Case of Diarrhea and Anxiety
C.G., a thirty-five year-old mother of one, had been on
Medorrhinum as well as a number of other remedies in
the past five years. Recently she had a recurrence of
malignant melanoma for which she elected to do
surgery. She is currently taking Interferon, which initially
caused tremendous nausea and responded well to
Cadmium sulphuricum. She was on Medorrhinum LM6
when she called with a peculiar set of symptoms.
"I have a stomach thing; diarrhea, with a lot of anxiety."
When I asked about the anxiety, she said she felt like
she was sighing all the time because she couldn't
breathe. She was worse at night. She had a pain in the
left side of her abdomen. The abdomen was swollen and
distended and better with pressure. She said it was
better lying on the left side. She added that she felt like
she was going to vomit, but she hadn't. She was
thirsty. Upon questioning, she confirmed that she had
increased salivation and that she was incontinent.
Prescription:
Diarrhea and Anxiety
Prescription: Squilla 200C, one dose.
Comments: The first rubric I chose was "Anxiety in the
stomach." I felt that the anxiety originated in the gastric
region. For the abdominal symptoms I used:
ABDOMEN; PAIN; general; left hypochondria
STOMACH; PAIN; general; lying on left side amel.
ABDOMEN; PAIN; general; lying on left side amel.
The only remedy that was in all the rubrics was Squilla
maritima. I was unfamiliar with this remedy for any
other use than cough, but I asked for the keynote of
incontinence and, when confirmed, I gave Squilla 200C,
which promptly resolved all the symptoms including
anxiety, difficulty breathing, salivation, incontinence, and
splenic pain. Clarke says, "In those dull pains on the
border of the left hypochondriac and epigastric regions,
there being no signs of any liver affection, I have used
Scil. as a remedy with advantage. Rademacher also
mentions as cured by Scil. (a) those so-called
"stomach pains" that are made much better by lying on
the left side, and probably in reality splenic, (b) one
case of continuous asthma from a splenic affection, with
nocturnal exacerbation, (c) (possibly) splenic dropsy."
One can only postulate on the effects of the Interferon
on the spleen.
American Institute of Homeopathy.
C.G., a thirty-five year-old mother of one, had been on
Medorrhinum as well as a number of other remedies in
the past five years. Recently she had a recurrence of
malignant melanoma for which she elected to do
surgery. She is currently taking Interferon, which initially
caused tremendous nausea and responded well to
Cadmium sulphuricum. She was on Medorrhinum LM6
when she called with a peculiar set of symptoms.
"I have a stomach thing; diarrhea, with a lot of anxiety."
When I asked about the anxiety, she said she felt like
she was sighing all the time because she couldn't
breathe. She was worse at night. She had a pain in the
left side of her abdomen. The abdomen was swollen and
distended and better with pressure. She said it was
better lying on the left side. She added that she felt like
she was going to vomit, but she hadn't. She was
thirsty. Upon questioning, she confirmed that she had
increased salivation and that she was incontinent.
Prescription:
Diarrhea and Anxiety
Prescription: Squilla 200C, one dose.
Comments: The first rubric I chose was "Anxiety in the
stomach." I felt that the anxiety originated in the gastric
region. For the abdominal symptoms I used:
ABDOMEN; PAIN; general; left hypochondria
STOMACH; PAIN; general; lying on left side amel.
ABDOMEN; PAIN; general; lying on left side amel.
The only remedy that was in all the rubrics was Squilla
maritima. I was unfamiliar with this remedy for any
other use than cough, but I asked for the keynote of
incontinence and, when confirmed, I gave Squilla 200C,
which promptly resolved all the symptoms including
anxiety, difficulty breathing, salivation, incontinence, and
splenic pain. Clarke says, "In those dull pains on the
border of the left hypochondriac and epigastric regions,
there being no signs of any liver affection, I have used
Scil. as a remedy with advantage. Rademacher also
mentions as cured by Scil. (a) those so-called
"stomach pains" that are made much better by lying on
the left side, and probably in reality splenic, (b) one
case of continuous asthma from a splenic affection, with
nocturnal exacerbation, (c) (possibly) splenic dropsy."
One can only postulate on the effects of the Interferon
on the spleen.
American Institute of Homeopathy.
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