Natrum Carbonicum - Eyes symptoms - T.F. Allen

EYES

Eyes

Objective.

Swelling beneath the left eye, so that he could scarcely see out of it, with burning now in the right, now in the left eye, in the morning on rising (fourth, fifth, and sixth days),

Inflammation of the eyes, with sticking pain,

Small ulcers about the cornea, with stinging pains in the eye, so that she was obliged to shade it from every ray of light,

Subjective.

Dryness, a sensation of head, and a feeling of contraction in the eyes (after two days),

Stickiness of the right eye, as if it were full of mucus, all day,

Pain in the eyes, in the morning (after seventeen days),

Burning in the eyes, only in the forenoon (third and fourth days),

Burning in the eyes, in the evening, lasting until after lying down (seventh day),

Burning in the eyes while at work, especially reading and writing, together with a sensation of dryness in the eyes, as if he had wept much (tenth day),

Sudden burning in the right external canthus, immediately afterwards in the middle of the eye, whence it extends into the inner canthus, and as it ceases there a sticking in the left eye extending towards the outer canthus, with a feeling as though a hair were in it, though it immediately disappeared, at 2 P.M. (second day),

Dull stitches in the right eye, while sitting (fourth day),

A fine sharp stitch in the left inner canthus that forces out the tears, at 11 A.M. (third day),

Needlelike stitches in both eyes, after dinner (eighteenth day),

Itching in the right eye, disappearing on rubbing, in the morning (second day),

Itching and biting in the right eye; was obliged to rub it, which, however, relieved it but little; but on moistening it with saliva, the itching and biting ceased (third day),

Violent itching in the right eye, that waters on rubbing, at 11 A.M. (tenth day),

Orbit.

Pain in the bones of the orbit,

Lids.

Swelling of the upper lids (after fifteen days),

Inflammatory swelling of the right upper lid, without redness of the conjunctiva, with pressure in it, feeble-looking face, and some mucus in the canthi (after ten days),

He could hardly open the lids; they involuntarily closed,

Frequent closure of the lids, like an involuntary winking, with a burning sensation in the eyes, especially in the afternoon,

Constant closure of the lids, followed by sleepiness, even while walking,

Eyes agglutinated, in the morning, and watery all the forenoon (fourth day),

Eyes constantly agglutinated, which he can only with difficulty prevent, in the afternoon (eleventh day),

Heaviness of the upper lids (first and second days),

Tearing in the right lower lid, extending from the inner canthus toward the outer, at 5 P.M. (first day),

Frequent itching of the lower lids, especially of the left (sixth day),

Lachrymal Apparatus.

Violent inflammation of the inner canthus, and purulent swelling of the lachrymal sac, which opened (after four days),

Lachrymation of the eyes,

Ball.

Sensitiveness of the eyeballs to touch, with a sensation as if they would be pulled out,

Pupil.

Pupils contracted (after three hours),

Vision

Eyes dim (after forty-eight hours),

Eyes dim; he was constantly obliged to wipe them,

Distant objects seem dim to one usually farsighted,

He sees people very indistinctly at twenty paces, and is unable to recognize them (nineteenth day),

He sees a picture very indistinctly, even at the distance of a few steps,

Dimness of vision; vision vanishes immediately on reading (second day),

It seems as though something were drawn before the axis of vision,

Eyes weak; at fine work everything runs together, yet she can read well,

Black floating spots before vision, while writing,

Flickering before the eyes like rain,

Sparks of light before the eyes (eleventh day),

Lightnings before the eyes, on falling asleep,

Blinding lightnings before the eyes, on waking (after twelve days),