Cimex Lectularius

General

CIMEX LECTULARIUS. [Cimex] Acanthia graveolens. Wahle in Rome. Cimicidae.

Mind

► Anxiousness. ► Very much vexed, would like to tear everything into pieces. ► Disgust at his own sweat.

Sensorium

► Dulness of the head.

Inner Head

► Drawing headache, particularly under right frontal bone. ► Headache, almost depriving him of power of thinking. ► Violent headache, caused by drinking.

Nose

► Annoying dryness of nostrils. ► Sneezing for an hour, at noon. ► Fluent coryza, with pressure in frontal sinuses.

Tongue, Etc

► Tongue feels as if scalded ; coated whitish.

Throat

► Pressure and choking in the gullet, during the fever-heat, spreading through the chest, impeding breathing ; no thirst, but when drinking to overcome the choking, the water goes down only at intervals, as if the throat was contracted, or feels as if she had swallowed too large a morsel. ► Palate and upper gums feels as if scalded.

Desires And Aversions

► Great hunger after the heat. ► Thirst, but afraid to move to get a drink. ► Desire to drink, without thirst.

Eating And Drinking

► After drinking : 40.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Qualmishness, with the fever.

Stool, Etc

► Constipation, feces dry and hard, like dog stool. ► Hemorrhoidal pains with the stool.

Urine

► Urine deposits a red coating on inside of vessel. ► During the fever, urine very hot.

Female Sexual Organs

► Hot sensation inside the labia.

Cough

► Cough, with belching, gagging or vomiting. ► Violent cough, with purulent sputum, and with chill and fever in daily attacks.

Heart And Pulse

► Pulse feeble, intermitting.

Lower Limbs

► Heaviness in lower limbs. ► Hamstring feel too short, knees are flexed ; attempting to stretch them, causes pain in the thighs. ► Restlessness of lower limbs, like overfatigue from a long walk. ► Knees feel cold, as from a cold wind.

Position, Etc

► Every moment, especially extending a limb, gives tensive pain in the extensor tendons. ► Suffers thirst rather than move. ► Has to sit down ; loins or limbs are weary.

Nerves

► Weariness, with inclination to stretch all day.

Sleep

► Irresistible sleepiness.

Time

► Noon : 7.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Before the chill, thirst and heaviness in the legs. ► Chill, commencing with clenching of hand and violent raging. ► Chill, attended with pain in all the joints ; sensation, as if the tendons were too short, knee-joints are usually contracted, so that the legs cannot be stretched ; chest feels oppressed ; must take a long breath, frequently ; irresistible sleepiness ; hands and feet as if dead. ► Chill terminates with a tired feeling in the legs, obliging one to change position constantly. ► After the chill, thirst ; drinking, however, causes violent headache ; tickling in larynx, causing dry, continuous cough, which lasts through the heat ; oppression of breathing, heaviness in middle of chest, and anxiety ; abstaining from drinking ameliorates all this. ► Heat with gagging ; the oesophagus feels constricted. ► Sweat mostly on head and chest, accompanied by hunger. ► Sweat relieves all the other symptoms ; during feverish affections. ► Musty-smelling sweat, the odor is to him very offensive.

Sides

► Right side seems most affected.

Sensations

► Sensation as if he would creep into his own body, he crouches together as much as he can, with pain in thighs.