Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
Acrodermatitis Enteropathica occurs
in two forms: an inborn (congenital) form and an acquired form. The inborn form
of AE is a rare genetic disorder characterized by intestinal abnormalities. Skin
inflammation with pimples (pustular dermatitis) occurs around the mouth and/or
anus, the nails (paronychial), and eyes. In the acute phase, irritability and
emotional disturbances are evident due to wasting (atrophy) of the brain cortex.
Similar symptoms can be caused by special intravenous nutritional programs, for
patients who cannot eat, which are almost always devoid of zinc. This is
sometimes referred to as an acquired form of AE.
|
Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Natrum Muriaticum | Great debility; most weakness felt in the morning
in bed Coldness Emaciation most notable in neck Great liability to take cold Dry mucous membranes Constrictive sensation throughout the body Great weakness and weariness Oversensitive to all sorts of influences Depressed, particularly in chronic diseases Consolation aggravates Irritable; gets into a passion about trifles Wants to be alone to cry Eruptions around mouth and vesicles like pearls on lips Loss of taste Large vesicle on lower lip, which is swollen and burns Immoderate thirst; unquenchable. Hungry, yet loose flesh Heartburn, with palpitation Sweats while eating Craving for salt Aversion to bread, to anything slimy, like oysters, fats Has to wait a long time for it to pass urine if others are present Emission, even after coitus Menses irregular; usually profuse Leucorrha acrid, watery Sleepy in forenoon Nervous jerking during sleep Dreams of robbers Dry eruptions, especially on margin of hairy scalp and bends of joints Crusty eruptions in bends of limbs, margin of scalp, behind ears |
Noise Music Warm room Lying down about 10 a m At seashore Mental exertion Consolation Heat Talking |
Open air Cold bathing Going without regular meals Lying on right side Pressure against back Tight clothing |
| Silicea | Cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty warm
clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet cold Lack of vital heat Prostration of mind and body Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Ailments attended with pus formation Want of grit, moral or physical Nervous and excitable Sensitive to all impressions Disgust for meat and warm food Want of appetite; thirst excessive Sour eructations after eating Stool comes down with difficulty; when partly expelled, recedes again A milky, acrid leucorrha, during urination Discharge of blood between menstrual periods Increased menses, with paroxysms of icy coldness over whole body Frequent starts in sleep Anxious dreams Excessive gaping during sleep Affections of finger nails, especially if white spots on nails Rose-colored blotches |
New moon In morning From washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on Left side Cold In winter |
Warmth Wrapping up head Summer In wet or humid weather |
| Arsenicum Album | Debility, exhaustion, and restlessness, with
nightly aggravation Great exhaustion after the slightest exertion Irritable weakness Burning pains; burning relieved by heat Fear fright and worry Septic infections and low vitality Great anguish and restlessness; changes place continually Fears, of death, of being left alone; great fear, with cold sweat General sensibility increased ; sensitive to disorder and confusion Great thirst; drinks much, but little at a time. Craves milk, acids and coffee Long-lasting eructations Small, offensive, dark, with much prostration Skin excoriated about anus Urine scanty, burning, involuntary; albuminous Menses too profuse and too soon Leucorrha, acrid, burning, offensive, thin Itching, burning, swellings; dema, eruption, papular, dry, rough, scaly; worse cold and scratching Sleep disturbed, anxious, restless; must have head raised by pillows Suffocative fits during sleep Sleeps with hands over head Dreams are full of care and fear |
Wet weather After midnight From cold, cold drinks, or food Seashore Right side |
From heat From head elevated Warm drinks |
| Mercurius | Tremors everywhere Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion A human "thermometer"; sensitive to heat and cold Breath, excretions and body smell foul Sweetish metallic taste Salivary secretions greatly increased; bloody and viscid Saliva fetid, coppery Great thirst, with moist mouth Putrid eructations Intense thirst for cold drinks Weak digestion, with continuous hunger Menses profuse, with abdominal pains Leucorrha excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts Excessive odorous viscid perspiration; worse, night; general tendency to free perspiration, but patient is not relieved thereby |
At night Wet, damp weather Lying on right side Perspiring Warm room Warm bed |
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| Phosphorus | Tall, slender persons, narrow chested, with thin,
transparent skin, weakened by loss of animal fluids, with great nervous
debility, emaciation, amative tendencies Great susceptibility to external impressions, to light, sound, odors, touch, electrical changes, thunder-storms Suddenness of symptoms, sudden prostration, faints, sweats, shooting pains, etc Great lowness of spirits Easily vexed Over-sensitive to external impressions Excitable, produces heat all over Restless, fidgety Thirst for very cold water Hunger soon after eating Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal Belching large quantities of wind, after eating Stool very fetid stools and flatus; long, narrow, hard, like a dog's; difficult to expel Lack of power; irresistible desire; involuntary emissions, with lascivious dreams Menses too early and scanty-not profuse, but last too long Leucorrha profuse, smarting, corrosive, instead of menses Great drowsiness, especially after meals Vivid dreams of fire; of hæmorrhage Lascivious dreams Goes to sleep late and awakens weak Short naps and frequent wakings |
