UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION AND MERC SOL

Merc sol.

Symptoms indicating URI pyrexia

·         Much sneezing. Sneezing in sunshine.

·         Nostrils raw, ulcerated; nasal bones swollen.

·         Coryza; acrid discharge, but too thick to run down the lip; worse warm room.

·         Coryza, with sneezing; sore, raw, smarting sensation; worse damp weather.

·         Coryza profuse, fluent. Copious discharge of corroding mucus.

·         Profuse burning, acrid discharge from eyes.

·         Soreness from fauces to sternum.

·         Cannot lie on right side.

·         Cough with yellow, muco-purulent expectoration.

·         Paroxysms of two; worse night, and warmth of bed.

·         Catarrh, with chilliness; dread of air.

·         Stitches from lower lobe of right lung to back.

·         Fever, with profuse nightly sweat; debility, slow and lingering.

·         Heat and shuddering alternately.

·         Yellow perspiration. Profuse perspiration without relief.

·         Creeping chilliness; worse in the evening and into night.

·         Alternate flashes of heat in single parts.

Concomitants:

·         Intense thirst for large quantities of cold water.

·         Tongue moist, large, flabby, yellow, with imprint of teeth.

·         Salivation increased.

Modalities:

< at night, wet, damp weather, lying on right side, perspiring, warm room