Mezereum - Skin symptoms - T.F. Allen

SKIN

Skin

Objective.

Roughness of the skin, with here and there desquamation,

The epidermis peeled off,

Desquamation of the skin of the whole body,

The usual liver spots on the chest and arms became very dark, with much desquamation (fifth day),

A fresh wound (on the knee) becomes inflamed, burns very much, with sharp stitches from time to time extending into the leg,

The habitual "liver spots" seemed to desquamate more than usual (second day),

Eruptions, Dry.

Blotches break out over the whole body,

Itching eruption over the whole body, like fleabites, disappearing after three days, remaining for a long time only on the head, and becoming scurfy,

Red itching rash eruption on the arms, head, and over the whole body, partly isolated, partly in spots; very distressing,

Eruption on both lips, outside of the red, with violent fluent coryza,

Eruption of red spots on the chest, like fleabites, with violent burning and inclination to scratch; the burning remains for several days after the disappearance of the spots,

Brownish rash on the chest, arms, and thighs (fifth day),

Violent itching rash on the nape of the neck,

Violent itching rash on the nape of the neck, back, and thighs, always worse and gnawing after scratching, and sticking as from needles,

Elevations as large as peas on the skin of the right forearm, with violent itching, becoming hard after scratching,

Small elevations on the skin, preceded by itching, about the scapulae and on the right nates, with biting pain when touched, soon opening on rubbing, and discharging some blood (third day),

A few pimples on the chest (second day),

Some elevated pimples on the lower extremities, with sticking pain when touched (after one hour),

Small red pimples on the forehead, that only at times itch, but are not painful,

A smooth red pimple on the right side of the neck, painfully sore to touch, becoming flat under the skin after a few days, and so remaining for several weeks,

Eruptions, Moist.

The skin of the face is of a deep inflammatory redness, and the eruption is "fat" and moist (impetigo),

Heat blisters on the ball of the right hand, lasting several days,

Vesicles full of clear serum on the back of the nose; the skin beneath the ruptured vesicle was inflamed, followed by the formation of a brown scab,

Burning vesicles, surrounded by a red areola, on the sides of the fingers, rather in the skin than elevated above it; they dry up and either leave a bright-red spot, or the epidermis desquamates in round scales,

Vesicles appear around the ulcers, itching violently and burning like fire; after eight days these vesicles dry up, leaving scabs, the tearing off of which causes great pain and retards the healing,

Eruptions, Pustular.

Eruption of red pustules on the outer portion of the arms and lower extremities, with tickling burning, only on undressing,

A small pustule on the lower portion of the left side of the chin, in he beard (second day),

Small painless pustules, like millet seeds, on the forehead, at the margin of the scalp,

Burning red, rashlike pustules on the thighs,

The ichor from the scratched face excoriates other parts,

The whole skin is covered with elevated white scabs,

Eruption pale red, itching after scratching; the scabs are adherent and depressed in the centre,

The child scratches the face continually; it becomes covered with blood; in the night the child scratches its face so that the bed is covered with blood in the morning; and the face is covered with a scab which the child keeps constantly tearing off anew, and on the spots thus left raw, large ("fat") pustules form,

Between the glutei, four large scabs, surrounded by dark redness, and on hardened bases,

Posterior surface of both wrists, in the region of the radius, have been scratched sore, with violent itching, and there form small, dry, very superficial dark-brown scabs, scarcely a line in diameter; the itching has ceased (fifth day),

A honey-like scab around the mouth,

Small comedones were easily scratched out of the nose and cheeks, but others formed in their places,

Boils on the face,

A boils on the left arm,

Cutaneous ulcers form over the bony protuberances,

A pimple on the left lower portion of the chin became a small ulcer, with a thin oily discharge and very painful (fifth day),

Ulcers covered with thick, whitish-yellow scabs, under which thick yellow pus collects,

Papular, ulcerating eruption (on the finger-joints), itching mostly in the evening,

Around the ulcers, fiery-red areola, shining like a mirror,

Linen or charpie sticks to the ulcers; when it is torn away they bleed,

Subjective.

