Radium Bromatum - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - Clarke

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Beating pain in r. hip while sitting at desk writing, amel. beginning to move.

Upper extremities

Sharp pain r. shoulder-joint; agg. motion, amel. by heat; lame sensation r. arm, forearm, and hand, amel. exercise, amel. warmth; sharp stitch l. shoulder-joint.

Catch in l. shoulder-joint, amel. exercise.

Lameness l. shoulder-joint, under deltoid, amel. motion.

Cracking r. shoulder-joint on raising arm.

Very lame r. arm and sore muscles over r. breast.

Severe drawing in flexor muscles of l. arm.

R. elbow still and slightly lame after writing.

In morning twinging pain in l. elbow.

Hands cold (C).

Serpigenous ulcer on hand (C).

Blisters on dorsal aspect of first three fingers (l.) just above nails (C).

Small pustule on centre of dorsum of r. hand.

Itching on upper part of both arms and back of neck.

Bruised pain l. wrist.

Dull pains in whole r. hand, all fingers affected, esp. distal phalanges; amel. rubbing and continued exercise.

Sharp pains in finger-joints, amel. exercise.

Lameness in l. thumb-joint after holding a book.

Lower extremities

Dull pain in hip-joint, located in head of femur; also under l. patella.

Kink in r. hip-joint, amel. after walking Some time.

Lameness in both groins after sitting; left groin aches, but thighs seemed lame on beginning to move.

Dull pain r. knee-joint, agg. motion, amel. after continued motion.

Pain in legs, beginning in knees and running down legs. amel. after exercise.

Very severe pains in knee-joints, very deep, amel. from cold and exercise.

Dull pains in both legs and back, running up to shoulders.

Dull, tired pains in popliteal spaces.

Soreness in calves and thighs.

Muscles in front r. leg lame.

Soreness and pain in both knees, feel as if bones would protrude.

When crossing legs they became asleep in a little while; a few days later legs heavy, difficulty in going upstairs.

Sharp, lightning-like pain, l. anterior tibial surface, as if in periosteum.

Muscles of antero-exterior part of r. leg lame, agg. from walking and rubbing.

Sharp, darting pains in l. calf, come and go suddenly.

Pain under l. patella, amel. when foot still, agg. walking and moving.

Bruised feeling in calves.

On rising from sitting, ankles and feet lame and stiff could hardly stand or walk.

Lameness and catch in r. ankle, descending stairs.

R. Achilles tendon sore on ascending stairs.

Sharp pain in l. great toe (also both), agg. motion, amel. continued motion.

Numbness of both great toes.

Pains in and round r. great toe.

Dull aching pain in l. great toe-joint, after dancing.

Burning pain in l. great toe as from acid.

Needle-pricking in the two middle toes (r.) with some burning.

Sharp sticking pain in arch of r. foot.

Corns of feet over sensitive.

A callosity or corn on inner border r. foot, which had been there for twenty years, disappeared completely (C).

A corn fell off r. foot (C).

Irritable patch appeared on r. foot in patient taking Rad. bro. 30 fourteen days after the dose (C).

Fetid foot-sweat relieved (C).