Spigelia Anthelmia - Abdomen symptoms - T.F. Allen

ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Hypochondrium.

Stitches in the hepatic region on walking rapidly and jumping, disappearing on walking quietly,

Umbilicus and Sides.

Colic, as from a hard conglomerated swelling in the umbilical region, in the evening,

Cutting colic in the umbilical region, several afternoons from 5 to 6, with chilliness, diarrhoea, and much micturition,

Griping in the left side of the umbilical region (after ten hours),

Dull stitches to the left of the navel on inspiration,

When walking, a sticking near the left side of the umbilicus,

Loud rumbling in the left side of the abdomen, afterwards also in the right side (after a quarter of an hour),

Sharp rhythmical stitches deep internally in the right side below the ribs, that cease when he takes a deep breath and return on expiration,

General Abdomen.

Audible rumbling in the abdomen (after forty hours),

Rumbling in the abdomen like the croaking of frogs (after four hours),

Rumbling in the intestines before the stool, that occurred twice in the morning and once in the evening, thin and pasty (after six days),

Griping in the whole abdomen when lying down, so violent that he could not rest (after forty-four hours),

Griping in the abdomen, as though all the intestines would be constricted, that caused great anxiety and made respiration difficult (after four, and seven days),

At one time griping, at another rumbling and gurgling, in the abdomen, and during every paroxysm of pain of this kind, desire to urinate, which was unchanged, though large quantities of urine were passed, for six days (after fourteen, and fifteen days),

Violent griping in the abdomen, immediately followed by a soft stool, that constantly became thinner, which, however, was not effected without effort (after forty-nine hours),

Pressive pinching pain in the abdomen,

Sharp stitches, like spleens, in the abdomen, in the region of the os innominatum, only when walking, and disappearing after thirty or forty steps,

Slight burning in the whole of the abdomen, with tasteless eructations, as if mingled with some water (after two days and a half),

Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.

Painful pressure in the lower abdomen, as if it would burst, especially in the evening before a soft stool, after which it was somewhat relieved (after nine days),

Griping pain in the lower abdomen (after eleven days),

Sensation as if a great weight fell down in the lower abdomen; it seemed especially to fall down on inspiration (after three hours),

Tearing drawings through the lower abdomen (after five days),

Stitches in the lower abdomen, above the pubis, with stitchlike oppression of the chest,

Cutting and sticking in the region of the abdominal ring; the intestines protrude and remain protruding, like a hernia (which formerly was seldom the case); the spot is painfully sore on touch,

Bruised pain in the groins and on the upper portion of the inner side of the thigh, towards the perinaeum, as after a long ride on horseback in one unaccustomed to it (after three, and four hours),

A tensive pain in the right groin when touched,

Boring-digging pain in the right groin,

Dull stitch in the groin,

Tensive stitch in the right groin only when walking,

Boring stitch in the ilium,

Dull intermittent stitches in the left side, just above the ilium,

A burning stitch on the margin of the left ilium posteriorly, near the sacrum, on every inspiration,

Itching biting, fine stitches in the muscles of the left os innominatum,

Itching in the left groin,

Eating

Distressing sensation of fulness in the abdomen after a very moderate meal,

Flatus

Violent cutting in the abdomen, extending from both sides towards the middle, in the morning in bed, with emission of flatus without relief,

Rumbling, as from flatus, here and there in the lower abdomen, now and then painful,

Flatus of the odor of bad eggs (after several hours),

Griping in the abdomen, that extends like a stitch to the chest, with the emission of flatus (after eighty-four hours),

Wandering pressive griping in the abdomen, relieved after the emission of flatus, about 3 P.M., three afternoons in succession,

A cutting and burrowing in the whole abdomen, that seems caused by sitting down and dependent on incarceration of flatus; is felt less painfully on rising from his seat,

Pinching stitches in the abdomen, with emission of flatus, immediately followed by desire for stool (after half an hour),

During the emission of flatus, a sensation as if a thin stool would pass at the same time, which, however, did not happen,

Nausea

Nausea.

Nausea, as if he had fasted a long time, a kind of ravenous hunger, with nausea,

Stomach

Appetite and Thirst.

Very great desire to eat and drink for three days and a half,

Total aversion to smoking and snuffing tobacco,

Much thirst and no appetite,

He has no desire to eat, but is very thirsty,

Great thirst in the evening (after twenty-eight hours),

Aversion to coffee and to smoking tobacco through the whole action of the medicine,

Eructations.

Eructations,

Eructations of only gas,

Frequent eructations of gas always after eating,

Sour eructations as far as the tongue,

Empty eructations,

Qualmishness,

Pressure in the stomach (after thirteen hours),

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a lump, that disappeared after pressure with the hand, and changed to pressure and tension in the chest,

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as if he would eructate and be relieved thereby, but no eructations follow until he has swallowed air,

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a weight lying upon it,

Stitches in the pit of the stomach during expiration, better while lying than while sitting and walking,

Intermittent burning, sharp stitches near the left side of the pit of the stomach,

Dull intermittent stitches two fingers' breadth to the left of the pit of the stomach (after one hour),

Dull stitches in the pit of the stomach and oppression of the chest, worse on inspiration,