A slight cut pains excessively for a long time (fourth day),

Burning in the skin in different parts, especially the nape of the neck,

In the ulcers, burning pain, in the evening, in bed,

Stinging-burning sensation in the skin,

Drawing-sticking pain in the margin of an ulcer,

Stitches, especially in the evening, in a previously existing ulcer,

Fine, at times itching, stitches here and there in the skin, especially in the evening, in bed,

Burning-stinging sensation, as from the stings of insects, in various parts of the body (first day),

Violent gnawing and throbbing in a bruised wound,

Throbbing around the ulcer, and, encircling it, a bright-red areola, with burning pain,

Itching over the whole body, very obstinate, lasting several days,

Itching on several parts of the body, especially the scrotum and margins of the nostrils; in the evening (third day),

Itching, as from vermin, on the head and over the whole body, after scratching, soon recurring in another place,

Itching as from fleas, mostly in small spots, after some time disappearing, and appearing in other places, especially in the evening, less during the day, scarcely at all at night,

Itching and burning here and there, with increased warmth of the body, in the evening,

Itching, with redness, about an ulcer,

Itching and pain about an ulcer on the slightest touch,

Extremely distressing itching of a wound, even after it is closed,

Extremely violent itching in almost every part of the skin, now in the throat, now on the chest, extremities, obliging scratching, after which it changes to another part, especially towards evening, for several weeks,

Intolerable itching over the whole body, which did not allow him an hour's sleep; the itching increased every hour,

Sensation of a cobweb, or a draft of cool air, in the beard on the left side of the face (third day),

Burning in the skin of the forehead,

Burning in the skin of the right temple, extending to the right cheek,

Burning in the skin of the cheek,

Burning of the skin of the right cheek,

Burning in the skin on the inner surface of the upper arm,

Burning in the skin in various in parts of the leg,

Burning of the skin of the nates,

Burning in the skin on the inner side of the right thigh, and on the scrotum, with slight itching,

Burning in the skin of the right tibia,

Burning in the skin of the left calf,

Burning and sticking in the skin of the inner side of the left upper arm,

Burning and sticking in the skin of the axilla,

Violent burning in the skin of the left cheek, as from a hot substance,

Violent and persistent burning in the skin of the right cheek, as if something hot were applied to it,

Violent persistent burning in the skin of the right cheek, and in the tip and septum of the nose,

Constant violent burning in the skin of the nose, above the tip and towards the wings,

Sticking in the skin of the left side of the forehead,

Sticking pain in a scar on the tip of the right middle finger, in which nothing had been felt for two years,

Frequent sticking and burning in the skin of the right cheek, and on the back of the nose, where it was associated with boring,

Sticking, as with a needle, in several places in the skin of the palm of the left hand and tips of the fingers,

Violent stitching and burning itching on the outer aspect of the right shoulder, as if in the flesh, as though an eruption would appear there,

Burning stitches in the skin, now in the arm, now in the lower extremity (first day),

Prickling and biting in the axilla, recurring violently after scratching,

Constant burning prickling on the left scapula and shoulder,

Crawling in the foot,

Sensation of formication in the great toes, recurring every night, and disturbing sleep; once also a similar sensation in the fingers, as if starting from the surface of the bones, lasting eight days,

Itching in the eyebrows,

Itching in the beard, on the left side (first day),

Itching on the small of the back, chest, throat, and neck, with sore pain and soreness and scratching,

Itching and burning in the arms and legs, and on scratching, violent stickings as with needles,

Itching on the backs of the hands, especially on the right, so that he was obliged to scratch until it was sore (first day),

Itching in the hollow of the right knee,

Itching on the inner side of the right calf, so that he must scratch it, after which it smarts,

Itching on the inner side of the calf, not relieved by scratching, and not ceasing until it is scratched bloody, followed by burning; after twelve hours swelling of the calf, and a bloody scab on the spot that had been scratched, beneath which was yellowish matter, and bruised pain,

Violent itching on the margin of the left side of the lower lip (soon),

Violent itching posteriorly on the margin of the lower jaw (fifth and following days),

Violent itching on the legs, so that he was obliged to scratch, in the evening, on going to bed; it became very painful in an unusual manner and continued so the next day (first day),

Woke at night with violent itching of the legs; after scratching, the parts were very painful (second night),

Very violent itching in the hollows of the knees and vicinity, so that I rubbed until it was sore, in the evening, before going to sleep, indeed before undressing (third day),

Constant acute itching behind the ears; after much scratching small pimples appear that are scratched sore and painful; lasting several weeks,

Burning itching and tension on the posterior surface of the lobule of the left ear; on scratching, the epidermis desquamates in scales half an inch in diameter,

Burning itching appeared on the nape of the neck, and on the calves,