Natrum Phosphoricum - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - T.F. Allen

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Right wrist and left ankle weak, and ache as if paralyzed; after menses,

Drawing in hands, feet, wrist-joints, and left shoulder,

Upper extremities

Synovial crepitation (in upper limbs), ,

Arm (left) feels "gone," tired,

Arms so weak she must let them drop,

Heaviness of right arm,

Contractions of the extensor muscles on the back of the arm, often, when writing (one hundred and fifty-ninth to one hundred and eighty-sixth day),

Shoulder.

Rheumatic pain in right shoulder; feels nervous,

Shooting pains from neck over right shoulder (one hundred and thirty-eighth day),

Slight drawing in left deltoid, morning,

Wrist.

Deep-seated pain in right wrist, going to centre of palm,

Sudden drawing-scraping pain in left wrist, at various times, extending over dorsum of hand to fingers; index finger intensely painful,

Paralytic aching in right wrist (during menses),

Drawing in right wrist-joint,

Hand.

While writing, cannot keep hand from trembling; the pen moves further than he designs, thus he makes an "A" or a "y" too long,

Numbness of right hand and arm,

Slight crampy pain in left hand, particularly index finger,

Fingers.

Slight numbness in fingers of right hand, with occasional darts, especially in ring fingers (one hundred and twenty-fifth day),

Pain in right index finger, in an old gouty joint,

Pain in little finger of right hand,

Rheumatic pain in joints of little finger, left hand,

Pains darting in little finger of left hand, then in right, worse riding,

Severe shooting pains in the median and index fingers of left hand (forty-sixth day),

Sharp pain, like a needle, in right middle finger,

Lower extremities

Synovial crepitation (in lower limbs), ,

Unsteady gait,

Weariness of legs while standing,

Hamstrings feel stiff when he attempts to rise; he "kicks out" to limber up,

Thigh.

Dull, boring pain in left thigh and knee (one hundred and second day),

Dull aching in right thigh, very severe,

Drawing in inner side of left thigh,

Drawing in hamstrings of left leg, while walking,

Slight drawing in left ischiatic nerve, from foramen to middle of thigh,

Sharp shooting in anterior part of left thigh (one hundred and twenty-sixth day),

Bruised pain inside of thighs, when walking upstairs,

Knee.

On getting up, after sitting awhile, knees tremble,

Pains about patella,

Pain in left popliteal space, going upstairs,

Knees felt as if cords were shortened (during menses),

Muscles of left knee pain as if hamstrings were too short,

Sharp cutting in right knee, not influenced by motion (one hundred and thirty-seventh day),

Sharp stabbing in left knee (one hundred and fifty-sixth day),

Twitching in left knee-joint,

Leg.

After getting up, for several mornings, legs, from knees down, feel heavy, as if paralyzed,

Pains between knees and ankles, when walking fast,

Slight pains about shin and left testicle,

Aching along shins, while walking,

Pain in calf, worse on first rising,

Right calf feels as if tightly bandaged,

When walking, calves feel as if pulled tight,

Sensation as of a needle piercing calf, while walking,

Foot.

Muscles pain when flexing left foot,

Feet felt swollen, and itched (subject to chilblains), (fifty-second day),

Sharp cutting pains in left foot, through middle of instep to toes, lasting but a short time (one hundred and thirty-sixth day),

Pain in hollow of right foot, after going upstairs, also while riding,

Pain in hollow of left foot, worse walking or exercising; alternates from foot to foot,

Pain in ball of left foot, ; walking,

Toes.

Big toe pains,

Right big toe pains; as this gets better, pain in heart,

When rubbing big toe, it prickles as if going to sleep,