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Manganum

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Generalities

Weakness.

Paralysis, especially of the lower limbs so that he staggers or leans forward when walking.

Paralytic symptoms of the muscles of the face and of the larynx.

General anaemia.

Tearing and drawing pains in the extremities, or burrowing pains at night in the joints.

Symptoms usually vary with the weather, always < at night.

Mind

Ill humor, with weeping mood ; prefers to sit by herself.

Head

Rush of blood to the head, which feels larger than usual and heavy, so that he can scarcely hold it up.

Painful shattering of the brain on motion.

The headache which comes on in the house is better out of doors and vice versa.

Eyes

Burning heat and dryness of the eyes.

Lids painful on the slightest motion, with a feeling of dryness, especially on looking at a bright light.

Ears

Earache, with deafness as if the ears were stopped ; cracking on blowing the nose, or shooting pain when talking, laughing, swallowing, or walking rapidly.

Pains from various parts of the body seem to extend into the ears.

Cracking in the ears on blowing the nose and on swallowing.

The ear symptoms vary with the weather.

Nose

Dry coryza ; nostrils obstructed, alternatively with fluent coryza.

Nose obstructed in the evening.

Nose and upper lip are sore, red and painful, general aggravation in cold, wet weather.

Face

Pale, sunken, with a suffering expression.

Dry lips, ulcerated at the corners of the mouth.

Mouth

Painful sensitiveness of the teeth.

A smarting toothache ; insupportable when anything cold touches teeth.

Violent drawing toothache, which suddenly jumps to another part, especially to the ears.

Throat

Rawness on hawking.

Stomach

Burning, rising up to the mouth, with great restlessness.

Rectum and Stool :

Constriction in the anus while sitting.

Stool dry, difficult.

Sexual Organs

Menstruation early, scanty, brief.

Respiratory organs :

Rough voice in the morning.

Deep cough, dry, from larynx ; tries to loosen mucus, but cannot except by forcible expiration ; cough < talking.

Larynx internally dry, rough, constricted ; mucus loosened after long hawking and forcible expiration.

Cough < in evening, but > lying down.

Heart and Pulse :

Pulse feeble, irregular, variable.

Extremities

Tearing, drawing pains.

Shiny-red swelling of the joints after taking cold.

Pains in the joints > at night, at times with shiny red swelling.

Skin

Itching > scratching.

Soreness and deep cracks in the skin, in the bends of the elbow, etc.

Skin unhealthy.

Sleep

Overpowered by sleep as early as 8 P. M.

Numerous vivid, remembered dreams.

Fever

Shaking chill in the evening, with shooting headache, without thirst.

Heat rises into the head, with thirst.

Sweat at night, at times only about the throat or on the cheeks.