Congenital Afibrinogenemia
Congenital Afibrinogenemia is a rare disorder characterized by absence of a certain substance (protein) in the blood that is essential in the blood clotting (coagulation) process. This protein is known as fibrinogen or coagulation factor I. Affected individuals may be susceptible to severe bleeding (hemorrhaging) episodes, particularly during infancy and childhood. Congenital Afibrinogenemia is thought to be transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait.
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Crotalus Horridus | Low septic state General disorganization of the blood, hæmorrhages Blood decomposition, hæmorrhages (dark fluid that forms no clots) Hæmorrhagic diathesis. Sleeps into his symptoms More right-sided in its action Moldy smell of breath Intolerance of clothing around stomach Hungry, craves stimulants, sugar; averse to meat Prolonged menses Dark, bloody urine; albuminous, dark, scanty Dreams of the dead |
Right side Open air Evening and morning In spring Coming on of warm weather Yearly On awaking Damp and wet Jar |
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| Lachesis | Hæmorrhagic tendency Sensation of tension in various parts Cannot bear anything tight anywhere Craving for alcohol, oysters Any food causes distress Hungry, cannot wait for food Menses too short, too feeble; pains all relieved by the flow Intense excitement of sexual organs Patient sleeps into an aggravation Sudden starting when falling asleep Sleepiness, yet cannot sleep Wide-awake in evening Breathing almost stops on falling asleep |
After sleep Left side In the spring Warm bath Pressure or constriction Hot drinks Closing eyes |
Appearance of discharges Warm applications |
| Secale | Constringent feeling throughout the whole body A useful remedy for old people with shriveled skin-thin, scrawny old women All the Secale conditions are better from cold; the whole body is pervaded by a sense of great heat Hæmorrhages; continued oozing; thin, fetid, watery black blood Debility, anxiety, emaciation, though appetite and thirst may be excessive Facial and abdominal muscles twitch Unnatural ravenous appetite; craves acids Thirst unquenchable Eructations of bad odor Brownish, offensive leucorrha Menses irregular, copious, dark; continuous oozing of watery blood until next period |
Heat Warm covering |
Cold Uncovering Rubbing Stretching out limbs |
| Elaps Corallinus | Has very marked black discharges Cold things disagree Desire for sweetened buttermilk Cold feeling in stomach Fruits and ice-water lie very cold Rheumatic constitutions Coldness in chest after drinking Fainting caused by stooping Oppression in going upstairs Dreams about dead persons |
Eating fruit Cold drinks Wet weather. |
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| Phosphorus | Hæmorrhages 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 Thirst for very cold waterHunger soon after eating Sour taste and sour eructations after every meal Belching large quantities of wind, after eating 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 |
| Sulphuricum Acidum | Tremor and weakness; everything must be done
in a hurry Offensive breath. Heartburn; sour eructations; sets teeth on edge Craving for alcohol Averse to smell of coffee Desire for fresh food Menstruation early and profuse Acrid, burning leucorrha, often of bloody mucus |
From excess of heat or cold In forenoon and evening |
From warmth Lying on affected side |