Touch Physical or mental exertion Twilight Warm food or drink Change of weather From getting wet in hot weather Evening Lying on left or painful side During a thunder-storm Ascending stairs |
In dark Lying on right side Cold food Cold Open air Washing with cold water Sleep |
| Rhus Tox | Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and
hence he feels better for a time from a change of position Septic conditions Listless, sad Thoughts of suicide Extreme restlessness, with continued change of position Great apprehension at night, cannot remain in bed Corners of mouth ulcerated; fever-blisters around mouth and chin Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst Bitter taste Desire for milk Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat. Drowsy after eating Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid Skin red, swollen; itching intense Dreams of great exertion Heavy sleep, as from stupor Sleepless before midnight |
During sleep Cold, wet rainy weather and after rain At night During rest Drenching When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather Motion Walking Change of position Rubbing Warm applications From stretching out limbs |
| Calcarea Carbonica | Increased local and general perspiration Gets out of breath easily A jaded state, mental or physical, due to overwork Easy relapses, interrupted convalescence Great sensitiveness to cold; partial sweats Calcarea patient is fat, fair, flabby and perspiring and cold, damp and sour Forgetful, confused, low-spirited Anxiety with palpitation Itching of eye lids, swollen, scurfy Takes cold at every change of weather Swelling of upper lip Itching of pimples in whiskers Persistent sour taste; mouth fills with sour water Offensive smell from mouth Aversion to meat, boiled things; craving for indigestible things-chalk, coal, pencils; also for eggs, salt and sweets Milk disagrees Dislike of fat Loss of appetite when overworked Heartburn and loud belching Ravenous hunger Repugnance to hot food Thirst; longing for cold drinks Cannot bear tight clothing around the waist Frequent emissions; increased desire; semen emitted too soon Coition followed by weakness and irritability Menses too early, too profuse, too long, with vertigo, toothache and cold, damp feet; the least excitement causes their return Leucorrha, milky Ideas crowding in her mind prevent sleep Horrid visions when opening eyes Starts at every noise; fears that she will go crazy Drowsy in early part of evening Frequent waking at night Same disagreeable idea always arouses from light slumber Night terrors Dreams of the dead Skin unhealthy; readily ulcerating; flaccid |
From exertion, mental or physical Ascending Cold in every form Water Washing Moist air Wet weather During full moon Standing While eating |
Dry climate and weather Lying on painful side |
| Causticum | Broken down seniles Seems to choose preferably dark-complexioned and rigid-fibered persons Restlessness at night, with tearing pains in joints and bones, and faint-like sinking of strength The skin of a Causticum person is of a dirty white sallow Emaciation due to disease, worry, etc, and of long standing Burning, rawness, and soreness Sad, hopeless Intensely sympathetic Inflammation of eyelids; ulceration Greasy taste Aversion to sweets Feels as if lime were burned in stomach Worse after eating fresh meat; smoked meat agrees Menses cease at night; flow only during day; menses delay, late Leucorrha at night, with great weakness Soreness in folds of skin, back of ears, between thighs Very drowsy; can hardly keep awake Nocturnal sleeplessness, with dry heat, inquietude |
Dry, cold winds In clear fine weather Cold air From motion of carriage |
In damp, wet weather Warmth Heat of bed |
| Natrum Carbonica | Great debility caused by summer heat Chronic effects of sunstroke Exhaustion Anæmic Milky, watery skin Unable to think; difficult, slow comprehension Mental weakness and depression; worries; very sensitive to noise; colds, change of weather Anxious and restless during thunderstorm; worse from music Sensitive to presence of certain individual Hungry at 5 am Very weak digestion, caused by slightest error of diet Averse to milk Depressed after eating Bitter taste Menses late, scanty like meat-washings Leucorrhal discharge, offensive, irritating preceded by colic Wakes too early in morning Amorous dreams Drowsy during day Inclination to perspire easily, or dry, rough, cracked skin Eruption on finger-tips, knuckles and toes Vesicular eruption in patches and circles |
Sitting From music Summer heat Mental exertion Thunderstorm Least draught Changes of weather Sun |
By moving By boring in ears and nose |
| Veratrum Album | Extreme coldness, blueness, and weakness Cold perspiration on the forehead, with nearly all complaints Excessive dryness of all mucous surfaces Voracious appetite Thirst for cold water, but is vomited as soon as swallowed Averse to warm food Craves fruit, juicy and cold things, ice, salt Menses too early; profuse and exhausting Skin blue, cold, clammy, inelastic, cold as death Cold sweat Wrinkling of skin of hands and feet |
At night Wet, cold weather |
Walking Warmth |
| Kreosotum | Excoriating, burning, and offensive
discharges Hæmorrhages, ulcerations, cancerous affections. Overgrown, poorly developed children Post-climacteric diseases Tumefaction, puffiness, gangrene Music causes weeping and palpitation Vanishing of thought; stupid, forgetful, peevish, irritable Child wants everything but throws it away when given Lips red, bleeding Putrid odor and bitter taste Urine offensive Can urinate only when lying; cannot get out of bed quick enough during first sleep Dreams of urinating Must hurry when desire comes to urinate Leucorrha, yellow, acrid; odor of green corn; worse between periods Menses too early, prolonged; menstrual flow intermits; ceases on sitting or walking; reappears on lying down Sleep disturbed with tossing; paralytic sensation in limbs on waking Anxious dreams of pursuit, fire, erections, etc |
In open air Cold rest When lying After menstruation |
From warmth Motion Warm diet |