Rhus Venenata - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - T.F. Allen

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

EXTREMITIES.

Trembling of all my limbs, with twitching of my muscles,

Trembling of my limbs,

Upper extremities

The pains in the upper extremities, and more especially those of the chest, were of a sharp darting character,

Tearing in the left arm, extending upward from the elbow; a sensation as if the bone would break (ninth day),

Drawing in the left arm and in the forearm and in the three last fingers of the left hand; the arm feels paralyzed (seventh day),

Jerking pain in the muscles of both arms (twelfth day),

Paralytic drawing in the right arm, especially in the wrist, extending to the tips of the fingers (fifteenth day),

Sensation of crawling in the left arm, especially when resting it upon anything (seventh day),

Elbow.

Severe pains in the left elbow-joint for half an hour, could not move it, the pain was so great,

Rheumatic pains in the left elbow and shoulder-joints, worse on motion,

Drawing-pressive pain in the left elbow and left ankle, also at intervals in the pes anserinus (second day),

Forearm.

Drawing pains in the forearms,

Sharp pain in both arms, from the elbow to the index fingers and thumbs,

Wrist.

Dull pains in the wrist and fingers, with drawing pains,

The wrists and fingers are very stiff,

Drawing-pressive pain in the right wrist, extending through the bones to the elbow (second day),

Pressive drawing in the right wrist (eleventh day),

Drawing in the right wrist (seventh and ninth days),

Hand.

Right hand swelled very much, without redness, itching, or other symptoms, this increased for about twenty-four hours, then declined for about the same time, and on the third day the swelling was gone,

Constant aching distress in the hands and fingers,

Fingers.

Blue finger-nails (fourth day),

Drawing pain in the fingers of the right hand (twelfth day),

Drawing in the right little finger and thumb (eighth day),

Lower extremities

Very violent bruised pain, especially in the legs (twelfth day),

Paralyzed and bruised sensation in the legs (second day),

Paralytic drawing, with pains in the bones of the left leg (fourth day),

Jerklike drawing in the leg (seventh day),

Drawing in the left leg (fifth and eighth days),

Slight lancinating pain in right leg and sternum (eighth day),

Hip and Thigh.

Pain as if dislocated in the right hip (relieved by Nitric Acid ^{Nitric acid}),

Wandering-drawing pains in the thighs, legs, and left arm (fourteenth day),

Drawing cramplike pain in the left thigh (third day),

Aching pains in the thighs, from the hips to the knees; pain worse at the knees and on the left side,

Knee.

Great weakness of the knees and ankles,

Knees and ankles ache constantly,

Dull drawing pains and distress in the knees, ankles, feet, and toes,

Drawing-pressive pain in the right knee-joint, extending downward (second morning),

Drawing in the left knee-joint (second and ninth days),

Leg.

Cramplike pain in the calves, and crawling as if asleep (twelfth day),

Drawing in the muscles of the calves (ninth day),

Drawing pain in the right calf, with a paralyzed pain in the hollow of the nee, as after exertion (eleventh day),

Drawing in the left calf (tenth day),

Cramplike tension in the right calf (eighth day),

Severe cramp in the calf of the leg at night, followed by great soreness of the calf of the leg the next day,

Drawing in the left leg, shooting from the ankle up through the bones to the knee, which was also affected by it (seventh day),

Ankle.

My ankles and feet ached so severely, for eight weeks after taking the medicine, that it was very painful for me to either stand or walk, especially in the afternoon; I was compelled to lie down every afternoon,

Pressive drawing in the right, afterwards in the left ankle, then in the right wrist and right malar bone (eighth day),

Pressive drawing in the right ankle (eleventh day),

Drawing in the right ankle (ninth day),

Sudden violent cramp by the right malleolus, as if pinched,

Tension like an ulcerative pain in the left malleolus, as if suppurating, on stepping on the foot (twelfth day),

Foot.

Drawing in both feet (fifteenth day),

Throbbing in both feet, as if distended by blood (eleventh day),

Jerklike drawing in the right foot, extending from the ankle to the heel and shooting upwards, with pains in the bone (fifth day),

A peculiar sensation of tension, with a noise like cracking in the right foot below the ankle (second day),

A peculiar sensation of crawling, as if the foot would fall asleep, in the right ankle, extending into the os calcis; when it was most violent there was a sensation like a cracking in the foot; while the pains disappeared suddenly this sensation was almost constant, with only short intervals (seventh day),

Crawling and cracking sensation in the right foot (eleventh day),

Drawing pains on the back of the right foot (third day),

Cramp on the back of the right foot,

Cramp on the back of the left foot (tenth day),

Stitches in the sole of the left foot (fourteenth day),

Stitches in the sole of the right foot (fifteenth day),

Pulsation in the vessels of the right foot (fourteenth day),