UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION AND HEPAR SULPH

Hepar sulph

Cause:

Cold in general.

Symptoms indicating URI pyrexia

·         Soreness of nostrils with catarrhal troubles.

·         Sneezes every time he goes into cold, dry wind, with running from nose, later thick, offensive discharge.

·         Nose stopped up every time he goes into cold.

·         Smell like old cheese.

·         When swallowing, sensation as if a plug and of a splinter in throat.

·         Quinsy, with impending suppuration.

·         Stitches in throat extending to the ear when swallowing.

·         Hawking up of mucus.

·         Loses voice and coughs when exposed to dry, cold wind.

·         Dry hoarse cough. Cough troublesome when walking.

·         Cough excited whenever any part of the body gets cold or uncovered, or from eating anything cold.

·         Croup with loose, rattling cough; worse in morning.

·         Choking cough. Rattling, croaking cough.

·         Suffocative attacks, has to rise up and bend backwards.

·         Fever with dry heat at night.

·         Chilly in open air or from slightest draught.

·         Profuse sweat; sour, sticky, and offensive.

Concomitants:

·         Oversensitive both physically and mentally.

·         Sweat profusely day and night without any relief, which is sour and offensive.

·         Sensation of splinter, fish bone, or plug in throat.

·         Discharges are very much sour.

Modalities:

< From dry cold winds; cool air; slightest draught; touch, lying on painful side.

> Damp weather, from wrapping head up, from warmth, after eating.