing in the metacarpal joints of the fingers of the left hand, in the evening (third day),

Bruised pain in the margin of the right hand above the little finger,

Fingers.

Very painful swellings on the fingers, like paronychia,

Pinching on the first (metacarpal) joint of the left thumb,

Tearing in the index finger, from the base to the tip,

Tearing in the inner surface of the right ring finger, which is thereby involuntarily flexed and for a long time cannot be extended,

Painful tearing in the right thumb as if it would be torn out (fifth day),

Violent tearing on the inner margin of the right thumb,

Violent tearing on the left middle and ring fingers, in the evening (thirteenth day),

Extremely violent jerking-tearing and sticking in a very narrow line on the outer side of the left thumb, as if in the bone,

Lower extremities

The gait is disturbed,

Affected in his lower limbs; his legs gave way under him (fourth day),

Legs stiff, or very weak and unable to support the body,

Painful weakness of the legs,

Hip.

A sharp stitch in the left hip on every step, so that she was obliged to limp,

Gnawing in both hip-bones,

Thigh.

The upper part of the thighs seem to be compressed during menstruation (after fourteen days),

Some sharp stitches in the upper part of the left thigh (after sixteen days),

A stitch frequently, now in the thigh, now in the tibia (eleventh day),

Tearing in a small spot in the middle of the left thigh, whereupon the thigh as far as the knee was painful, as if paralyzed (third day),

Tearing and sticking in the posterior portion of the right thigh (third day),

Tearing pain in the left thigh-bone (second day),

Extremely painful tearing in the thigh, extending to the knee, disappearing when lying upon the sound side; lying upon the painful side or the back, was intolerable, on and after waking at 11 P.M. (after thirteen days),

A gnawing pain in the middle of the right thigh, while sitting in the evening with the right thigh over the left (first day),

Knee.

Tearing twitching in the right knee,

Tearing above the hollow of the knee, immediately afterwards also below it (second day),

Tearing in both knees, at night (after six days),

Several transient tearings in the outside of the left knee, while sitting,

Violent tearing in the left knee, as if in the periosteum, with a feeling as though it were swollen, at night, lasting two hours (after six days),

Leg.

Swelling of the legs in the evening,

Violent gnawing pain in left leg, as if in the periosteum (after several days),

Tearing from above downward in both tibiae, in the evening (seventeenth day),

Painful tearing in the right tibia,

Very painful cramps in the calves,

Painful drawing in the calves, while sitting,

Tearing and tension in the left calf, while standing, relieved by walking (twelfth day),

Tearing in the left calf followed by weakness of the whole leg (fourth day),

Foot.

Gouty pains, especially in the heels, which are red and swollen,

Throbbing and burning pains in the feet,

Painful tearing in the back part of the left heel, while sitting,

Violent tearing in the right heel, while standing, disappearing on walking (twelfth day),

Ulcerative pain in the heels and in all the toes,

Toes.

Tearing in the whole of the right great toe,

Tearing in the second toe of the right foot,

Two painful tearings in the left great toe,